Comment 22 for bug 485108

I have a Thinkpad X61 tablet and have this same symptom regarding "sleep" or "suspend"
(this is not "hibernate")

** press Fn+F4 to request suspend
(alternately battery discharge or idle state asks for suspend before battery death)
** X11 desktop (I run gnome without 3D) and applications wind down visually
** screen goes dark
** half-moon LED blinks
(under v8.04.3 it was on solid during suspend)
...
When I open the lid or try to wake the laptop nothing happens. The only way to wake things up requires that I press and hold the power button until full power off. When I then power-on, the system starts reasonably.
I have no idea how to discover if there were any left-over artifacts from the failed suspend-->resume.

Someone tell me what to instrument and what to report and I'll do what I can.