well my suggestion is you should follow this path: I am using Fedora Core 4. Application -> Sound & Video -> K3b I used with this and I have erased my CD-RW so many times, just go through this , it's a very easy. hope you will solve.. cheers <div>On 5/14/06, Gene Heskett <<a href="mailto:gene.heskett@verizon.net">gene.heskett@verizon.net</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Paul Smith wrote: > On 5/14/06, David Timms <<a href="mailto:dtimms@bigpond.net.au">dtimms@bigpond.net.au</a>> wrote: >> >> > > Whenever I try to blank a CD RW, I get the following: >> ... >> >> > > cdrecord: Resource temporarily unavailable. Cannot get mmap for >> >> > > 4198400 Bytes on /dev/zero. >> >> > > $ >> >> > > >> >> > > Any ideas? >> >> > >> >> > Does it work if you run it as root? >> >> >> >> Yes, it does. >> > >> > Notwithstanding, I suppose it should work as user and not only as root. >> I found that this happens because the CD is currently (auto)mounted. >> From nautilus the only option is eject. When you put the disc back in, >> it gets mounted again :~{ >> >> Some kind folks mentioned gnome-umount: >> # gnome-umount -d /dev/cdrw >> then use your writing tools (eg k3b...) > > I am using KDE. Does someone know how to disable automount on KDE? > > Paul > So am I, and when kde brings up the what do I do with this window after inserting an audio cd for instance, I just tell it 'nothing', and 'mount' does not currently show it as mounted. I would assume that if it was a writable cd, that I should be able to proceed. -- Cheers, Gene -- fedora-list mailing list <a href="mailto:fedora-list@redhat.com">fedora-list@redhat.com</a> To unsubscribe: <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list </a> </blockquote></div>