Wodim permissions error: /usr/bin/wodim: Operation not permitted. Warning: Cannot raise RLIMIT_MEMLOCK limits.

Bug #1811641 reported by Dane Mutters
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This bug affects 3 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
k3b (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
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Bug Description

Tested on Linux Mint 19.1 AMD64 Cinnamon (Ubuntu 18.04 LTS base).

When copying an audio CD (didn't test with other media), this error causes the writing process to abort before beginning:

/usr/bin/wodim: Operation not permitted. Warning: Cannot raise RLIMIT_MEMLOCK limits.
/usr/bin/wodim: Resource temporarily unavailable. Cannot get mmap for 12587008 Bytes on /dev/zero.

A workaround is to enable the sticky bit on /usr/bin/wodim, like so:
sudo chmod +s /usr/bin/wodim

My user was already in the cdrom group, so permissions should not have been an issue:
groups $USER
myuser : myuser adm cdrom sudo dip plugdev lpadmin sambashare

I'm guessing this can be fixed with a simple change in the package files, assuming the use of the sticky bit is not a security risk.

Below are logs from two audio CD copying attempts. The first one is trying to burn a simulation without the workaround, which fails. The second one is a simulation with the workaround, which succeeds. I also did a real burn and tested the resulting audio CD, but forgot to save the log file (sorry). Suffice to say that it worked.

SIMULATION WITHOUT WORKAROUND
Devices
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HL-DT-ST BD-RE BH16NS40 1.02 (/dev/sr0, CD-R, CD-RW, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD-R DL, BD-ROM, BD-R, BD-RE, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD+R DL) [DVD-ROM, DVD-R Sequential, DVD-R Dual Layer Sequential, DVD-R Dual Layer Jump, DVD-RAM, DVD-RW Restricted Overwrite, DVD-RW Sequential, DVD+RW, DVD+R, DVD+R Dual Layer, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, BD-ROM, BD-R Sequential (SRM), BD-R Random (RRM), BD-RE] [SAO, TAO, RAW, SAO/R96P, SAO/R96R, RAW/R16, RAW/R96P, RAW/R96R, Restricted Overwrite, Layer Jump, Random Recording, Sequential Recording, Sequential Recording + POW] [%7]

System
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K3b Version: 17.12.3
KDE Version: 5.44.0
Qt Version: 5.9.5
Kernel: 4.15.0-43-generic

Used versions
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cdrecord: 1.1.11

cdrecord
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/usr/bin/wodim: Operation not permitted. Warning: Cannot raise RLIMIT_MEMLOCK limits.
/usr/bin/wodim: Resource temporarily unavailable. Cannot get mmap for 12587008 Bytes on /dev/zero.
TOC Type: 0 = CD-DA

cdrecord command:
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/usr/bin/wodim -v gracetime=2 dev=/dev/sr0 speed=48 -raw96r -dummy driveropts=burnfree -text -useinfo -audio -shorttrack /tmp/k3bCdCopy0/Track01.wav /tmp/k3bCdCopy0/Track02.wav /tmp/k3bCdCopy0/Track03.wav /tmp/k3bCdCopy0/Track04.wav /tmp/k3bCdCopy0/Track05.wav

SIMULATION WITH WORKAROUND
Devices
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HL-DT-ST BD-RE BH16NS40 1.02 (/dev/sr0, CD-R, CD-RW, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD-R DL, BD-ROM, BD-R, BD-RE, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD+R DL) [DVD-ROM, DVD-R Sequential, DVD-R Dual Layer Sequential, DVD-R Dual Layer Jump, DVD-RAM, DVD-RW Restricted Overwrite, DVD-RW Sequential, DVD+RW, DVD+R, DVD+R Dual Layer, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, BD-ROM, BD-R Sequential (SRM), BD-R Random (RRM), BD-RE] [SAO, TAO, RAW, SAO/R96P, SAO/R96R, RAW/R16, RAW/R96P, RAW/R96R, Restricted Overwrite, Layer Jump, Random Recording, Sequential Recording, Sequential Recording + POW] [%7]

System
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K3b Version: 17.12.3
KDE Version: 5.44.0
Qt Version: 5.9.5
Kernel: 4.15.0-43-generic

Used versions
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cdrecord: 1.1.11

cdrecord
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scsidev: '/dev/sr0'
devname: '/dev/sr0'
scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2
Linux sg driver version: 3.5.27
Wodim version: 1.1.11
SCSI buffer size: 64512
Beginning DMA speed test. Set CDR_NODMATEST environment variable if device
communication breaks or freezes immediately after that.
TOC Type: 0 = CD-DA
Driveropts: 'burnfree'
Device type : Removable CD-ROM
Version : 5
Response Format: 2
Capabilities :
Vendor_info : 'HL-DT-ST'
Identification : 'BD-RE BH16NS40 '
Revision : '1.02'
Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW.
Current: 0x0009 (CD-R)
Profile: 0x0043 (BD-RE)
Profile: 0x0042 (BD-R random recording)
Profile: 0x0041 (BD-R sequential recording)
Profile: 0x0040 (BD-ROM)
Profile: 0x002B (DVD+R/DL)
Profile: 0x001B (DVD+R)
Profile: 0x001A (DVD+RW)
Profile: 0x0016 (DVD-R/DL layer jump recording)
Profile: 0x0015 (DVD-R/DL sequential recording)
Profile: 0x0014 (DVD-RW sequential recording)
Profile: 0x0013 (DVD-RW restricted overwrite)
Profile: 0x0012 (DVD-RAM)
Profile: 0x0011 (DVD-R sequential recording)
Profile: 0x0010 (DVD-ROM)
Profile: 0x000A (CD-RW)
Profile: 0x0009 (CD-R) (current)
Profile: 0x0008 (CD-ROM)
Profile: 0x0002 (Removable disk)
Using generic SCSI-3/mmc CD-R/CD-RW driver (mmc_cdr).
Driver flags : MMC-3 SWABAUDIO BURNFREE
Supported modes: TAO PACKET SAO SAO/R96P SAO/R96R RAW/R16 RAW/R96P RAW/R96R
Drive buf size : 3013120 = 2942 KB
FIFO size : 12582912 = 12288 KB
Encoding speed : 1000x (75000 sectors/s) for libedc from Heiko Ei�feldt
Speed set to 8468 KB/s
pregap1: -1
Track 01: audio 31 MB (03:08.00) no preemp
Track 02: audio 40 MB (03:58.00) no preemp pregapsize: 0
Track 03: audio 30 MB (03:02.00) no preemp pregapsize: 0
Track 04: audio 37 MB (03:44.00) no preemp pregapsize: 0
Track 05: audio 34 MB (03:26.00) no preemp pregapsize: 0
Total size: 174 MB (17:18.00) = 77850 sectors
Lout start: 174 MB (17:20/00) = 77850 sectors
Current Secsize: 2048
ATIP info from disk:
  Indicated writing power: 5
  Is not unrestricted
  Is not erasable
  Disk sub type: Medium Type B, low Beta category (B-) (4)
  ATIP start of lead in: -11834 (97:24/16)
  ATIP start of lead out: 359849 (79:59/74)
Disk type: Short strategy type (Phthalocyanine or similar)
Manuf. index: 24
Manufacturer: SONY Corporation
Blocks total: 359849 Blocks current: 359849 Blocks remaining: 281999
Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 48.0 in dummy RAW/RAW96R mode for single session.
Last chance to quit, starting dummy write in 2 seconds.
   1 seconds.
   0 seconds. Operation starts.
Waiting for reader process to fill input buffer ... /usr/bin/wodim: WARNING: Drive returns wrong startsec (0) using -11834 from ATIP
input buffer ready.
Writing lead-in at sector -11834
Lead-in write time: 10.244s
Writing pregap for track 1 at -150
Starting new track at sector: 0
Track 01: 0 of 32 MB written.
Track 01: 1 of 32 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 21.0x.
Track 01: 2 of 32 MB written (fifo 99%) [buf 100%] 21.7x.
Track 01: 3 of 32 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 21.1x.
Track 01: 4 of 32 MB written (fifo 99%) [buf 100%] 21.8x.
Track 01: 5 of 32 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 21.3x.
Track 01: 6 of 32 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 22.0x.
Track 01: 7 of 32 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 21.4x.
Track 01: 8 of 32 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 22.2x.
Track 01: 9 of 32 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 21.6x.
Track 01: 10 of 32 MB written (fifo 99%) [buf 100%] 22.4x.
Track 01: 11 of 32 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 21.8x.
Track 01: 12 of 32 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 22.6x.
Track 01: 13 of 32 MB written (fifo 99%) [buf 100%] 22.0x.
Track 01: 14 of 32 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 22.8x.
Track 01: 15 of 32 MB written (fifo 99%) [buf 100%] 22.2x.
Track 01: 16 of 32 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 22.9x.
Track 01: 17 of 32 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 99%] 22.3x.
Track 01: 18 of 32 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 23.2x.
Track 01: 19 of 32 MB written (fifo 99%) [buf 100%] 22.5x.
Track 01: 20 of 32 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 23.3x.
Track 01: 21 of 32 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 22.7x.
Track 01: 22 of 32 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 22.1x.
Track 01: 23 of 32 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 22.9x.
Track 01: 24 of 32 MB written (fifo 99%) [buf 100%] 22.3x.
Track 01: 25 of 32 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 23.1x.
Track 01: 26 of 32 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 22.5x.
Track 01: 27 of 32 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 23.3x.
Track 01: 28 of 32 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 22.6x.
Track 01: 29 of 32 MB written (fifo 99%) [buf 100%] 23.4x.
Track 01: 30 of 32 MB written (fifo 99%) [buf 100%] 22.8x.
Track 01: 31 of 32 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 23.6x.
Track 01: 32 of 32 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 23.0x.
Track 01: Total bytes read/written: 34516800/34516800 (14100 sectors).
Starting new track at sector: 14100
Track 02: 0 of 41 MB written.
Track 02: 1 of 41 MB written (fifo 99%) [buf 100%] 22.8x.
Track 02: 2 of 41 MB written (fifo 99%) [buf 100%] 23.5x.
Track 02: 3 of 41 MB written (fifo 99%) [buf 100%] 22.9x.
Track 02: 4 of 41 MB written (fifo 99%) [buf 100%] 23.7x.
Track 02: 5 of 41 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 23.0x.
Track 02: 6 of 41 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 23.9x.
Track 02: 7 of 41 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 23.2x.
Track 02: 8 of 41 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 24.0x.
Track 02: 9 of 41 MB written (fifo 99%) [buf 100%] 23.4x.
Track 02: 10 of 41 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 24.2x.
Track 02: 11 of 41 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 23.6x.
Track 02: 12 of 41 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 24.4x.
Track 02: 13 of 41 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 23.7x.
Track 02: 14 of 41 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 24.6x.
Track 02: 15 of 41 MB written (fifo 99%) [buf 100%] 23.9x.
Track 02: 16 of 41 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 24.7x.
Track 02: 17 of 41 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 24.1x.
Track 02: 18 of 41 MB written (fifo 99%) [buf 100%] 25.0x.
Track 02: 19 of 41 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 24.2x.
Track 02: 20 of 41 MB written (fifo 99%) [buf 100%] 25.1x.
Track 02: 21 of 41 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 24.5x.
Track 02: 22 of 41 MB written (fifo 99%) [buf 100%] 23.8x.
Track 02: 23 of 41 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 24.7x.
Track 02: 24 of 41 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 24.0x.
Track 02: 25 of 41 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 24.8x.
Track 02: 26 of 41 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 24.2x.
Track 02: 27 of 41 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 25.0x.
Track 02: 28 of 41 MB written (fifo 99%) [buf 100%] 24.3x.
Track 02: 29 of 41 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 25.2x.
Track 02: 30 of 41 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 24.5x.
Track 02: 31 of 41 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 25.3x.
Track 02: 32 of 41 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 24.7x.
Track 02: 33 of 41 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 25.6x.
Track 02: 34 of 41 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 24.8x.
Track 02: 35 of 41 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 25.7x.
Track 02: 36 of 41 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 25.0x.
Track 02: 37 of 41 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 25.9x.
Track 02: 38 of 41 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 25.2x.
Track 02: 39 of 41 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 26.1x.
Track 02: 40 of 41 MB written (fifo 99%) [buf 100%] 25.4x.
Track 02: 41 of 41 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 24.7x.
Track 02: Total bytes read/written: 43696800/43696800 (17850 sectors).
Starting new track at sector: 31950
Track 03: 0 of 31 MB written.
Track 03: 1 of 31 MB written (fifo 99%) [buf 100%] 24.8x.
Track 03: 2 of 31 MB written (fifo 99%) [buf 100%] 25.6x.
Track 03: 3 of 31 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 25.0x.
Track 03: 4 of 31 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 25.8x.
Track 03: 5 of 31 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 25.1x.
Track 03: 6 of 31 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 26.0x.
Track 03: 7 of 31 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 25.3x.
Track 03: 8 of 31 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 26.2x.
Track 03: 9 of 31 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 25.4x.
Track 03: 10 of 31 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 26.3x.
Track 03: 11 of 31 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 25.6x.
Track 03: 12 of 31 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 26.5x.
Track 03: 13 of 31 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 25.8x.
Track 03: 14 of 31 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 99%] 26.7x.
Track 03: 15 of 31 MB written (fifo 99%) [buf 100%] 26.0x.
Track 03: 16 of 31 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 26.8x.
Track 03: 17 of 31 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 26.1x.
Track 03: 18 of 31 MB written (fifo 99%) [buf 100%] 27.1x.
Track 03: 19 of 31 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 26.3x.
Track 03: 20 of 31 MB written (fifo 99%) [buf 100%] 27.2x.
Track 03: 21 of 31 MB written (fifo 99%) [buf 100%] 26.5x.
Track 03: 22 of 31 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 25.8x.
Track 03: 23 of 31 MB written (fifo 99%) [buf 100%] 26.7x.
Track 03: 24 of 31 MB written (fifo 99%) [buf 100%] 26.0x.
Track 03: 25 of 31 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 26.9x.
Track 03: 26 of 31 MB written (fifo 99%) [buf 100%] 26.1x.
Track 03: 27 of 31 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 27.1x.
Track 03: 28 of 31 MB written (fifo 99%) [buf 100%] 26.3x.
Track 03: 29 of 31 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 27.2x.
Track 03: 30 of 31 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 26.5x.
Track 03: 31 of 31 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 27.4x.
Track 03: Total bytes read/written: 33415200/33415200 (13650 sectors).
Starting new track at sector: 45600
Track 04: 0 of 39 MB written.
Track 04: 1 of 39 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 26.3x.
Track 04: 2 of 39 MB written (fifo 99%) [buf 100%] 27.1x.
Track 04: 3 of 39 MB written (fifo 99%) [buf 100%] 26.4x.
Track 04: 4 of 39 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 27.3x.
Track 04: 5 of 39 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 26.6x.
Track 04: 6 of 39 MB written (fifo 99%) [buf 100%] 27.5x.
Track 04: 7 of 39 MB written (fifo 99%) [buf 100%] 26.7x.
Track 04: 8 of 39 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 27.7x.
Track 04: 9 of 39 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 26.9x.
Track 04: 10 of 39 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 27.8x.
Track 04: 11 of 39 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 27.1x.
Track 04: 12 of 39 MB written (fifo 99%) [buf 100%] 28.0x.
Track 04: 13 of 39 MB written (fifo 99%) [buf 100%] 27.2x.
Track 04: 14 of 39 MB written (fifo 99%) [buf 100%] 28.2x.
Track 04: 15 of 39 MB written (fifo 99%) [buf 100%] 27.4x.
Track 04: 16 of 39 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 28.4x.
Track 04: 17 of 39 MB written (fifo 99%) [buf 100%] 27.6x.
Track 04: 18 of 39 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 28.6x.
Track 04: 19 of 39 MB written (fifo 99%) [buf 100%] 27.7x.
Track 04: 20 of 39 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 28.7x.
Track 04: 21 of 39 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 28.0x.
Track 04: 22 of 39 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 27.2x.
Track 04: 23 of 39 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 28.2x.
Track 04: 24 of 39 MB written (fifo 99%) [buf 100%] 27.4x.
Track 04: 25 of 39 MB written (fifo 99%) [buf 100%] 28.3x.
Track 04: 26 of 39 MB written (fifo 99%) [buf 100%] 27.6x.
Track 04: 27 of 39 MB written (fifo 99%) [buf 100%] 28.5x.
Track 04: 28 of 39 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 27.7x.
Track 04: 29 of 39 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 28.7x.
Track 04: 30 of 39 MB written (fifo 99%) [buf 100%] 27.9x.
Track 04: 31 of 39 MB written (fifo 99%) [buf 100%] 28.8x.
Track 04: 32 of 39 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 28.1x.
Track 04: 33 of 39 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 29.1x.
Track 04: 34 of 39 MB written (fifo 99%) [buf 100%] 28.2x.
Track 04: 35 of 39 MB written (fifo 99%) [buf 100%] 29.2x.
Track 04: 36 of 39 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 28.4x.
Track 04: 37 of 39 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 29.4x.
Track 04: 38 of 39 MB written (fifo 99%) [buf 100%] 28.6x.
Track 04: 39 of 39 MB written (fifo 99%) [buf 100%] 29.6x.
Track 04: Total bytes read/written: 41126400/41126400 (16800 sectors).
Starting new track at sector: 62400
Track 05: 0 of 36 MB written.
Track 05: 1 of 36 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 28.0x.
Track 05: 2 of 36 MB written (fifo 99%) [buf 100%] 28.9x.
Track 05: 3 of 36 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 28.1x.
Track 05: 4 of 36 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 29.0x.
Track 05: 5 of 36 MB written (fifo 99%) [buf 100%] 28.3x.
Track 05: 6 of 36 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 29.3x.
Track 05: 7 of 36 MB written (fifo 99%) [buf 100%] 28.4x.
Track 05: 8 of 36 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 29.4x.
Track 05: 9 of 36 MB written (fifo 99%) [buf 100%] 28.6x.
Track 05: 10 of 36 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 29.6x.
Track 05: 11 of 36 MB written (fifo 99%) [buf 100%] 28.8x.
Track 05: 12 of 36 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 29.8x.
Track 05: 13 of 36 MB written (fifo 99%) [buf 100%] 28.9x.
Track 05: 14 of 36 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 30.0x.
Track 05: 15 of 36 MB written (fifo 99%) [buf 100%] 29.1x.
Track 05: 16 of 36 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 30.1x.
Track 05: 17 of 36 MB written (fifo 99%) [buf 100%] 29.3x.
Track 05: 18 of 36 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 30.3x.
Track 05: 19 of 36 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 29.4x.
Track 05: 20 of 36 MB written (fifo 99%) [buf 100%] 30.5x.
Track 05: 21 of 36 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 29.7x.
Track 05: 22 of 36 MB written (fifo 99%) [buf 100%] 28.8x.
Track 05: 23 of 36 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 29.9x.
Track 05: 24 of 36 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 29.1x.
Track 05: 25 of 36 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 30.0x.
Track 05: 26 of 36 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 29.2x.
Track 05: 27 of 36 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 99%] 30.2x.
Track 05: 28 of 36 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 29.3x.
Track 05: 29 of 36 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 30.4x.
Track 05: 30 of 36 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 29.6x.
Track 05: 31 of 36 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 30.5x.
Track 05: 32 of 36 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 29.7x.
Track 05: 33 of 36 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 30.8x.
Track 05: 34 of 36 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 29.9x.
Track 05: 35 of 36 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 30.9x.
Track 05: 36 of 36 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 100%] 30.1x.
Track 05: Total bytes read/written: 37821600/37821600 (15450 sectors).
Writing time: 51.564s
Average write speed 25.1x.
Min drive buffer fill was 99%
Writing Leadout...
Fixating...
WARNING: Some drives don't like fixation in dummy mode.
Fixating time: 3.632s
/usr/bin/wodim: fifo had 2997 puts and 2997 gets.
/usr/bin/wodim: fifo was 0 times empty and 1935 times full, min fill was 98%.
BURN-Free was never needed.

cdrecord command:
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/usr/bin/wodim -v gracetime=2 dev=/dev/sr0 speed=48 -raw96r -dummy driveropts=burnfree -text -useinfo -audio -shorttrack /tmp/k3bCdCopy0/Track01.wav /tmp/k3bCdCopy0/Track02.wav /tmp/k3bCdCopy0/Track03.wav /tmp/k3bCdCopy0/Track04.wav /tmp/k3bCdCopy0/Track05.wav

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in k3b (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Greg Chabala (greg-chabala) wrote :

I was affected by this, the sticky bit workaround resolved my issue.

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Chris Guiver (guiverc) wrote :

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug.

@Greg Chabala (grey-chabala), can you please provide details of what OS you are running eg. release & desktop, plus the version of k3b & wodim
(`apt-cache policy k3b wodim` can be used to get the package details).

@Dane Mutters the package details (k3b wodim) from you would also be helpful.

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Dane Mutters (dmutters) wrote :
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@Chris Guiver Thank-you for taking the time to respond to this bug report!

I've done some upgrades, since I posted the original report, but after uninstalling and reinstalling K3B and Wodim, the symptoms are the same (partial log output, with error, below). The "chmod +r /usr/bin/wodim" trick still functions effectively as a workaround. Please let me know if you need anything else.

K3B package info:
Package: k3b
Architecture: amd64
Version: 17.12.3-0ubuntu3
Priority: optional
Section: universe/otherosfs
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Kubuntu Developers <email address hidden>
Original-Maintainer: Debian KDE Extras Team <email address hidden>
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2485
Depends: cdparanoia, cdrdao, cdrskin, genisoimage, k3b-data (= 17.12.3-0ubuntu3), libk3b7 (= 17.12.3-0ubuntu3), udisks2, wodim, kio, libc6 (>= 2.14), libkf5archive5 (>= 4.96.0), libkf5bookmarks5 (>= 4.96.0), libkf5cddb5, libkf5completion5 (>= 4.97.0), libkf5configcore5 (>= 4.98.0), libkf5configwidgets5 (>= 4.96.0), libkf5coreaddons5 (>= 5.16.0), libkf5i18n5 (>= 4.97.0), libkf5iconthemes5 (>= 5.25.0), libkf5jobwidgets5 (>= 4.96.0), libkf5kcmutils5 (>= 4.96.0), libkf5kiocore5 (>= 4.96.0), libkf5kiofilewidgets5 (>= 4.96.0), libkf5kiowidgets5 (>= 5.33.0), libkf5newstuff5 (>= 4.95.0), libkf5notifications5 (>= 4.96.0), libkf5notifyconfig5 (>= 4.96.0), libkf5service-bin, libkf5service5 (>= 4.99.0), libkf5solid5 (>= 4.97.0), libkf5widgetsaddons5 (>= 4.96.0), libkf5xmlgui-bin, libkf5xmlgui5 (>= 4.98.0), libqt5core5a (>= 5.9.0~beta), libqt5dbus5 (>= 5.0.2), libqt5gui5 (>= 5.7.0), libqt5widgets5 (>= 5.6.0~beta), libqt5xml5 (>= 5.0.2), libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1)
Recommends: dvd+rw-tools, growisofs, libk3b7-extracodecs, transcode, vcdimager
Suggests: k3b-extrathemes, k3b-i18n, kde-config-cddb, normalize-audio, sox
Filename: pool/universe/k/k3b/k3b_17.12.3-0ubuntu3_amd64.deb
Size: 618988
MD5sum: fc4221e6962a5c39fa96ae8a47ca5c49
SHA1: 986164bd69f910e2cf8975b8abccafd7c2775aef
SHA256: 6f0115c85b2b3f57d78b78327e6ee14106293c3868e22a7a9b7f22df106df183
Homepage: http://www.k3b.org
Description-en: Sophisticated CD/DVD burning application
 K3b provides a comfortable user interface to perform most CD/DVD burning
 tasks. While the experienced user can take influence in all steps
 of the burning process the beginner may find comfort in the automatic settings
 and the reasonable k3b defaults which allow a quick start.
Description-md5: c76b0e46810cfd0637ba2d7954169eff
Task: kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full
Supported: 3y

Wodim package info:
Package: wodim
Architecture: amd64
Version: 9:1.1.11-3ubuntu2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/otherosfs
Source: cdrkit
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <email address hidden>
Original-Maintainer: Joerg Jaspert <email address hidden>
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 926
Provides: cdrecord
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10)
Recommends: genisoimage
Suggests: cdrkit-doc
Conflicts: xcdroast (<< 0.98+0alpha15-11)
Replaces: cdrecord, cdrtools-doc
Filename: pool/universe/c/cdrkit/wodim_1.1.11-3ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 266590
MD5sum: ff0102baedca5...

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Jon Schewe (jpschewe) wrote :
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Dane Mutters (dmutters) wrote :

Yes, this looks like the same thing. The root of the problem is that /usr/bin/wodim is lacking the u+s (where user=root) permission.

Fixing it might just be a matter of changing the permissions of this file in the .deb package. However, if upstream expects wodim to be installed in the home directory, that would complicate things somewhat.

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