by turning compiz off completely seems to fix the problem and suspend works flawlessly
-- [karmic] suspend to ram broken in kubuntu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/422669 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
