PPP via Minicom

[David Densmore <dden@rollanet.org>]

I just installed Debian 2.0.

Under 1.3.1 I could initiate a PPP connection by dialing and logging in
with Minicom, quitting Minicom without resetting the modem and invoking
pppd manually like this:

/usr/sbin/pppd defaultroute /dev/ttyS0 38400 &

I can't get this to work now.  After I excute this command, no connection
is established and the modem hangs up shortly thereafter.  I get the same
result as root and as normal user.

Does anyone know how to make this work?

I can start a PPP connection with pon ok, just want to be able to do
it manually too.

Thanks,
David Densmore <dden@rollanet.org>