After some investigation this appears to be a problem with usb and the loss of the wacom devices is a side effect.
See here: http://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-technical-help-here/hardware/467080-wacom-devices-lost-after-resume-11-4-a.html
Note this problem is present in openSUSE 11.4 which runs kernel 2.6.37.6, so it came in somewhere between 2.6.35 and 2.6.37.
After some investigation this appears to be a problem with usb and the loss of the wacom devices is a side effect.
See here: http:// forums. opensuse. org/english/ get-technical- help-here/ hardware/ 467080- wacom-devices- lost-after- resume- 11-4-a. html
Note this problem is present in openSUSE 11.4 which runs kernel 2.6.37.6, so it came in somewhere between 2.6.35 and 2.6.37.