Actually, the fix for maverick was to blacklist usb-storage module. I've just upgraded to Natty and even the proposed workaround doesn't work. I'm still looking for a way to use the dongle. In the logs I've seen similar messages to bug #446146, dmesg attached (start from 2343 for example).
** Attachment added: "dmesg output" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/usb-modeswitch/+bug/637948/+attachment/1857668/+files/dmesg.log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/637948 Title: Huawei E169 3G dongle is not detected by Maverick -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs