managed getting beat 2.6 working now, but 3G modem still doesn't work yet.....
e1550 3G modem under vl7.0 64 bit it works fine
under vl 7.0 , it appears as following
lsusb
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 12d1:140c Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
under vl7.1 beta 2.6 64 bit ,it still apppears as :
lsusb
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 12d1:1446
maybe some script still missing in udev file. of vl7.1,