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(a)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(a)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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