Comment 3 for bug 111361

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