Why can't I telnet?

Hi everybody I am setting up an old Pentium with a 1GB drive as a print server. I've installed Suse 7.2 but I had to use minimal install (graphics) and add in those bits I though were relevant - KDEbase, cups, inet, samba, telnet server, ftpd, various yast bits. I can ping in and out and I've started inetd after checking inetd.conf was set to start telnet and ftp. Used ps aux to check that inetd is running. But - telnet and ftp both refuse to work when accessing from another machine. I need tips on what to look for? TIA Dave Williams