Hello Peter!
I can understand you, because I'm working on my PPP connection, too.
Sometimes I'm a bit confused, ...
I didn't modified my /etc/init.d/ppp, so it should work!
Look at ls -Fl /etc/init.d/ppp:
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 510 Dec 8 02:54 /etc/init.d/ppp*
Good luck!
#! /bin/sh
# /etc/init.d/ppp: start or stop PPP.
FLAGS="start 20 2 3 4 5 . stop 20 0 1 6 ."
# NO_RESTART_ON_UPGRADE
test -x /usr/sbin/pppd -a -f /etc/ppp/ppp_on_boot || exit 0
case "$1" in
start)
start-stop-daemon --start --verbose --exec /usr/sbin/pppd -- \
connect "/usr/sbin/chat -v -f /etc/ppp.chatscript" `cat
/etc/ppp.options_out`
;;
stop)
start-stop-daemon --stop --verbose --exec /usr/sbin/pppd
;;
*)
echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/ppp {start|stop}"
exit 1
esac
exit 0
