Just discovered that the redhat folks also have a bug entry on the very same topic, and have been trying to patch hal... but apparently without success so far
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=194249 -- LUKS-encrypted CDROM / DVD ROM are detected but mounting fails https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/122241 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
