suse 11.1 does not remember keyboard shortcuts

I’m running OpenSuse 11.1 32bit with KDE 4.1.3 release 4.10.4

I have set my keyboard as Microsoft Multimedia Keyboard and I can set up the volume, multimedia keys and other keys (ie the calculator key for kcal.) It all works well, until I do a restart and all functions are forgotten. It still shows the keys set up, but they’re just not working.
If I go into Yast and choose the same keyboard, save the new old settins and setup the keys, they work again.

any ideas? Thanks.