I had a 15.3 installation that's relatively old, with only XDM and IceWM previously installed, and all up to date. I added KDE3/KDM3: # time zypper -v in kdebase3-kdm kdebase3 kdebase3-SuSE kdebase3-apps kdebase3-runtime kdebase3-session kdebase-workspace kdegraphics3 kde3-susetranslations kde3-gtk-qt-engine kde3-kgtk kde3-oxygen-icon-theme kdeaddons3-kicker kdemultimedia3-mixer kdeutils3 Tail of /var/log/zypp/history: https://paste.opensuse.org/view/raw/16742093 This command triggered installation of around 78 packages total. Why did the process of adding KDE3 to an existing installation terminate by (attempting to) rebuild all initrds? -- Evolution as taught in public schools is, like religion, based on faith, not based on science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata