Ubuntu 9.10 does not boot up after hibernate!!!

I've been running Ubuntu 9.10 desktp on my HP nx6120 notebook with some success for a little while now. It performs well for my TeX work, occasional web-browsing, VPN, RDP and e-mails. The GUI is enhanced using Mac4Lin. I loved the hibernate feature until late this afternoon when it refused to bootup after hibernating. I would get the splash screen and then nothing... curses!!!.

I managed to find a work-around but am still not sure what the problem was:

1. Boot up the machine with a rescue CDROM
2. Confirm the root partition for the Ubuntu install (in my case it was /dev/sda8, although I only have IDE drives)
3. Boot up the machine and wait for the GRUB prompt
4. Press "e" to edit the entry
5. Replace the "root=UUID..." with "root=/dev/..." on the "linux" line entry
6. Add the entry "no_console_suspend" on the same line
7. Press the "Tab" key to complete the Emacs edit
8. Press "Ctrl+x" to continue booting

Once the machine has bootup as normal, edit the GRUB configuration

1. sudo vi /etc/default/grub 
1. Edit the file to uncomment GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID
2. Edit the file to add no_console_suspend in the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX
3. Save the file and exit
2. sudo /usr/sbin/update-grub

References

• http://computergyan.wordpress.com/tag/ubuntu/
• http://lovehateubuntu.blogspot.com/2009/08/ubuntus-hibernate-wont-wake-up.html