ASUS Eee PC 1015PE Suspend, Hibernate, and Shutdown freezes

Sometimes a shutdown works correctly (it worked correctly on one of my last four shutdowns). Reboot usually works but sometimes causes a freeze (it froze one of my last four reboots). The suspend and hibernate freeze are broken 100% of the time, and cause a "freeze" with a stuck mouse cursor and the last image on the screen..

Hibernate seems to flush RAM to disk successfully, but the LCD screen and computer never power off.

Various ASUS computers and motherboard have had problems with suspend before. I tried all the known solutions I could find but none were successful.

I disabled my internal USB controller in my BIOS. Results were the same.

I tried unbinding my EHCI devices using a custom script in /etc/pm/sleep.d/20_custom-ehci_hcd as described here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=9261807

I did not have the xhci module, but I tried unload the ahci module in a custom /etc/pm/config.d/usb3-suspend-workaround in the URL above. Didn't help. I then put all the USB modules (rt2x00usb and all other rt2?00* modules) and the "mac80211" module in there, with the same results.

I tried using the GRUB option "acpi_sleep=old_ordering" in /etc/default/grub on the line GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT, as described here:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/347150

That didn't help either. (I did remember to run update-grub.)

Apparently suspend and resume is an issue that lots of people are having problems with in 10.10. Here is a forum with fourteen pages and many unresolved suspend issues in 10.10:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1596545&page=14

I tried all the suggestions I found there. I installed the 10.10 "hibernate" package, but that did not change anything. I put the line GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="acpi_sleep=nonvs" in my /etc/default/grub config file, ran update-grub, and got the same result. I tried unloading various modules at suspend, looking for a culprit. No dice.

I tried upgrading to a PPA kernel 2.6.36-020636, as one of the posters suggested. At least two other posters reported success. I followed this:
http://www.ramoonus.nl/2010/10/linux-kernel-2-6-36-installation-guide-ubuntu-linux/

...but alas, that too did not work for me.

I tried the older kernel 2.6.35-22 that came with the 10.10 CD but got the same results. One guy said that worked for him.

I tried upgrading to 2.6.37-rc2 from the PPA. Same results.

I will now try downgrading to Ubuntu 10.04, to see if that works. Some people reported that 10.04 worked for them but 10.10 does not.

This reminds of the v9.10 upgrade that broke lots of peoples' WiFi... :(

I attempted an install of 10.04 from CD-ROM and it failed. First I got "No network interfaces detected", then near the end of the install the package linux-image failed. There was no reason given at ALT-F4; it just showed an error and would not let the install continue.

(I think my hardware is fine because everything works under Windows and 10.10... except for this bug.)

Not sure what to try next...

I have the same problem on my Asus 1001HA. I can't shut down my computer, I have to reboot. This bug is also present in 11.04.

Just acquired an ASUS EEE 1015PEM-MU17 last week and ran into the suspend problem as you have.
After following several different solutions, it seems a dash / underscore typo is the culprit behind the suspension freeze.

Following Ivan Teliatnikov's comment at http://www.ubuntugeek.com/fix-for-suspend-and-hibernation-problem-for-laptops.html,
here is a solution you can try that worked for my 1015PEM:

From Terminal, create the 00sleep_module file:
sudo gedit /etc/pm/config.d/00sleep_module

From GEdit, add to line 1:
SUSPEND_MODULES="xhci_hcd"

Save.

Choose Suspend from Power off Menu.

Your comp should power down, with only the power switch and power indicator blue leds flashing periodically.
Seems to wake up normally.

Hope it works for you.

I plan on ironing all the Ubuntu issues on the ASUS 1015PEM, one particular annoyance so far is unreliable wifi connectivity, still not sure if it is a software implementation issue or just signal range detection problem.

Suspend fix: (see above)
After some further testing, it seems to be working consistently with suspend from menu as well as closing and opening the clam-shell lid. Experienced a freeze while suspending Ubuntu if vmware is launched concurrently.

Battery indicator fix:
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/02/battery-applet-status-ubuntu/

Fixes remaining:
- ASUS hardware function buttons
- upper left hardware wifi toggle turns off the wifi permanently, but a 2nd press will freeze the system requiring hard reset.

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Similar problem on ASUS Notebook PC. There may be some interaction with Windows 7 in a dual-boot configuration.