auto online update always shows 2 new updates

I’m running suse11.0(Gnome). every time when I login, auto online update shows 2 new updates available but never actually upgrades them. Then, I tried to use “zypper up” as following, they are still there. How can I fix this? many thanks.

pqq@asus-amd:~> su
Password: 
asus-amd:/home/pqq # rpmdb --rebuilddb

asus-amd:/home/pqq # zypper lr
# | Alias                                                    | Name                      | Enabled | Refresh
--+----------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------+---------+--------
1 | openSUSE-DVD 11.0                                        | openSUSE-DVD 11.0         | No      | No     
2 | google                                                   | google                    | No      | Yes    
3 | packman_USA                                              | packman USA               | Yes     | Yes    
4 | Main Repository (OSS)                                    | Main Repository (OSS)     | Yes     | Yes    
5 | NVIDIA Repository                                        | NVIDIA Repository         | No      | Yes    
6 | packman                                                  | packman                   | No      | Yes    
7 | http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/SuSE/11.0/ | VideoLan Repository       | No      | Yes    
8 | Main_Repository_(NON-OSS)                                | Main Repository (NON-OSS) | Yes     | Yes    
9 | openSUSE-11.0-Updates                                    | openSUSE-11.0-Updates     | Yes     | Yes    

asus-amd:/home/pqq # zypper ref
Repository 'packman USA' is up to date.
Repository 'Main Repository (OSS)' is up to date.
Repository 'Main Repository (NON-OSS)' is up to date.
Repository 'openSUSE-11.0-Updates' is up to date.
All repositories have been refreshed.

asus-amd:/home/pqq # zypper lu
Reading installed packages...
Patches

Repository            | Name                              | Version | Category    | Status
----------------------+-----------------------------------+---------+-------------+-------
openSUSE-11.0-Updates | desktop-data-openSUSE-extra-gnome | 84      | recommended | Needed
openSUSE-11.0-Updates | libpulse-browse0                  | 169     | recommended | Needed

asus-amd:/home/pqq # zypper up
Reading installed packages...

The following NEW patches are going to be installed:
  libpulse-browse0 desktop-data-openSUSE-extra-gnome 


No additional space will be used or freed after the operation.
Continue? [YES/no]: yes (either yes or YES, zypper won't do anything and no errors)

asus-amd:/home/pqq # zypper lu
Reading installed packages...
Patches

Repository            | Name                              | Version | Category    | Status
----------------------+-----------------------------------+---------+-------------+-------
openSUSE-11.0-Updates | desktop-data-openSUSE-extra-gnome | 84      | recommended | Needed
openSUSE-11.0-Updates | libpulse-browse0                  | 169     | recommended | Needed
asus-amd:/home/pqq #  (as u can see, they are still here)

I had the same problem, and I just “fixed” it – make sure gconf2-branding-openSUSE and desktop-data-openSUSE-extra-gnome are installed, then retry the update.