Not sure about Kubuntu, but Debian usually installs wvdial by default. From a terminal, type this command to configure it:
Code:
sudo wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf
Wvdial will scan ttyS ports and if it finds a modem it will write a configuration file to /etc called "wvdial.conf". For my Debian, it did not find any the first run, but found it the second time I tried to write a configuration file. You have to use an editor to un-comment the three ISP information lines and add the relevant information, such as your user name, phone # and password. The start of these lines will have something like ";;" at the beginning, that has to be removed so the line starts with the right word like "Password", not ";;Password". Allot of times it is necessary to add a line as such:
To use wvdial once configured, just type "sudo wvdial" in a terminal to have it connect.
As stated above, wvdial is not a Gnome application, it is independant, and can be installed on any Linux/Unix with any desktop environment.
You can also install kdenetworks-kppp, it is a GUI ppp dialer, you may need to add a string of modem inits. in the modem commands init2 section as such:
Code:
ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0