I have now installed SuSE 10.1 on the "test" machine. Dual boot. I have run command lines: /sbin/ifconfig /sbin/status eth0 I am basically being told: DHCP client off ??? I really don't understand this? Why is it OFF? Is there a command Line or any other way to turn it ON? Configure it? IF the DHCP client is configured when I set up the card isn't it supposed to be activated? At this point on my test machine I can't even ping. AMD Athlon 3200 XP processor 512 DDRAM 80gig HD. real basic set up. It only has the one Eth Net card to be recognized. Since I'm not longer using the "Live CD". I have found a whole lot more for other applications. I can access the Firewall for example. I've check it. Even turned it to open just to see if that helped. The real problem appears to be this DHCP client not working? How to enable it and anyone with a clue as to why it's off? Another question: What is the Loop back? I'm wondering if the OS is 'trying' to use that. My set up to internet: Ethernet card to DSL modem. I am rather at a total loss. I can't believe it should be this difficult to get online. The other two distros were easy. Their DHCP was working. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Changing-Input-Languge-SUSE-10.1-tf2554353.html#a71824... Sent from the suse Help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.