cdrecord cannot blank CD RW

[Paul Smith]

On 5/14/06, Paul Smith <phhs80 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Whenever I try to blank a CD RW, I get the following:
> > >
> > > $ cdrecord -v dev=/dev/cdrom blank=fast
> > > Cdrecord-Clone 2.01.01a03-dvd (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C)
> > > 1995-2005 Jörg Schilling
> > > NOTE: This version contains the OSS DVD extensions for cdrtools and thus may
> > >       have bugs related to DVD issues that are not present in the original
> > >       cdrtools. Please send bug reports or support requests to
> > >       http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla The original cdrtools author should
> > >       not be bothered with problems in this version.
> > > TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM
> > > cdrecord: Resource temporarily unavailable. Cannot get mmap for
> > > 4198400 Bytes on /dev/zero.
> > > $
> > >
> > > Any ideas?
> >
> > Does it work if you run it as root?
>
> Yes, it does.

Notwithstanding, I suppose it should work as user and not only as root.

Paul