Man, I must be dumber that I realised. I still can't get the modem to dial out. I took Calum's suggestion and used KPPP to configure the modem but all I am getting is "Modem is Busy" or "Modem is not responding" depending on the /dev I use. So I have tried YaST2 and I am not sure if it configured the modem as there seems no way to test it. I am not clear what the real modem is either, should it be /dev/modem or dev/ssty0 or /dev/ssty1 or what ? How do I figure that out ?
It's a Dell PC with an internal MHD something or other modem.
Any help, much appreciated and I am trying Suse web site too.
Other than that, what's not to like ?!!