Solution: Ubuntu & Huawei E220 & usb_storage

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My apologies if this has been posted before - send me a link & I will merge this into the existing thread(s).

After countless attempts to get my E220 working in Linux [initially Gentoo & lately Ubuntu 6.10], and continually getting the "Modem not responding" error when running wvdial, only to find that usb_storage has magically reappeared in lsmod, I have found a really basic solution that appears to be working in Ubuntu 6.10 [see screenshot]:

1. Go to System>>Preferences>>Removable Drives and Storage
2. Untick the checkboxes under Removable Storage [Storage tab], then click on the Close button

This seems to prevent usb_storage from being reloaded automagically after doing the

sudo rmmod usb_storage

PS: @Tazz_Tux, thanks for all your hard work , just a small thing - Huawei is incorrectly spelt in your wvdial.conf .