Comment 38 for bug 232170

So, my experimentation bears fruit. I created a file (for test purposes, it's clearly not a global solution):
robin@gulik:/etc/acpi$ cat if-asus-eee.sh
#!/bin/bash
`dirname $0`/$1

which doesn't really test to see if it is an eeepc, it just runs the command anyway. Now my volume (mute, vol up, vol dn) work just fine. Wireless doesn't (sleep and brightness always have.)