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this is the first time I installed Linux so I might be doing a few things wrong. I have Asus Zenbook UX32VD, I separated the SSD and HDD, left Windows 7 on the HDD and Installed Ubuntu (12.04 x86-64) from a Pendrive.

After the installation (and also using the Live USB) screen would hardly ever work (backlight would), so I had to close and open the screen 4 or 5 times until it stayed on.

To solve this I followed these instructions, which say that you have to change quiet splash to nomodeset in the grub file. This works, except that the laptop now can't resume from suspend/standby.

I used these instructions to change the grub file, these instructions, unlike the previous say that you have to add nomodeset to quiet splash, I tried both and they both give the same results.

I also tried installing the NVIDIA drivers (x86-64 which should work for GT 620 M) but this didn't help and made the system give all kinds or errors.

Any suggestions?

EDIT: Thank you for the answer, by not resuming I mean nothing, no fan, no backlight, no keyboard backlight. I'll look at your suggestions now.

EDIT2: I found that the problem did not occur when using Ubuntu 12.10 (kernel 3.5)

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You did not describe closer what "not resuming" means (no reaction at all / screen stays blank / ...) -- but the ArchLinux Wiki writes on the ASUS Zenbook UX31E for having the same problems:

The USB modules must be unloaded or the laptop will not come out of sleep mode. Put

SUSPEND_MODULES="xhci_hcd ehci_hcd uhci_hcd"

in /etc/pm/config.d/unload_module [...]

Though not being Ubuntu, this advice might help in your case. Please read the original Wiki page for full details. Also refer to this question, which also mentions some SUSPEND_MODULES issue.

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Installing Ubuntu 12.10 solved the problem for me. I guess this is due to kernel 3.5, so perhaps you could also just update this.

EDIT: I wrote this above when I was using the Alpha version which ran on 3.5.0-4-generic. As soon as I upgraded to the beta 1 the problem returned. However I uninstalled the 3.5.0-18-generic kernel so that it always uses 3.5.0-4-generic.

EDIT2: I edited the grub file: replace quiet splash with nomodeset

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