Using wodim - get error opening /dev/sr0

[Michael Eager]

Thanks for the suggestions.

I ended up rebooting and the problem hasn't reappeared.
When it does, I'll give these a try.

On 07/27/14 14:30, JD wrote:
> And (I forgot to mention), as superuser, run
>
> umount -f /dev/sr0
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> before you blank it.
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> On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 3:30 PM, JD <jd1008 at gmail.com <mailto:jd1008 at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     Well, also try
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>     lsof | egrep -i 'sr0|cdrom|dvd'
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>     On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 3:07 PM, Ed Greshko <ed.greshko at greshko.com
>     <mailto:ed.greshko at greshko.com>> wrote:
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>         On 07/28/14 02:40, Michael Eager wrote:
>          > I'm trying to use wodim to write or blank a cdrom.  When I execute
>          >
>          > $ sudo wodim dev=/dev/sr0 blank=all
>          >
>          > I get the following error:
>          >
>          > Error trying to open /dev/sr0 exclusively (Device or resource busy)... retrying
>          >
>          > The same thing happens when I use K3B.  It says it cannot get exclusive
>          > control over the device.
>          >
>          > I can't find any process which is using /dev/sr0.  fuser returns nothing.
>          >
>          > Any idea how to find what is locking /dev/sr0, or how to allow wodim to
>          > write to the CD?
>          >
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>         I've not worked with optical disks in a long time....  But, what if you issue the same
>         command without the "sudo"?
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