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
before you blank it.
On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 3:30 PM, JD <jd1008(a)gmail.com
<mailto:jd1008@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
<mailto:ed.greshko@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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