cdrecord cannot blank CD RW

[Paul Smith]

On 5/14/06, David Timms <dtimms at bigpond.net.au> 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