Hah! Fixed ppp! Turns out that the ppp_async module didn't get 
compiled/loaded.
        I hope nobody minds that I'm randomly driveling on the list. Most 
of my higher cognitive functions have been cat /dev/null. Makes me feel 
like...poetry!

Three modules for the sys-admins under the sky,
   Seven for the PHBs in their halls of stone,
Nice for the lusers doomed to die,
   One for the BOFH on his dark throne
In the Land of Finland where the boxen lie.
   One Box to ping them all, One Box to root them,
   One Box to bring them all and in /dev/null bind them In the Land of 
Finland where the boxen lie.

        I need to get out more...
        :Peter