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Built-in card reader not working with tifm driver on LG W1 series laptop

Bug #179791 reported by Rouben
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linux-source-2.6.22 (Ubuntu)
Won't Fix
Undecided
Rouben

Bug Description

This bug is being filed on behalf of sasha2002, in response to our efforts to resolve his issue documented in Ubuntu question #12554 (not bug, question at this URL: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/12554 ). Please also note that most of the correspondence was done in Russian, and therefore I will step in as necessary to act as the interpreter. Finally I would also like to add that this issue may be related to bug #118706 although the symptoms are fairly different.

The exact model of the laptop in question is described here: http://preview.tinyurl.com/3ban2w (warning, page in Russian, please contact me if you need anything translated). Specific to this issue is the description of the card reader device, which reads "5-in-1 (SD / MMC / MS / MS PRO / xD)".

Symptoms:
Ubuntu loads up, a properly formatted (confirmed from Windows) SD card is inserted into the proper slot on the embedded card reader. The card is never detected/mounted and the following messages appear in dmesg (my annotations appear prepended with *** below):

*** Card inserted
[ 1393.511938] tifm_core: MMC/SD card detected in socket 0:1
[ 1394.624236] tifm0 : demand removing card from socket 0:1
*** Card removed and reinserted
[ 1394.959710] tifm_core: MMC/SD card detected in socket 0:1
[ 1395.013702] mmcblk0: mmc1:0001 AF HMP 250880KiB
[ 1395.013782] mmcblk0: p1
[ 1711.514000] tifm0 : demand removing card from socket 0:1
*** Card removed

Also according to the reporter, no extra device files appear in /dev. From various forum posts, the tifm driver is supposed to create device files like /dev/mmcblk0p1 and that was not observed in this case. I am not sure if the creation of such device files is necessary in this case, since we never got this to work in the first place.

Expected behaviour:
Card is inserted, detected, automatically mounted under /media and made available through the Ubuntu GNOME desktop GUI as an icon on the desktop.

The following files will be added to this bug report once I receive it from sasha2002, as per https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeamBugPolicies (this information has already been requested).
uname -a > uname-a.log
cat /proc/version_signature > version.log
dmesg > dmesg.log
sudo lspci -vvnn > lspci-vvnn.log

Revision history for this message
Rouben (rouben) wrote :

This is a kernel issue, therefore I am adding the package association linux-source-2.6.22.

The following information is pending, as such I am marking this bug "incomplete" until I receive this information from the bug reporter as per https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeamBugPolicies

uname -a > uname-a.log
cat /proc/version_signature > version.log
dmesg > dmesg.log
sudo lspci -vvnn > lspci-vvnn.log

Rouben (rouben)
Changed in linux-source-2.6.22:
assignee: nobody → rouben
Revision history for this message
Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara) wrote :

This bug report is being closed because we received no response to the last inquiry for information. Please reopen it if this is still an issue in the current Ubuntu release. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Please don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future, we really appreciate it. Thanks again!

Changed in linux-source-2.6.22:
status: Incomplete → Won't Fix
Revision history for this message
sasha2002 (sashka2002) wrote :

Hi Rouben. i send you necessary files.

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