So I unlocked the kernel and ran the update to latest. This is now the output from zypper up The following item is locked and will not be changed by any action: Available: xf86-video-nouveau The following 40 package updates will NOT be installed: amarok fdupes gstreamer gstreamer-0_10 gstreamer-0_10-plugin-esd gstreamer-0_10-plugins-base gstreamer-0_10-plugins-good gstreamer-plugins-good libavcodec56 libavformat56 libavutil52 libavutil54 libdca0 libdvdread4 libgstapp-0_10-0 libgstinterfaces-0_10-0 libgstreamer-0_10-0 libgstreamer-1_0-0 libmad0 libmjpegutils-2_0-0 libmpeg2-0 libmpeg2convert0 libpostproc53 libquicktime0 libstreamanalyzer0 libswresample1 libswscale3 libvlc5 libvlccore8 libxine2 libxine2-pulse mjpegtools MozillaFirefox qmmp sox vlc vlc-codecs vlc-noX vlc-noX-lang vlc-qt Nothing to do. Note, that now I do not have sound.