Thanks to everyone that responded with advice. I am still having issues. A few people suggested that I remove the Ximian elements, but I am running Ximain XD2. If it will not hurt to remove them, I will.. but I am not sure how to remove them. 1. I took Ben R.'s advice and my new /etc/apt/sources.list has everything commented out except the following .. UW PICO(tm) 4.4 File: /etc/apt/sources.list rpm ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/suse/apt SuSE/8.2-i386 base update kde3-stable kde mozilla packman packman-i686 security xfree86 usr-local-bin After I replaced that list I removed ktmaga by executing 'rpm -e ktamaga' 2. I took Scott J.'s advice and my new /etc/apt/apt.conf has this in it.. RPM { // Hold (do not update) a list with pkgs: // Hold { "k_deflt"; "sane"; }; // Leave list empty to disable Hold {"k_deflt"; "ktamaga"; "kdepim3-3.1.1"; }; 3. After I edited these two files I ran 'apt-get update && apt-get upgrade'. Here is the new output ... incipio:/home/thinker # pico /etc/apt/sources.list incipio:/home/thinker # pico /etc/apt/apt.conf incipio:/home/thinker # apt-get update && apt-get upgrade Get:1 ftp://ftp.gwdg.de SuSE/8.2-i386 release [6131B] Fetched 6131B in 2s (2840B/s) Hit ftp://ftp.gwdg.de SuSE/8.2-i386/base pkglist Hit ftp://ftp.gwdg.de SuSE/8.2-i386/base release Hit ftp://ftp.gwdg.de SuSE/8.2-i386/update pkglist Hit ftp://ftp.gwdg.de SuSE/8.2-i386/update release Hit ftp://ftp.gwdg.de SuSE/8.2-i386/kde3-stable pkglist Hit ftp://ftp.gwdg.de SuSE/8.2-i386/kde3-stable release Hit ftp://ftp.gwdg.de SuSE/8.2-i386/kde pkglist Hit ftp://ftp.gwdg.de SuSE/8.2-i386/kde release Hit ftp://ftp.gwdg.de SuSE/8.2-i386/mozilla pkglist Hit ftp://ftp.gwdg.de SuSE/8.2-i386/mozilla release Hit ftp://ftp.gwdg.de SuSE/8.2-i386/packman pkglist Hit ftp://ftp.gwdg.de SuSE/8.2-i386/packman release Hit ftp://ftp.gwdg.de SuSE/8.2-i386/packman-i686 pkglist Hit ftp://ftp.gwdg.de SuSE/8.2-i386/packman-i686 release Hit ftp://ftp.gwdg.de SuSE/8.2-i386/security pkglist Hit ftp://ftp.gwdg.de SuSE/8.2-i386/security release Hit ftp://ftp.gwdg.de SuSE/8.2-i386/xfree86 pkglist Hit ftp://ftp.gwdg.de SuSE/8.2-i386/xfree86 release Hit ftp://ftp.gwdg.de SuSE/8.2-i386/usr-local-bin pkglist Hit ftp://ftp.gwdg.de SuSE/8.2-i386/usr-local-bin release Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The following packages will be upgraded Guppi alsa alsa-tools arts atk atk-devel audacity audiofile autoconf automake bluefish cdda2wav cdrecord control-center2 cups-drivers curl digikam dvb eel2 eel2-devel esound evolution evolution-pilot gaim gal gconf gconf-editor gftp ggv glib2 glib2-devel gnome-desktop gnome-icon-theme gnome-media2 gnome-mime-data gnome-panel gnome-pilot-conduits gnome-terminal gnome-vfs gnome-vfs-extras gnumeric gpgme gstreamer gtk gtk-engines gtk2 gtk2-devel gtk2-engines gtkhtml gtkhtml3.0 gtkspell hk_classes id3lib jpilot juk k3b kalamaris kappdock karchiver kbear kbiff kdclock kdeaddons3-games kdeaddons3-kate kdeaddons3-kicker kdeaddons3-konqueror kdeaddons3-sound kdeartwork3-sound kdeartwork3-xscreensaver kdebase3-extra kdebase3-kdm kdebase3-ksysguardd kdebase3-nsplugin kdebase3-samba kdebindings3-c kdegames3-arcade kdegames3-board kdegames3-card kdegames3-tactic kdegraphics3-3D kdegraphics3-extra kdegraphics3-fax kdegraphics3-kamera kdegraphics3-postscript kdegraphics3-tex kdelibs3-cups kdemultimedia3-midi kdemultimedia3-sound kdemultimedia3-video kdemultimedia3-video-xine kdenetwork3-chat kdenetwork3-dialup kdenetwork3-lan kdenetwork3-mail kdenetwork3-news kdenetwork3-query kdenetwork3-vnc kdepim3-kpilot kdepim3-organizer kdepim3-sync kdepim3-time-management kdetoys3 kdeutils3-extra kdeutils3-laptop kdirstat kdoc kfilter kgamma kgoodstuff kgpg khrono kile kinkatta kinternet kio_sql kleandisk kmag kmplayer kmud kmymoney knights knoda koffice koffice-extra koffice-illustration koffice-presentation koffice-spreadsheet konserve kopete kover kpl kradio krecord krpmbuilder krusader ksetiwatch kshowmail ksteak kvim kwatch kwebget kwifimanager kwintv kwix kxicq2 libdvdread libglade2 libglade2-devel libgnomeui libgnomeui-devel libgsf libgsf-gnome libogg libvorbis libxml2 libxml2-devel libxml2-python libxslt libxslt-python libzvt2 mkisofs mrproject mutt nautilus-media noteedit pango pango-devel pixieplus qt3 qt3-mysql qt3-non-mt quanta rdesktop samba samba-client sax2 saxident saxtools startup-notification taskjuggler taskjuggler-kde umbrello vdr x3270 xchat xmms-kde yast2-bootloader yast2-printer yast2-tune The following packages have been kept back Geramik MPlayer abiword galeon gconf2 gconf2-devel gnome-pilot gnome-system-monitor gnomemeeting gnucash gstreamer-plugins kdeadmin3 kdeartwork3 kdebase3 kdeedu3 kdegames3 kdegraphics3 kdelibs3 kdenetwork3 kdepim3 kdeutils3 koffice-wordprocessing kssh libdvdnav libwmf nautilus2 openhbci sane xsane 189 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 removed and 29 not upgraded. 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[Y/n] y Executing RPM (-Uvh)... file /opt/gnome2/lib/libgtkhtml-3.0.so.2.1.1 from install of gtkhtml3.0-3.0.8-SuSE.ulb.1 conflicts with file from package libgtkhtml3.0_2-3.0.8-0.ximian.7.1 file /opt/gnome2/lib/libgtkhtml-a11y-3.0.so.2.1.1 from install of gtkhtml3.0-3.0.8-SuSE.ulb.1 conflicts with file from package libgtkhtml3.0_2-3.0.8-0.ximian.7.1 file /opt/gnome2/lib/gnome-vfs-2.0/modules/libsmb.a from install of gnome-vfs-extras-0.99.10-SuSE.ulb.1 conflicts with file from package gnome-vfs2-extras-0.99.10-0.ximian.7.5 file /opt/gnome2/lib/gnome-vfs-2.0/modules/libsmb.la from install of gnome-vfs-extras-0.99.10-SuSE.ulb.1 conflicts with file from package gnome-vfs2-extras-0.99.10-0.ximian.7.5 file /opt/gnome2/lib/gnome-vfs-2.0/modules/libsmb.so from install of gnome-vfs-extras-0.99.10-SuSE.ulb.1 conflicts with file from package gnome-vfs2-extras-0.99.10-0.ximian.7.5 file /opt/gnome2/share/gnome/network/smb.desktop from install of gnome-vfs-extras-0.99.10-SuSE.ulb.1 conflicts with file from package gnome-vfs2-extras-0.99.10-0.ximian.7.5 file /opt/gnome2/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-vfs-extras.mo from install of gnome-vfs-extras-0.99.10-SuSE.ulb.1 conflicts with file from package gnome-vfs2-extras-0.99.10-0.ximian.7.5 file /opt/kde3/share/applnk/Utilities/More/kandy.desktop from install of kdepim3-sync-3.1.3-18 conflicts with file from package kdepim3-3.1.1-76 file /opt/kde3/share/applnk/.hidden/kalarmd.desktop from install of kdepim3-time-management-3.1.3-18 conflicts with file from package kdepim3-3.1.1-76 file /opt/kde3/share/applnk/Utilities/More/kalarm.desktop from install of kdepim3-time-management-3.1.3-18 conflicts with file from package kdepim3-3.1.1-76 file /opt/kde3/share/applnk/Utilities/More/karm.desktop from install of kdepim3-time-management-3.1.3-18 conflicts with file from package kdepim3-3.1.1-76 file /opt/gnome2/lib/libmrproject.so.0.0.0 from install of mrproject-0.9.1-55 conflicts with file from package libmrproject-0.9.1-0.ximian.7.7 file /opt/gnome2/lib/mrproject/file-modules/libmrp-mpx.la from install of mrproject-0.9.1-55 conflicts with file from package libmrproject-0.9.1-0.ximian.7.7 file /opt/gnome2/lib/mrproject/file-modules/libmrp-mpx.so from install of mrproject-0.9.1-55 conflicts with file from package libmrproject-0.9.1-0.ximian.7.7 file /opt/gnome2/lib/mrproject/file-modules/libmrp-xml.la from install of mrproject-0.9.1-55 conflicts with file from package libmrproject-0.9.1-0.ximian.7.7 file /opt/gnome2/lib/mrproject/file-modules/libmrp-xml.so from install of mrproject-0.9.1-55 conflicts with file from package libmrproject-0.9.1-0.ximian.7.7 file /opt/gnome2/lib/mrproject/storage-modules/libstorage-mpx.la from install of mrproject-0.9.1-55 conflicts with file from package libmrproject-0.9.1-0.ximian.7.7 file /opt/gnome2/lib/mrproject/storage-modules/libstorage-mpx.so from install of mrproject-0.9.1-55 conflicts with file from package libmrproject-0.9.1-0.ximian.7.7 file /opt/gnome2/lib/mrproject/storage-modules/libstorage-mrproject-1.la from install of mrproject-0.9.1-55 conflicts with file from package libmrproject-0.9.1-0.ximian.7.7 file /opt/gnome2/lib/mrproject/storage-modules/libstorage-mrproject-1.so from install of mrproject-0.9.1-55 conflicts with file from package libmrproject-0.9.1-0.ximian.7.7 file /opt/gnome2/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/libmrproject.mo from install of mrproject-0.9.1-55 conflicts with file from package libmrproject-0.9.1-0.ximian.7.7 E: Sub-process /bin/rpm returned an error code (122) --end output--