On my EEE 1000H running karmic with kernel 2.6.31-17-generic and ASUS bios 2204 (26/10/2009) I don't have this problem.
On my EEE 1000H running karmic with kernel 2.6.31-17-generic and ASUS bios 2204 (26/10/2009) I don't have this problem.