allowing a user to load PPP modules

Hello, I just installed SUSE 7.1 Personal on a Dell Inspiron it went very well. However... During installation, the screen was only half visible, so I had to skip a lot of the hardware set up until after configuring the graphics card. This seems to have resulted in two things: My user account cannot load the PPP modules for my dial up connection. After booting, I have to dial up once as root in order to get the modules to load and then after that, until the next boot, I can dial up as user. The second thing concerns the 'personal firewall'. It is showing a 'failed' notice in the boot up messages. How do I enable it and have it read 'done'? Thanks very much. Other that that, it looks and works great! Joss