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SD memory card (/dev/sdf1) not recognised by gnome/feisty when inserted

Bug #111361 reported by ubu
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hal (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Undecided
Chris Cheney

Bug Description

I have a memory card reader plugged into USB. I insert an SD memory card into the reader. The access light on the reader flashes momentarily, and dmesg reports

[ 9885.714282] SCSI device sdf: 2012160 512-byte hdwr sectors (1030 MB)
[ 9885.716401] sdf: Write Protect is off
[ 9885.716405] sdf: Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00
[ 9885.716408] sdf: assuming drive cache: write through
[ 9885.720146] SCSI device sdf: 2012160 512-byte hdwr sectors (1030 MB)
[ 9885.722277] sdf: Write Protect is off
[ 9885.722283] sdf: Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00
[ 9885.722286] sdf: assuming drive cache: write through
[ 9885.722538] sdf: sdf1

The card can be mounted at the command line without problem

sudo mount /dev/sdf1 /mnt/tmp

but gnome/feisty does nothing. No GUI popup to handle the card insertion. However, if I insert my Canon camera into the USB port, it does pop up a dialog asking if I want to import photos. I would have expected something similar for the SD card, or at least it should automount somewhere.

Details of system:
AMD processor on nforce2 motherboard
various hard disks (sda, sdb, hda)
recently installed Ubuntu 7.04 (on hda1)
Some apps added, such as Thunderbird, vmware, Krusader, gxine, kaffeine etc

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ubu (bluestube) wrote :

I have since discovered that other cards, are recognised as photo cards and automounted etc. Even though this card has been in a camera and has photos on it, it is not recognised, and I can't figure out what the differences are.

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Chris Cheney (ccheney) wrote :

Can you format the non-automounting card in your camera and see if it causes it to be automounted properly?

Also were the cards that are working properly formatted by the same camera?

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ubu (bluestube) wrote : Re: [Bug 111361] Re: SD memory card (/dev/sdf1) not recognised by gnome/feisty when inserted

Chris Cheney wrote:
> Can you format the non-automounting card in your camera and see if it
> causes it to be automounted properly?
>
> Also were the cards that are working properly formatted by the same
> camera?
>
> ** Changed in: hal (Ubuntu)
> Sourcepackagename: None => hal
> Assignee: (unassigned) => Chris Cheney
> Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info
>
>

Hi Chris,

I am very happy to receive your email about this problem. Thank you for
looking into it.

Your suggestion is a very good one.

The SD card that was not working, was one I purchased before I got my
current camera. My old camera was a cheap one, brand name 'Concord'. My
new one is a Canon Powershot A430'.

Also, all cards have been used successfully in my Palm Tx pda.

So, I put the suspect SD card in the Canon camera, and did a low level
format. I took one photo as well, before returning it to the Ubuntu
machine. Now it is detected, and Ubuntu even offers to import photos
from it.

So, I guess the old camera (or the original format on the card when I
bought it - as I can't remember ever formating it) wasn't quite standard
or correct? Anyway, it's working now, so I suppose we can't really
blame Ubuntu. In a way I'm glad, as I have become a fan of Ubuntu :-)

Thanks again for your follow up on this. This great level of support
makes Ubuntu even better!

Regards,
Darryl

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Chris Cheney (ccheney) wrote :

Darryl,

Thanks for the quick follow-up! I am glad that you were able to get your SD card working.

I am marking this bug as rejected now since you were able to correct the issue yourself by formatting the card.

Thanks,

Chris Cheney

Changed in hal:
status: Needs Info → Rejected
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