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@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:jd1008@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote: Well, also try lsof | egrep -i 'sr0|cdrom|dvd' On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 3:07 PM, Ed Greshko <ed.greshko@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:ed.greshko@xxxxxxxxxxx>> 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"? -- If you can't laugh at yourself, others will gladly oblige. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
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