Add Canon LiDE 60 to the blacklists.

@M. Chang - I read all comments before posting, and Ben's rationale is
weak and wrong.  Debian's Joerg Morbitzer is on target,
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=419197#62 : "as long as
it is that buggy and officially 'experimental' I don't want to see it in
a _Debian_ kernel!" (25 Jul 2007).

The kernel.org devs admit suspend code is bad, dozens of user bug
reports prove it.  It should be obvious now that CONFIG_USB_SUSPEND=y
was the wrong default.

Besides which, there is a lot of kernel work going into new suspend
designs anyway.

But all this debating is wasteful, because there is an easy fix - put an
alt kernel in the repos.  If Ben feels that strongly about jamming
experimental laptop goodies into a one-size-fits-all kernel, maybe
Ubuntu should branch a "laptop" kernel astride the server and mobile
lineup.

This bug is nearly half a year old on Ubuntu bugzilla.  A simple kernel
offering in the repos would have solved it months ago for everyone.

@Shuttleworth - You should focus on what makes Ubuntu special, if
anything.

I work with many Linux distros.  I *want* to use Ubuntu - but generally
can't because of issues like this.  A common fallacy is, "that will be
fixed next time."  What can distinguish Ubuntu from the pack is offering
solutions when needed.  Otherwise I fail to see the value-added.  I'm
spending as much time fighting Ubuntu software to make it work as any
other distro.

When Ubuntu supported PowerPC I did wait - and wait - and wait.  I
waited across *two* major releases and known bugs were still never
fixed.   (Then Ubuntu dropped the platform.  OK, moving on.)  My point
is that waiting can turn into real frustration and futility.

An experimental laptop feature is now breaking large numbers of x86
desktops.  Kernel.org devs admit the code is bad and mark it
experimental.  The same bad code is haunting 2.6.22.  Ubuntu cannot
afford that kind of PR.

Average people just want to know that hardware X works.  Telling them
"recompile your kernel" or "rebuild your initramfs" or "wait N months
for Gutsy" or "use this tweaker script" is not cutting it.  If they must
do all that, they can suffer with any old Linux, and don't need a
"friendly" distro.  I am a *software engineer* and *even I* find Ubuntu
frustrating.  My main frustration is why your fulltime hires can't put
fixes in the repos.

When Gutsy comes, there will be similar problems.  Linux will *always*
have these problems.  Ubuntu needs a better strategy than "wait for
Happy Hope..."

Please consider a laptop-specific kernel.  Please offer alt kernels in
the repos to address user needs.  Please avoid telling users to wait for
the next release.  Especially when the fix is so well nailed as this one
(simply turn a compile flag off).  Offering alt kernels will cut down on
bugzilla duplications too.

Myself, I am not persuaded that Gutsy will fix the problem, going by my
experience with 2.6.22.1 and LKML research.  I am just compiling that
flag out of every Linux distro we deploy.

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