The same (or similar) bug appeared for me on ubuntu 12.04. The system suspends/resumes if I use the nvidia proprietrary driver but resumes with black screen with nouveau. Howvever for me the supending from text mode does not work either.
** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau (Ubuntu) Status: Expired => New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/645321 Title: [maverick] After resume from suspend screen stays blank To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-nouveau/+bug/645321/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs