I don't think so. There seem to be 3 causes of these symptoms:
1). Certain ATI/Intel video card combinations. There's a workaround for these.
2). Network driver caused, as the one mentioned in the bug you linked.
3). This one caused by (seems like) ACPI.
"Is this the same bug as https:/ /bugs.launchpad .net/ubuntu/ +source/ linux/+ bug/887793 ?"
I don't think so. There seem to be 3 causes of these symptoms:
1). Certain ATI/Intel video card combinations. There's a workaround for these.
2). Network driver caused, as the one mentioned in the bug you linked.
3). This one caused by (seems like) ACPI.