hi,

>   I recompiled the kernel and had the device plugged in during boot,
> now it works:
> 
> ubsa0 at uhub1 port 2
> ubsa0: HUAWEI Technologies HUAWEI Mobile, rev 1.10/0.00, addr 2
> ucom0 at ubsa0

  It seems to be in modem configuration about 1 in 3 times I connect
the device.

  However, I see a lot of these in dmesg:

ubsa0: ubsa_request: STALLED

and when I try to start ppp, the modem hangs up:

$ pppd call yesss nodetach
Serial connection established.
Using interface ppp0
Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyU0
Modem hangup
Connection terminated.

  I guess the two are related.  Any idea what is going wrong or how to
investigate further?

					thanks,
					dillo