Hi Takashi, Thank you for your suggestion , I tried to see what happens if I install the kernel-default 15.1 on my machine . The repository https://download.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/15.1/repo/oss/ was added as kernel-default_leap_15.1 I got ..... zypper in -D --from kernel-default_leap_15.1 kernel-default Loading repository data... Reading installed packages... The selected package 'kernel-default-4.12.14-lp151.22.7.x86_64' from repository 'kernel-default_leap_15.1' has lower version than the installed one. Use 'zypper install --oldpackage kernel-default-4.12.14-lp151.22.7.x86_64' to force installation of the package. There is an update candidate 'kernel-default-5.0.2-1.1.gd1f1d19.x86_64' for 'kernel-default-5.0.0-4.1.g6bc6477.x86_64', but it does not match the specified version, architecture, or repository. Resolving package dependencies... Nothing to do. For the time being I am wanting until I feel confortable on installing the leap 15.1 kernel-default at a level that does not produce aby regressions , Please let me know if that is possible . Thanks . Best regards, Nick