Having now grepped my entire linux installation I cannot find any traces of libkcm-XXX anywhere. The only entries to appear in the search were libkcm_liquid.la libkcm_liquid.so libkcm_susesearch.la libkcm_susesearch.so libkcm_yast2.la libkcm_yast2.so libkcm_cdbosettings.la libkcm_cdbosettings.so libkcm_hardware.la libkcm_hardware.so libkcm_kgamma.la libkcm_kgamma.so libkcm_kuick.la libkcm_kuick.so libkcm_kwix.la libkcm_kwix.so After reading another thread that suggested loading kdebase (not kdebase3) I tried it only to find that the error message didn't appear but Control Center seg-faulted and crashed. So there really is no copies of the missing libkcm files on the HD. Which packages do I need to get them? None of the KDE3 rpms seem to have them... Thanks Rich