I suspect that your freeze after suspend might be bug #535640, but without logs it's difficult to tell.
The strange screen on startup seems like it might be a kernel modesetting issue. Could you please boot your computer and run “apport- collect 528026” if it displays the 1/4 screen bootsplash problem? -- Often freezes before GDM login screen appears https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/528026 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel in ubuntu. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp