D'OH! - sorry clumsy fingers ctl-enter instead of ctl-v, enter... Back to the scheduled program .... Files reported as missing by various control center modules are: libkcm_socks.la libkcm_newsticker.la libkcm_lanbrowser.la libkcm_konq.la libkcm_kamera.la libkcm_midi.la libkcm_kcmkxmirpcd.la libkcm_konqhtml.la libkcm_nsplugin.la I have checked, and can't find these files anywhere. I have reinstalled the rpms loaded from ftp.suse.com (all contents of base, apps, and the German/english version from the i18n directory) Apart from these "missing files" preventing control center modules from opening, kde 3.1 runs fine. Is there a path var that I need to set so that it can find these files? (if they are actually anywhere to be found) or are they actually missing from the packages? Thanks and sorry for the false start ... Rich