confirmed, i posted in the wrong bug report. same issue, kernel 2.6.20-15-generic on an asus z96f laptop.
i won't be trying the workarounds, i'll wait for a fix. thx for the heads up on this bug. -- 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