For those like me, who have no idea what to do with udev rules, here are step by step intructions to fixing this problem:
hit alt+F2 for command line (or open a terminal if you prefer).
paste this command for gedit to open the rules file with root:
# gksu gedit /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-cd.rules
Paste these lines at the end of the file to add the udev rule (provided by Martin Pitt on #72):
SUBSYSTEM=="block", ENV{ID_VENDOR}=="Optiarc*", ENV{ID_MODEL}=="*AD-7640S*", \
ENV{UDISKS_DISABLE_POLLING}="1"
Save & restart udev (sudo restart udev).
That's it.
I am extremely disappointed by the way this bug was treated. The optiarc cd-rom and dvd drives can be found on many laptops and the high cpu-usage is a real issue. Instead of addressing this problem as a real bug and releasing an actual solution we were presented with a lot of non-user-level data and a problem bypass that doesn't really give an ordinary person the ability to fix the problem.
So much for "Linux for human beings" ... (Again, Extremely disappointed)
For those like me, who have no idea what to do with udev rules, here are step by step intructions to fixing this problem:
hit alt+F2 for command line (or open a terminal if you prefer).
paste this command for gedit to open the rules file with root: rules.d/ 70-persistent- cd.rules
# gksu gedit /etc/udev/
Paste these lines at the end of the file to add the udev rule (provided by Martin Pitt on #72): VENDOR} =="Optiarc* ", ENV{ID_ MODEL}= ="*AD-7640S* ", \ UDISKS_ DISABLE_ POLLING} ="1"
SUBSYSTEM=="block", ENV{ID_
ENV{
Save & restart udev (sudo restart udev).
That's it.
I am extremely disappointed by the way this bug was treated. The optiarc cd-rom and dvd drives can be found on many laptops and the high cpu-usage is a real issue. Instead of addressing this problem as a real bug and releasing an actual solution we were presented with a lot of non-user-level data and a problem bypass that doesn't really give an ordinary person the ability to fix the problem.
So much for "Linux for human beings" ... (Again, Extremely disappointed)