>Has 'lots' of people managed to get ppp to work? :/

yes, i've got:
ppp-dialin
ppp-dialout tel line
ppp-dialout dedicated line

>I tried entering the files in a previuos posting...
>I get the connecting....done
>but pppd doesn't even run.

in pppd options set "debug kdebug 1", what output do you get??

>I am very close to throwing this thing out the window....

o please throw it my way, i'll catch ;)'

>oh, what does one put as a machine name etc for ppp? (if I ever
>get it working) or does it get ignored?

man pppd tells about an options file with <local ip>:<remote ip>
~n