Guys, For anyone still using 11.0, note that the redirector for the packman repo (http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/11.0/) evidently points to a place with very old metadata and reports that there are no updates. In fact there are about 104M of updates in packman for 11.0: (example) 20:38 alchemy:/home/david # zypper up -t package Reading installed packages... The following packages are going to be upgraded: xvidcap xvid4conf xmlrpc-c wavpack libwavpack1 libtwolame0 twolame libsndfile smplayer sndfile qtsmbstatus-server qtsmbstatus qtsmbstatus-lang qtsmbstatus-doc perl-libintl-perl nitrogen libaudio2 mpgtx mp3diags libslv2-9 libmp3splt0 liboil-0_3-0 libmp3splt-ogg libmp3splt-mp3 libmcs1 libjs1 libdvdread3-devel libdvdread3 libmms0 ladspa hddtemp libfluidsynth1 fluidsynth libdirac_decoder0 cmus-plugin-wavpack cmus-plugin-mp4 cmus-plugin-mpc cmus-plugin-mad cmus-plugin-ffmpeg libdirac_encoder0 cmus-plugin-aac fbdesk ecasound easytag dvdbackup dvdauthor dv2sub dirac-doc dirac cmus xine-ui libx264-88 qdvdauthor bashdb gxine-browser-plugin ffmpeg2theora liborc0_4-0 libschroedinger-1_0-0 gxine libgpac0 gpac libOpenThreads11 libaudclient2 xmms aften wxWidgets wxWidgets-gl wxWidgets-docs python-wxGTK darkice ogmrip libogmrip1 gnusound libCEGUIBase-0_7_1 liboggz-devel xine-browser-plugin aacgain libwxsvg0 libopenjpeg2 openjpeg mp3gain handbrake-gtk liba52-0 handbrake-cli DVDStyler libhtsswf1 apetag liboggz2 mesk amarok-yauap faust-kate-extension aubio-wavesurfer-plugin libmpg123-0-pulse libmpg123-0-portaudio cegui librubberband2 xmms-plugins-normalize a52dec SILLY normalize wxSQLite3 gnuchess rar ufoai-kate-extension mhwaveedit libmpg123-devel libmpg123-0-sdl libmpg123-0-jack libmpg123-0-all cutmp3 last-exit mpg123 winff swftools libmpg123-0 feh mpd faust vamps MPlayer-doc gtkpod MPlayer perl-Gtk2-MozEmbed mplayerplug-in dvdrip dvdwizard smplayer-themes dvd-slideshow soundconverter xvidenc vorbisspi swing-layout w32codec-all The following NEW packages are going to be installed: libxmlrpc_client3 libxmlrpc_util3 libxmlrpc3 libcue1 libmodplug1 Overall download size: 104.7 M. After the operation, additional 21.8 M will be used. Continue? [YES/no]: yes Solution, pick an individual mirror and then use yast or call zypper. The following works fine as a mirror: http://packman.iu-bremen.de/suse/11.0 -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org