Comment 49 for bug 812394

i am also in favor of it being enabled by default.
you say it is unprofessional if Ubuntu shows the hibernate option but it does not work, though that is exactly what is the case now, just that Ubuntu does not really try to hibernate. for the user, these are both the same: "does not work!". sure... there are scenarios where you would loose data in one way and not in the other, but such scenarios can be drawn either way. for example, if i have very low battery, i have to leave, and have lots of apps open.. i click on hibernate, close the lid and off i go... while underway, the rest of the battery gets emptied, and i loose data.

i am using xubuntu, which shows an error message box:
"Failed to hibernate session - not authorized"
... which suggests a system/software configuration error. this error starts appearing after updating to 12.04, which suggest that the update mis-configured the system, which... would be unprofessional. ;-)
i read that on Ubuntu, you do not get any error message, which is even worse.
The least i would expect, is a worthwhile and accurate error message. something like: "there is lots of hardware ... certified ... if your system ... therefore, hibernation has been disabled for your system, to prevent you from using data."
and this error should appear right after clicking on hibernate, and an error sound should appear, and the screen should not be locked.

The best thing you could do, would be to organize a whistle blower at MS, that hands over their list of hardware+fixes for hibernation. if then you only fail to properly hibernate for systems where MS fails too, you are on the safe side.
i would even find it morally just to hack into MS, for getting this list, as it is morally totally wrong and bad for the end user, for hardware creators to help MS but not others in this issue.