Peter, this would be nice, but in this particular case it is very hard to do as it is hardware related. Even if it would not be hardware related, it would require to have older (supported) versions installed and quite some time to confirm. Even if this would be confirmed with older release, it may not be feasible to backport the this particular fix as we are talking about kernel bug (2.6 kernels change *a lot* between minor releases).
General policy is to close bug as Fix Released when fixed package is uploaded to Ubuntu repositories (see [1]). This is also true if the fix was uploaded to current development version. If the bug is critical or has severe impact on many users, you may request a backport - select "Nominate for Release" and the bug would be evaluated by the bug/release team if it qualifies for Stable Release Update (SRU - see [2]). [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/CommonTasks [2] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates -- Keyboard and touchpad doesn't work after suspend-to-ram on a Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo M1420 https://launchpad.net/bugs/25673 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
