Comment 390 for bug 85488

@Sitsofe Wheeler - Canon LiDE 60 needs to be blacklisted. I know, because I *specifically recompiled* 2.6.20.15 from kernel.org with CONFIG_USB_SUSPEND=n to make it work again AND to make USB work again. This scanner led me to get into this whole issue. Otherwise USB just did not work at all (disks, let alone scanning). The 60 firmware is similar to LiDE 2x,3x,4x that others have reported. Probably the entire LiDE line should be treated the same.

@Shuttleworth - Just found a good article on the consumer problem manifested here. It relates to my notion that distros should release their own kernels more often not instruct users to wait for Happy Hope. All "Just to get a single periphial device working."
http://www.advogato.org/person/elanthis/diary.html?start=166

Think about this: Ubuntu could close all bugs *today* with the line, "will be fixed in a future release." That's not good long-term support. I realize Feisty is not LTS but you have the idea.

Thanks for listening. I chalk up most of these problems to Linus himself. With such a wild kernel development model, the distros really need to spend more time offering alternative kernel builds and kernel tweaks to fix things that Linus breaks for them.

The whole kernel numbering system is a deception. Major ABI breakages happen between minor point releases like 2.6.18 to 2.6.20. By now the kernel should have a number like 9.4.0.16.