On test machine had previously updated dev and MAKEDEV as well as kernel rpms. Used urpmi nodeps to update all other pkgs to current, that is as current as Sunet.
2 rpms did produce errors/unexpected messages during installation docbook-dtd31-sgml ################################################## Failed to remove entry from /etc/sgml/sgml-docbook-3.1.cat gcc-doc ################################################## /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.49052: line 3: syntax error near unexpected token `;' /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.49052: line 3: `; # FIXME: that semi-colon should not be needed, nor the blank line' error: execution of %preun scriptlet from gcc-doc-2.96-0.76mdk failed, exit status 2 Remainder of pkgs installed without incidence. On reboot of system no problems were encountered, Nvidia drivers loaded and E started and runs as normal. Apps still requiring librpm-3.0.3.so, such as rpmdrake, will not run but this was as expected. Charles