I asked because this is almost certainly a kernel driver issue. I'm going to mark as fix released (as there probably was one) and if someone else runs into the issue again then we can solve it then.
** Changed in: network-manager (Ubuntu) Status: Needs Info => Fix Released -- gnome/X freezes upon resume from suspend to RAM https://launchpad.net/bugs/54301 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs