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) -- CD-ROM polling on some Optiarc drives causes high CPU usage https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/379780 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