Comment 1 for bug 31272

Suffering the same problem here. I can't keep ubuntu-desktop because it hauls in wvdial and breaks:

Setting up wvdial (1.55-1ubuntu1) ...
Editing `/etc/wvdial.conf'.

Scanning your serial ports for a modem.

Modem Port Scan<*1>: S0 S1 S2 S3
ircomm0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 -- failed at 9600 and 19200 baud.