Fix committed for KDE 4.3. It seems to be more of an architectural change, so it's probably unlikely that we could get a fix in for Kubuntu 9.04 without doing something extreme like taking away the ability to suspend from Kickoff.
Fix committed for KDE 4.3. It seems to be more of an architectural change, so it's probably unlikely that we could get a fix in for Kubuntu 9.04 without doing something extreme like taking away the ability to suspend from Kickoff.