On Fri, 7 Feb 2003, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:

> >Try putting ddb.onpanic=0 into your /etc/sysctl.conf. In case of kernel
> >panic the memory should be dumped and a backtrace should be written to
> >the kernel mesg buffer. You should find this message in
> >/var/log/messages or read it with dmesg after rebooting.
> ><CTRL>+<ALT>+<ESC> seems to be futile while your running X (at least on
> >i386) - sometimes the keyboard is still useable but often it's not and
> >then you cannot even sync the disks making the panic even worse.
>
> I've had that setting for a long time.  It's not panicking; it's
> hanging.

	Could you try switching out of X before suspending?

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