Well... I've solved it... sort of. In the process of "debugging" the problem I had disabled just about everything in the BIOS that can be disabled and still boot the computer. No change. I had disabled everything I could in KDE (keyboard repeat, power management etc). No change. I had disabled every non-essential service. No change. Then I rolled back the kernel to the one provided on the 10.1 DVD... immediately everything is back to normal. I've re-enabled all the BIOS functionality, re-enabled all the system level stuff and all the KDE extras... and it's still working great! So what is wrong with the latest SMP kernel that causes: - a 1 second pause every 2 seconds when playing OpenGL games? - high speed keyboard repeats when typing in any application? - random hibernates - monitor blanking every 2 to 7 seconds of mouse/keyboard inactivity? (no exaggeration.. I timed it) I'd file a bug report if I knew what to file it on... or how to describe the problem... but I'm kinda lost here. Has anyone else who's using the newest SMP kernel from SUSE (via an online update) having any issues? C. -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com