[Debian-eeepc-devel] Freeze on wake

[Aidan Gauland]

I originally posted this to debian.users, and someone suggested that I
ask here, so I apologise if this is not appropriate for this list.

After returning my 1015BX and getting a 1015B Eee PC, I have a hardware
compatibility problem (at least I think it's a hardware problem):
sometimes on wakeup from sleep, the system freezes and can only be reset
by removing the battery; holding the power button shuts it off, but it
comes back frozen instead of cold booting when I press it again.

There doesn't appear to be any pattern to the freezes, so I haven't been
able to find a workaround.  I'm using Gnome3, so whatever backend that
uses is what I'm using for suspend (I'm assuming pm-utils).  I know
pm-utils has some workaround for hardware "quirks," but I can't figure
out how to enable them system-wide (so it's used when I suspend from Gnome).

I have found only a couple brief mentions of Eee PCs freezing when
suspending GNU/Linux, and had no success with the Linux-users lists I am
on, which is why I am resorting to pestering the Debian Eee PC team.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, as this freeze occurs often
enough that if I can't find a workaround, I will have to find a
different model laptop.

Regards,
Aidan Gauland