--- pppd.orig	2005-11-10 23:44:22.000000000 +0200
+++ pppd	2005-11-11 00:28:18.189464848 +0200
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@
 #
 # Returns 0 (true) when successful, otherwise 1
 pppd_start() {
+    ${IN_BACKGROUND} && return 0
+
     local iface="$1" ifvar=$( bash_variable "$1" ) opts="" link
     if [[ ${iface%%[0-9]*} != "ppp" ]]; then
         eerror "PPP can only be invoked from net.ppp[0-9]"
@@ -225,6 +227,11 @@
 
         insert_link_in_opts=0
     fi
+    if [[ " ${opts} " == *" plugin pppoatm.so "* ]]; then
+        # Load the pppoa kernel module - if this fails, we have to hope
+        # that pppoa support is compiled into the kernel
+        modprobe pppoatm 2>/dev/null
+    fi
     [[ ${insert_link_in_opts} -eq 0 ]] || opts="${link} ${opts}"
     
     ebegin "Running pppd"
@@ -234,6 +241,8 @@
     if [[ " ${opts} " == *" updetach "* ]]; then
         local addr=$( interface_get_address "${iface}" )
         einfo "${iface} received address ${addr}"
+    else
+        go_background
     fi
 }
 
@@ -244,6 +253,8 @@
 # Returns 0 (true) if no process to kill or it terminates successfully,
 # otherwise non-zero (false)
 pppd_stop() {
+    ${IN_BACKGROUND} && return 0
+
     local iface="$1" pidfile="/var/run/ppp-$1.pid"
 
     [[ ! -s ${pidfile} ]] && return 0