Gareth J. Sargeant wrote:
> 
> This is my problem:
> 
>         kppp (KDE b4, QT 1.33, RH 5.0, i386) successfully connects to my ISP,
> sucessfully logs in, sucessfully starts pppd (since I get a "ppp-.dev", and
> "ppp0.pid" in /var/run) and then instantly reports "ppp daemon died
> unexpectedly"  except its not dead.
> 
> Kppp, thinking it's not connected goes back to its ready to dial mode. Which
> means I have to kill pppd when I want to logout.
> 
> Is there a configuration of kppp that might be causing this.
> 

Check the pppd arguments (Dial tab). Do they contain the default
"-detach" option ? They definetely should.

Any feedback is welcome,

Harri.