So have I washed my hands of OpenSUSE?

No I haven’t. I just may have to pass on it for now. Up till that last big update, it has worked well. I also wonder if perhaps I am an unusual case because the issue hasn’t been addressed. Since the error points to a GPU problem I wonder if it could be related to my old video card. This card has probably followed me through three builds. None of my other hardware is strange. Maybe I should upgrade my video with something inexpensive yet much newer.