On starting up SuSE Linux 7.3 Prof. (KDE) I get the following messages in the console log: 1) linux sshd[359] error: bind to port 22 on 0.0.0.0 failed: Address already in use. 2) linux logger: Warning: wierd charracter in interface ' ppp* ' ( No aliases : , ! or * ) I have 'personal-firewall' active on startup and this is a 'stand alone' box. I managed to get rid of the first message by editing one line in /etc/ssh/sshd_config as follows: changed . # Listen Address 0.0.0.0 # Listen Address :: . to (removed one hash) . # Listen Address 0.0.0.0 Listen Address :: . Would this be alright ? Regarding the second message I am completely baffled, as my dial-up Internet connection works well and so does my email (KMail) All this was subsequent to a complete re-install which I had to do to reformat my mount partition to reiserfs (to get rid of nuisance fsck activity). The only thing I needed to do for Internet was to configure Kppp and KMail . (Did not alter any ppp config. files) Thanks in advance for your comments/suggestions Roy