Well, after having tried all of Your tips, it still didn't work. Even the mention abt Hostname lookup failure starting KDE desappeared but as far as internet was concerned, no change. Finally, even root couldn't surf. I then drastically decided to delete all net, rc.config and other config realted files and reloaded whole the system, from zero as far as whole the config is concerned. (Obliged me to run again all the RPM Koffice, Kde Vmware and other stuff which I downloaded and are more recent that om my SuSE 7.1Pro DVD.) Now the situation is that I mail You from Windows 3.11 for Worksgroup because I have no other solution. In linux, modem was configurated from Yast2, Yast1, faxsetup was run from bash but "nuts". Impossible to even let the modem connect, neither logging, neither fax. What is similar to what occurred (when I pointed it out, is when I decide to delete/reload ) before when I tried to enter System managment > .......> PPP configuration in Yast1 :immediate exit from Yast, and, at bash, the following message : "Yast : AsciiFile.cc : 373 : class String & AsciiFile : operator [ ] (int): Assertion 'Lines_c.valid( Idx_iv)' failed Aborted" This means I have the access to the ppp configuration blocked from Yast1 and the configuration from Yast2 doesn't seem to work. When O reloaded the full stuff I just got one error : y2m-menu didn't install correctly. Hence, I re.run Yast2 to reinstal Yast1. This so also thru Yast1 : unsinstall Yast 1 and then reinstall thru Yast2. Doesn't change anything and the same abort from Yast1 goes on. Of course, no internet OR fax connection is possible. Is the somewhere in the obscurity some light (=help) ? Rgds Jacek