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Tell me, please, how to make when connecting a UMTS modem, the program "usb_modeswitch" start automatically and switch it?

At the present time, to configure the program (usb_modeswitch 1.1.2), I manually created the file /etc/usb_modeswitch.setup with the content: These parameters are in the file of "usb_modeswitch" /etc/usb_modeswitch.d/12d1:1446. Why the program doesn't use them yourself?
To automatically run the "usb_modeswitch" during the boot OS with the connected modem, I added a line "usb_modeswitch" to the file /etc/rc.d/rc.local.

I don't know if the settings are correct, but adding it to rc.local, like you did, is the proper way to do it.

In version USB_Modeswitch 1.1.6 this option does not work, it does not use the file "/etc/usb_modeswitch.setup", so I changed the way. Content of the file "/etc/rc.d/rc.local": In the file /etc/usb_modeswitch.d/12d1:1446 I commented out the line: that not to wait for 20 seconds on an unnecessary for me to poll the modem.

And all the same, the program should automatically switch the modem when connecting it to computer.

Thank you for your comment!

You need a udev rule to automatically invoke usb_modeswitch when the device is plugged in.
Searching google for: usb_modeswitch udev gets me about 33,000 hits.

Jerry

Udev rule is situated in "/lib/udev/rules.d/40-usb_modeswitch.rules", but it doesn't work. It can fix?

Copy it to /etc/udev/rules.d/

It is unclear why, but it is not working, although the model of my modem is in "40-usb_modeswitch.rules".

Solution here.