I think the "normal boot" has happened this time because of a new kernel. On resume it says then kernel version mismatch, not resuming - AFAIK. For me hibernation got fixed today with the 2.6.20-12.19 update. (Thank you!)
Try "sudo /etc/acpi/hibernate.sh" on a real console (ctrl-alt-f1). Maybe there appear some error messages.. btw: we both have reiserfs. Do you also have sata-hdds? -- Hibernation not working https://launchpad.net/bugs/93086 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs