How best to activate a mobile internet modem/ SIM card @ Kubuntu Karmic?

[O. Sinclair]

Bas Roufs wrote:
> Thanks, Sinclair, for your efforts so far.
> 
> As I said feedback from KPPP still is something like this:
> 
>>> kppp can not find:
>>>  /dev/usb/ttyUSB1
>>> Please make sure you have setup your modem device properly and/or
>>> adjust the location of the modem device on the modem tab of the setup
>>> dialogue.
>> there is a clue there, it states
>> /dev/usb/ttyUSB1
>> it should read
>> /dev/ttyUSB1
>>
>> there are a lot of choices in /dev but if you check your dmesg output again
>> you must make sure that it reads
>> /dev/ttyUSBx
>> and not
>> /dev/something/ttyUSBx
> 
> A few minutes ago, I again carried out a dmesg check after unmounting
> the USB modem.
> No where in the output I found something like /dev/ttyUSB...... Below
> you can find the total output. Can you find any other useful clue?
> 
Apologies, I was not expressing it in a clear manner. It is in kppp when 
you choose the modem port that you must make sure you set /dev/ttyUSBx 
without anything in between /dev/ and ttyUSBx. You get a LOT of choices 
so I understand why it is easy to make a mistake.