On Thursday 07 September 2006 11:58 pm, Antonio Montagnani wrote: > Suddenly I am not able to blank any CD-RW with KB3. > I get the following report: > > System > ----------------------- > K3b Version: 0.12.15 > > KDE Version: 3.5.4-0.1.fc5 Fedora-Core > QT Version: 3.3.6 > Kernel: 2.6.17-1.2174_FC5 > Devices > ----------------------- > QSI CDRW/DVD SBW242U UU30 (/dev/hdc, ) at [CD-R; CD-RW; CD-ROM; > DVD-ROM] [DVD-ROM; CD-ROM; CD-R; CD-RW] [SAO; TAO; RAW; SAO/R96P; > SAO/R96R; RAW/R16; RAW/R96P; RAW/R96R] > > Used versions > ----------------------- > cdrecord: 2.1.1a03 > > cdrecord command: > ----------------------- > /usr/bin/cdrecord -v gracetime=2 dev=/dev/hdc speed=24 -tao > driveropts=burnfree -eject blank=fast -force > > cdrecord > ----------------------- > /usr/bin/cdrecord: Cannot allocate memory. WARNING: Cannot do mlockall(2). > > /usr/bin/cdrecord: WARNING: This causes a high risk for buffer underruns. > /usr/bin/cdrecord: Operation not permitted. WARNING: Cannot set > RR-scheduler /usr/bin/cdrecord: Permission denied. WARNING: Cannot set > priority using setpriority(). > /usr/bin/cdrecord: WARNING: This causes a high risk for buffer underruns. > scsidev: '/dev/hdc' > devname: '/dev/hdc' > scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2 > Error trying to open /dev/hdc exclusively ... retrying in 1 second. > Error trying to open /dev/hdc exclusively ... retrying in 1 second. > Error trying to open /dev/hdc exclusively ... retrying in 1 second. > Error trying to open /dev/hdc exclusively ... retrying in 1 second. > Error trying to open /dev/hdc exclusively ... retrying in 1 second. > Error trying to open /dev/hdc exclusively ... retrying in 1 second. > Error trying to open /dev/hdc exclusively ... retrying in 1 second. > Error trying to open /dev/hdc exclusively ... retrying in 1 second. > Error trying to open /dev/hdc exclusively ... retrying in 1 second. > Error trying to open /dev/hdc exclusively ... retrying in 1 second. > /usr/bin/cdrecord: Device or resource busy. Cannot open '/dev/hdc'. > Cannot open SCSI driver. > /usr/bin/cdrecord: For possible targets try 'cdrecord -scanbus'. Make > sure you are root. > /usr/bin/cdrecord: For possible transport specifiers try 'cdrecord > dev=help'. Cdrecord-Clone 2.01.01a03-dvd (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) > 1995-2005 Jörg Schilling > NOTE: This version contains the OSS DVD extensions for cdrtools and thus > may have bugs related to DVD issues that are not present in the original > cdrtools. Please send bug reports or support requests to > http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla The original cdrtools author > should not be bothered with problems in this version. > TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM > > What shall I do?? Try setting your speed way down [about 8X ] this MAY cure it also subscribe to the K3B list https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/k3b-user > > -- > Antonio Montagnani > Skype : antoniomontag