Ben Kevan wrote:

Sorry for top post, sent from blackberry.

What does zypper ref --force net you? Possibly corrupted cache?

I should have tried force, but forgot to. I finally got everything to install with zypper -up. Even after the update, the Yast SW mgmt. filter:repositories still does *not* show the packages and looks exactly like the screenshots provided in the last post. None of what I have seen explains why the packages are not shown or why 'zypper in' failed because at the time, the file "OpenOffice_org" was *not* installed on my system at all. (See the 'NEW' packages that were installed below with 'zypper up'): [19:59 alchemy/home/david] # zypper up -t package -r ooxmission Reading installed packages... The following packages are going to be upgraded: OpenOffice_org-writer OpenOffice_org-testtool OpenOffice_org-pyuno OpenOffice_org-officebean OpenOffice_org-math OpenOffice_org-mailmerge OpenOffice_org-kde OpenOffice_org-impress OpenOffice_org-filters OpenOffice_org-draw OpenOffice_org-calc OpenOffice_org-branding-upstream OpenOffice_org-base The following NEW packages are going to be installed: openclipart-png OpenOffice_org The following package is going to be REMOVED: openclipart Overall download size: 177.0 M. After the operation, additional 247.5 M will be used. Continue? [YES/no]: yes Downloading package openclipart-png-0.18-139.1.noarch (1/15), 93.1 M (100.6 M unpacked) Downloading: openclipart-png-0.18-139.1.noarch.rpm [done (135.3 K/s)] Installing: openclipart-png-0.18-139.1 [done] Downloading package OpenOffice_org-calc-3.0.0.3.6-1.1.x86_64 (2/15), 5.0 M (17.9 M unpacked) <snip> I can't put my finger on it, but something is really screwed up with Yast/Zypper. I would normally think that there is something really screwed up with my Yast/Zypper on my computer, but I have seen the same behavior on 5 other machines. And sitting 11 days away from the release of 11.1, things don't look good on the factory list either. See: 11/26 - [opensuse-factory] How can I install a pattern with zypper, in factory? (your post) 11/29 - [opensuse-factory] People say RC1 is ready, but I have the latest on Factory and show 5.2 12/01 - [opensuse-factory] Problem with kupdateapplet in RC1 I don't know whether this has been a developing problem with the repositories and distribution of files to them, or whether somebody has made changes to Yast or Zypper? I know about the new policykit backend problems, but do not know whether there have been changes that have slipped in to 11.0 or 10.3. I wish Novell would announce these type of changes. Yes, I get the announce list too. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. | openSoftware und SystemEntwicklung Rankin Law Firm, PLLC | Countdown for openSuSE 11.1 www.rankinlawfirm.com | http://counter.opensuse.org/11.1/small -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org