Using wodim - get error opening /dev/sr0

[JD]

And (I forgot to mention), as superuser, run

umount -f /dev/sr0

before you blank it.



On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 3:30 PM, JD <jd1008 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well, also try
>
> lsof | egrep -i 'sr0|cdrom|dvd'
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 3:07 PM, Ed Greshko <ed.greshko at greshko.com>
> wrote:
>
>> 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?
>> >
>>
>> 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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