There is a bug upstream, I have just added the link to launchpad http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8044
maybe a bit of activity should be shown upstream. This bug affects every single linux distros -- Hard disk I/O randomly freezes when hald is running and optical drive is empty https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/84603 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs