Thank you Augustin, after downgrading python-gdal to version 1.7.3 (I don't have version 1.8) QGis starts up without error messages. Best. -- View this message in context: http://osgeo-org.1560.n6.nabble.com/Python-gdal-missing-tp4982586p4982930.html Sent from the Quantum GIS - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.