Comment 4 for bug 669586

This laptop has a built-in SD/SDHC media reader. (I'm not sure what to report and post -- other than what 'spider' says already -- that will identify the hardware and driver specifics.)

I wrote a script that will simply un-mount anything mounted to /media/* at the time of any sort of suspend request.
With that script in place, both suspend-to-disk and suspend-to-ram mostly work.

"Mostly" works stems from the fact that other connected USB or FIREWIRE items sometimes result in failure.
I have not discovered scripting that will automatically detect these other devices and accomplish an automatic
un-mount equivalent.

When the end-user requests suspend using keystroke or button or panel menu option, manual "evasive" or "corrective"
action is possible. When power-management or acpi requests the suspend, manual intervention is not possible and one
must recover from a panic or other system failure (locked-up, running but not responding, etc)

Resume also "mostly works". I continue to experience intermittent failures to wake and restart wireless networking
(Intel 4965 AGN), wire networking (Intel 82566MM) and to wake and restart all aspects of the desktop (Intel GM965/GL960).
Resume failures include:
** wireless radio turned off and does not turn on with wake
(sometimes cycle hardware radio power switch to recover; otherwise system restart.)
** any attempt to contact the public internet fails with DNS or other server troubles
(restart required)
** desktop keyboard does not accept input requiring
(sometimes x-server restart will recover; otherwise system restart.)

~~~ 0;-Dan