I am having a problem with my 8.1 system. YaST2 and rpm both report I have nothing installed on this system, libs, no apps, nothing. SO I cant use YaST to install or upgrade anything. RPM reports deps errors, and I must use --nodeps or install from source. THis all started during my last YaST software install. YaST hung during the final phase, and I left it overnight. I had no choice but shutdown and reboot and YaST and RPM have never been the same since. I have tried to rpm --rebuilddb, no change. Reinstall all the YaST parts using rpm -i --nodeps and rpm -Uvh --nodeps and no inprovement. Without any help, the only option I can see is a new reinstall, and I hate that option. TIA ]-- Best Regards, Bruce "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety". Benjamin Franklin