k3 b failed to blank cdrw, cdrecord has no permission to open the device.

Bug #604973 reported by philinux
This bug report is a duplicate of:  Bug #149076: I can't write a cd. Edit Remove
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: k3b

There are other bugs on this all at fix released status so I raised a new one.

GUI errors:-
x cdrecord has no permission to open the device.
x You may use K3bsetup to solve this problem
x Blanking error
x Sorry, no error handling yet.

Debugging Output:-
Devices
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Optiarc DVD RW AD-5200A 1.04 (/dev/sr0,

System
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K3b Version: 2.0.0
KDE Version: 4.4.2 (KDE 4.4.2)
QT Version: 4.6.2
Kernel: 2.6.32-23-generic

Used versions
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cdrecord: 1.1.10

cdrecord
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/usr/bin/wodim: Operation not permitted. Warning: Cannot raise RLIMIT_MEMLOCK limits.
scsidev: '/dev/sr0'
devname: '/dev/sr0'
scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2
Error trying to open /dev/sr0 exclusively (Device or resource busy)... retrying in 1 second.
=== last message repeated 4 times. ===
Error trying to open /dev/sr0 exclusively (Device or resource busy)... giving up.
WARNING: /dev/sr0 seems to be mounted!
/usr/bin/wodim: Device or resource busy.
Cannot open SCSI driver!
For possible targets try 'wodim --devices' or 'wodim -scanbus'.
For possible transport specifiers try 'wodim dev=help'.
For IDE/ATAPI devices configuration, see the file README.ATAPI.setup from
the wodim documentation.
TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM

cdrecord command:
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/usr/bin/wodim -v gracetime=2 dev=/dev/sr0 speed=4 -tao driveropts=burnfree blank=fast

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: k3b 2.0.0-0ubuntu1~lucid2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-23.37-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-23-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Jul 13 12:23:07 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100427.1)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_GB.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: k3b

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philinux (philcb) wrote :
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philinux (philcb) wrote :

Seems to be fixed now. in Natty for me.

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