Of course cdrecord won't work before umounting (if I umount by hand nautilus works):
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cdrecord blank=fast /dev/scd0 wodim: No write mode specified. wodim: Asuming -tao mode. wodim: Future versions of wodim may have different drive dependent defaults. Quickly guessing the name of a drive capable to write CD-R, please wait... Found /dev/cdrw, assuming dev=/dev/cdrw Error trying to open /dev/cdrw exclusively (Device or resource busy)... retrying in 1 second. Error trying to open /dev/cdrw exclusively (Device or resource busy)... retrying in 1 second. and after manual umount, cdrecord correctly blanks the cd, but I expect nautilus to umount the device automatically, also because there is no way to umount a device in gnome. This is the result of list_cddrives: Drive: name: DVD-RAM UJ-842S device: /dev/scd0 door: closed type: CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-RAM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+R DL, DVD+RW, CD, DVD is mounted: TRUE max read speed: 4234 KiB/s (CD 28.2x, DVD 3.1x) max write speed: 4234 KiB/s (CD 28.2x, DVD 3.1x) write speeds: 4234 KiB/s (CD 28.2x, DVD 3.1x) 2822 KiB/s (CD 18.8x, DVD 2.0x) 2117 KiB/s (CD 14.1x, DVD 1.5x) 1411 KiB/s (CD 9.4x, DVD 1.0x) 706 KiB/s (CD 4.7x, DVD 0.5x) Media: label: 'Disco dati (08 feb 07)' type: CD-RW (rewritable) (has-data) is writable: TRUE is appendable: FALSE capacity: 701.00 MiB approx. or 80 mins 0 secs size: 0.79 MiB approx. or 0 mins 0 secs -- [feisty] nautilus-cd-burner does not umount device and fails to erase automounted cdrw https://launchpad.net/bugs/82321 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs