> > Sorry, but it's not that, either.  I use "-detach" (and "silent") so the
> > pppd process should never go into background (and it never does if I
> > run it from shell).
> 
> There could be some other error in the command line, in your
> /etc/ppp/options, or in a "call" options file, that causes pppd to
> exit immediately. What happens when you call pppd on the command line,
> exactly the same way as in ttys?

It works and does not detach from the shell.  This is what I have in
/etc/ttys:

tty00   "/usr/sbin/pppd tty00 38400"    unknown on

If I say

/usr/sbin/pppd tty00 38400

in shell, everything works,  I have /etc/ppp/options, /etc/ppp/options.tty00
and the chat and connect scripts present.

  -jm