cdrecord cannot blank CD RW

[Gene Heskett]

Paul Smith wrote:
> 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
> 
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.

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Cheers, Gene