I tried finding that, I don't think it's in there... I even went hunting around the opera.ini stuffs.
Either way, to quote the ZombieSimulator v_3b: A WINNAR IS ME!
I took the /home/zaurus/.opera/opera.ini file and increased the cache and document sizes to the max. Then I copied that monkey over to /root/.opera
Oh how sexy it is when stuff works right. I assume opera was wigging out cause it didn't allocate any cache to the thing.
Now to get xmms working right. Thanks guys, and uberjoe - you might want to try this too. It seems like it's the right fix.
If any of you know how to get an ogg vorbis stream (not file) working in xmms, let me know, I'll buy you a beer, some way, some how.