Only every once in a while - and I think this is due to my crappy DVD drive. So, the problem still does exist... kind of, but not as often as it used to. I think this can be closed. As far as the bridge is concerned - I don't know, lsusb shows:
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 067b:3507 Prolific Technology, Inc. PL3507 ATAPI6 Bridge Does that help? -- /dev/scd0, often, doesn't come up https://launchpad.net/bugs/33039 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs