On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 03:19:07PM -0500, Ken Heard wrote: > On checking the debug file, I found the following: > > cdrecord > /usr/bin/wodim: Operation not permitted. > Warning: Cannot raise RLIMIT_MEMLOCK limit. > > I googled that term and found that it apparently has something to do > with security, but if the limit is too low I should raise it. To do so > I was told to add these two lines to file /etc/security/limits.conf: > > * soft memlock unlimited > * hard memlock unlimited > > I looked at that file, but there is no uncommented line in it, nor any > commented line resembling those two. > > Running the command "ulimit" however returns "unlimited".
Same here, but ... ? > Next I was able successfully to burn a CDROM in a different computer > which has the same K3B configuration as the first one, as far as I could > see. So it is a mystery to me why I could burn on the second computer > but not the first. Different CDROM drive? Missing software? ... ??? Try at the "bare-bones" level, i.e r...@fischer:~# wodim -v speed=2 dev=/dev/hdX cdimage.raw You may need to run "wodim --devices" to get the X value. -- "Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet." -- Napoleon Bonaparte -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20101213081705.gc20...@fischer
