This sounds enormously like the problems I am seeing on my Dell Studio 15. Following this work around (as mentioned above) seems to have worked for me:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=6105510&postcount=12 -- Resume from suspend doesn't not work on the Mobile 4 Series chipsets https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/276943 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs