0b3c:f00c not recognized

Well, then upgrade your system to a version where your dongle is supported, Ubuntu 14.10 or 15.04 supports it through usb_modeswitch 2.2.0 together with the 2014-05-29 datapackage.

Yes, it works on new systems. However, isn't this a bug for a LTS release?
I'm not willing to upgrade the whole system for a single feature.

Em dom, 3 de mai de 2015 01:10, Lars Melin <email address hidden> escreveu:

> Well, then upgrade your system to a version where your dongle is
> supported, Ubuntu 14.10 or 15.04 supports it through usb_modeswitch
> 2.2.0 together with the 2014-05-29 datapackage.
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> Status in usb-modeswitch package in Ubuntu:
> New
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> Bug description:
> I'm trying to use a Olivetti mobile modem in Ubuntu 14.04.
> My system is fully updated but modem is simply not recognized.
> It seems that version 2.2.0 fixes this. However, it is not available for
> 14.04.
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Btw, I installed the package from new Ubuntu version on 14.04 without problem and it solved my problem. Would it be possible to backport 2.2.x to 14.04?

usb-modeswitch 2.2.0 and newer versions doesn't work (regression) with lots of 3G modems - I've tested on several devices, like Vodafone (Huawei) K4510 and Huawei E303 - it seems udev or upstart simply doesn't run usb_modeswitch command, because I don't see any activity in /var/log/syslog after installing new usb-modeswitch 2.2.0+repack0-2 from ppa:mariusko/network-manager-backports (the same problems also with 2.2.3 version from Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily") :(, see bug #1407429

The latest upstream version of usb-modeswitch is 2.2.5, this version is packaged in Debian (unstable and testing) since July 2015, maybe this release doesn't have regressions with Huawei 3G/4G modems?

http://draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/ChangeLog

Version 2.2.5, 2015/07/16
    Fixed bug in configuration check, possibly leading to segfault (thanks,
    Leonid Lisovskiy); fixed Pantech commandline parameter evaluation (was
    not working at all); added driver unbind step via sysfs in wrapper,
    getting rid of the USB subsystem complaint "interface 0 claimed by
    usb-storage while 'usb_modeswitch' <does this and that>"
Version 2.2.4, 2015/07/14
    Fixed buggy check of USB configuration selection (possibly leading
    to segfault), tested with Alcatel X602D; removed call to 'libusb_strerror'
    from libusb initialization - not available in earlier libusb1 versions

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.