Ok, so its only under kde, right?
Correct... I cannot test it under Gnome since I don't have Gnome installed. Or any other WM for that matter.
Two possible things to try: In text mode, create a new user with yast and log in as that user and see if it works ok.
Ok, did that (after updating to the new kernel again), and new user has the exact same issues... works fine from CLI, but in KDE, I cannot type anything due to the keyboard repeat.
Just edit the ~/.kde/share/config/kcminputrc in text mode and make it have reasonable values. The critical part in there is something like this:
[Keyboard] ClickVolume=9 KeyboardRepeating=true NumLock=0 RepeatDelay=660 RepeatRate=24.3
My kcminputrc is virtually the same: [Keyboard] ClickVolume=0 KeyboardRepeating=true NumLock=0 RepeatDelay=500 RepeatRate=25 If I turn OFF keyboard repeat in KDE (Control Center), then the keyboard repeats is toned down to something manageable... but even with keyboard repeat turned off, I still get repeated letters... in any user.. new, old... Instead of dozens of each letter I get 5 or 6... and I can backspace enough to actually type things... It might be worth noting that this happens on a clean install as well - as in format and reinstall... and do the updates including the new SMP kernel.. and the keybaord repeat goes out of control. And as always, if I roll back to the kernel on the DVD, the keyboard repeat problem goes away. There has to be something in that kernel that is not playing well with my computer... I haven't tried the kernels from "suser-jengelh" yet.... I prefer to use the stock kernels. C.