vbetool at 100% after un-suspend from RAM

[Gene Smith]

When I suspend to ram and power back on "vbetool" is running at 100% on 
one CPU of 3 and it continues running indefinitely. Killing it destroys 
the display. This is not a laptop but an ATI based motherboard. 
Subsequent logout or suspend cause a reboot. I am running with kernel 
param "nomodeset" as generally required for ATI video. This happens with 
kde (w/ and wo/ powerdevil) and gnome.

-gene