After a significant period of time with no resolution for this bug,
I switched to Debian, where there was no problem, and then to Linux
Mint, where there was no problem. However, I have just tried
Ubuntu 11.10 and it also is problem free. So someplace between
10.04 and 11.10 the problem disappeared, probably the result of
kernel changes. So I suppose you can mark this as fixed.
After a significant period of time with no resolution for this bug,
I switched to Debian, where there was no problem, and then to Linux
Mint, where there was no problem. However, I have just tried
Ubuntu 11.10 and it also is problem free. So someplace between
10.04 and 11.10 the problem disappeared, probably the result of
kernel changes. So I suppose you can mark this as fixed.
Richard Olsen