On Sat, 2004-10-09 at 12:46, Jeff Vian wrote: > On Fri, 2004-10-08 at 01:41, Stuart Sears wrote: > Not exactly, cdrecord is complaining about not having exclusive access. > > On mine when I insert a blank CD it automatically loads the nautilus > cdcreator to burn a disk. I have to close that b4 I can start a burn > using k3b. > > I use gnome and nautilus gives the problem noted above. Does KDE do the > same? > > As stated below, you cannot mount a CD that has no filesystem on it. > You also cannot mount a CD with a filesystem on a device that is being > held by some other process (such as nautilus). > > > it doesn't contain a filesystem. KDE is misreporting the error. > > it can't mount it because you haven't actually burnt anything to it yet. > > You can mount _other_ CDS, right. > > > > the error stems from the cdrecord command above. ALthough you can use device > > names, I have always had more success with the original cdrecord syntax: > > If this is an IDE/ATAPI device this syntax is > > # cdrecord -v dev=ATAPI:0,0,0 -dao driveropts=burnfree speed=52 -eject -data > > thingy.iso > > in fact the command you issued can be shortened considerably: > > # cdrecord -v dev=ATAPI:0,0,0 -dao thingy.iso > > the speed will be determined automatically, as will -data (it's the default) > > in fact -dao could be left out too if you wish. i've tried closing down x then mounting a cd(w/ a filesystem on it) and it wouldnt mount if it was anything grabong the device once x is closed shouldnt it be released? Thanks
