Comment 13 for bug 164974

I emailed Ubuntu developer Steve Langasek about this bug, as it didn't appear on the Hardy milestone, and I was concerned that it severely impacts the stability of Hardy. He replied:

> I've spoken with our X developers, and the answer I've been given is that
> this is not a bug that's practical for us, with the resources available
> within Ubuntu, to resolve in time for the Hardy release. As mentioned in
> the bug log, it really needs to be fixed upstream, and that fix is not yet
> forthcoming.
>
> So while I regret the lack of reliable suspend support for i965 (my wife
> also has a laptop with one of these chipsets - I guess this bug explains a
> few things now that I've found it), we can't commit to fixing this bug for
> the hardy release in spite of its significant impact.

I'll try the workarounds again before I have to resort to reinstalling Microsoft Windows Vista, which I really, really don't want to do, but frankly there's no point in having a laptop without reliable hibernate IMHO.

I'm keen to donate towards fixing this problem (I'd rather PAY for Ubuntu than use MS-Windows shipped free with my laptop!), but as per bug #174040, the Ubuntu bounty system has been withdrawn.

What a shame.