IDVD 09: Scenes page - Chapter select order in wrong order

I have an iDVD (iLife09) project that contains 35 chapters and have previewed it in DVD Player.
When using the controller's right advance button, the chapters are not selected in their proper order. Each scene page has a different chapter select order, with none of them being logical or correct. I had edited the video and added the chapters in Final Cut Express and then separately in iMovie. Both have the same results.
It seems that this has been a long-lived problem, as I recall having the same results with a few earlier versions of iDVD. Unfortunately, if you have a slick video, the Scenes/Chapter selection options makes for a poor presentation.
Any fixes, suggestions, or reasons why this is an ongoing problem would be greatly appreciated.

Did you follow these steps?
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1611
http://support.apple.com/downloads/iLifeSupport_9_03
http://www.mydvdedit.com/index.php?lang=english
http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/non-linear-editing-mac/127485-quality-fce-imovie-idvd -fc.html
http://archive.bagelturf.com/canons3/s3fce/index.php
http://www.simplydv.co.uk/simplyBB/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=20934
The above are additional tools / links you may find useful but if not just come on back.
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