Comment 42 for bug 812394

it is too late as the release is one week away.
My suggestion is that after installing the ubuntu, a program similar to Kaptan that would provide the option to enable hibernate.
it is just the step to usability fix. the program could make a warning message if the machine is not listed in the white-list. For 12.10 we need to be effective in the validation of machines for enabling hibernate/suspend.

Disable Hibernate option is somewhat a 50-50 decision and it must be rather unfortunate. I hope the hibernate bug is fixed in 12.10 version or precise-update.