Comment 240 for bug 204996

I have kernel 2.6.24-19 also and this bug continues to be terrible. I get lockups and freezes even if I'm not doing anything on my laptop. I can step away and come back and my screen is frozen as well as my harddrive. The harddrive activity indicator always remains "stuck" lit during a freeze moment. Even while shutting my computer down, it will freeze 99% of the time. And it's frustrating when typing an email message, a freeze moment occurs. Thankfully, email services like Google and Yahoo have an auto save protection feature during composing. If not, composed email messages would be lost forever!

Is there any other way, than going back to Gutsy, I can fix these lock/freeze issues? I don't want to have to wipe my hardrive clean and reinstall all the programs I installed, especially since the only issue is the "lock/freeze" problem.
Is there an updated kernel ready for installation or is there one in the making?