Louis-Philippe Huberdeau schrieb:

>> [... /var/log/syslog...]
> There must be something wrong but that file does not exist...

/var/log/syslog is the standard file where the Gentoo sysklogd logs
events.

It may be, that you use another configuration or another syslog. Could
you please proof some settings:
- which syslog package do you have installed (usually one of sysklogd or
syslog-ng IIRC)
- where does your syslog write events (look for the entry "*.*" in its
configuration file /etc/syslog.conf)
- does your syslog daemon run (ps auxw|grep syslog)?
- if not, start it, start ppp and look into the logfile. There should be
some messages from ppp about its try to build a connection.


Karsten