Problems mounting SD Card (AAOne D255)

sebnet · 02-09-2011, 02:43 PM

I'm having difficulty mounting cards in the SD slot of my Acer Aspire One D255 (running Slackware 13.1).

lspci

Code:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Pineview DMI Bridge
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Pineview Integrated Graphics Controller
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Pineview Integrated Graphics Controller
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Tigerpoint LPC Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801GR/GH (ICH7 Family) SATA AHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Attansic Technology Corp. Device 2060 (rev c1)
02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation WiFi Link 1000 Series

I'm assuming 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02) is my SD card.

fstab

Code:

/dev/sda2        swap             swap        defaults         0   0
/dev/sda1        /                ext4        defaults         1   1
#/dev/cdrom      /mnt/cdrom       auto        noauto,owner,ro  0   0
/dev/fd0         /mnt/floppy      auto        noauto,owner     0   0
devpts           /dev/pts         devpts      gid=5,mode=620   0   0
proc             /proc            proc        defaults         0   0
tmpfs            /dev/shm         tmpfs       defaults         0   0

When I run:

Code:

tail -f /var/log/messages

And then insert a card in to the slot I get:

Code:

Feb  9 19:35:35 gaia kernel: usb 1-5: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 6
Feb  9 19:35:35 gaia kernel: usb 1-5: New USB device found, idVendor=0cf2, idProduct=6250
Feb  9 19:35:35 gaia kernel: usb 1-5: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=4
Feb  9 19:35:35 gaia kernel: usb 1-5: Product: UB6250       
Feb  9 19:35:35 gaia kernel: usb 1-5: Manufacturer: ENE Flash  
Feb  9 19:35:35 gaia kernel: usb 1-5: SerialNumber: 606569746801

So the card-reader works it's just not getting mounted. Which is probably unsurprising as there isn't an fstab entry for it. Or is HAL supposed to mount it anyway? I don't know the device location of the card-reader so I haven't tried adding anything to fstab, if that's all I need to do, what info needs to go in there (a bit confused)?

I've tried starting various modules suggested in other threads: ehci-hcd; sdhi-pci; tifm_core; tifm_sd. None of which had any effect.

There's nothing wrong with either of the cards I've tested and they're both different brands and sizes.

Any help would be greatly appreciated; I've been trying to get this thing working for a couple of days now.

rokytnji · 02-10-2011, 02:56 AM

Not being a slackware user. You might want to post the contents of

Code:

fdisk -l

with the card inserted.

Just bumping your thread. The output of fdisk -l will help in showing slackware members how to edit your fstab. Which you should also post. Always make a backup of /etc/fstab before editing it in case you need to roll back to it.

sumeet inani · 02-10-2011, 04:26 AM

When I insert my USB . I get

Code:

$tail -f /var/log/messages
Feb 10 14:52:22 lxuser-desktop pulseaudio[1666]: ratelimit.c: 7 events suppressed
Feb 10 15:38:17 lxuser-desktop kernel: [110062.584014] usb 1-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 9
Feb 10 15:38:17 lxuser-desktop kernel: [110062.716939] usb 1-4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Feb 10 15:38:17 lxuser-desktop kernel: [110062.717077] scsi8 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
Feb 10 15:38:22 lxuser-desktop kernel: [110067.717331] scsi 8:0:0:0: Direct-Access     SanDisk  Cruzer Blade     1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
Feb 10 15:38:22 lxuser-desktop kernel: [110067.717801] sd 8:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
Feb 10 15:38:22 lxuser-desktop kernel: [110067.721354] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] 7837696 512-byte logical blocks: (4.01 GB/3.73 GiB)
Feb 10 15:38:22 lxuser-desktop kernel: [110067.722314] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
Feb 10 15:38:22 lxuser-desktop kernel: [110067.724691]  sdb: sdb1
Feb 10 15:38:22 lxuser-desktop kernel: [110067.730688] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk

The drive may or may not get mounted depending on entries in fstab which tell which partition to mount where BUT the above message shows newly attached device as sdb1 meaning if it is not automounted then I can do that manually as

Code:

#mkdir /my_pendrive ; mount /dev/sdb1 /my_pendrive

In your case the device name is not known .
Aren't there any more messages ?
You can try 'dmesg | tail' to see something useful.

sebnet · 02-10-2011, 06:07 AM

Thanks for the bump, Rokytnj

Here's fdisk -l:

Code:

Disk /dev/sda: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x2f5c2f8f

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *           1       27537   221184000   83  Linux
/dev/sda2           27537       27798     2097152   82  Linux swap

You can see fstab in my first post.

Sumeet Inani, thanks for getting involved. dmesg | tail isn't giving us anything more than has already been seen but I'll post it anyway:

Code:

usb 1-5: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4
usb 1-5: New USB device found, idVendor=0cf2, idProduct=6250
usb 1-5: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=4
usb 1-5: Product: UB6250       
usb 1-5: Manufacturer: ENE Flash  
usb 1-5: SerialNumber: 606569746801

If anyone has any suggestions whatsoever I'm all ears (uh, eyes?).

Larry Webb · 02-10-2011, 07:53 AM

My 2 cents without a solution.

I am not familiar with slack. With any distro I have used when the formated sd card plugged to usb it will show as a /dev and should show in fdisk -l and /proc/partitions.

schneidz · 02-10-2011, 08:04 AM

i'm curious why no device node is created for it ?
do other sd's/ usb's automout ?

Larry Webb · 02-10-2011, 08:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by schneidz

i'm curious why no device node is created for it ?
do other sd's/ usb's automout ?

m/b too old or a bios setting?

sebnet · 02-10-2011, 08:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by schneidz

i'm curious why no device node is created for it ?
do other sd's/ usb's automout ?

All other USB devices automount but I only have these two cards, both of which are SD. They mount if I use a USB device like a phone or camera to access them.

I could use the slot in Windows, and I can boot from it, but haven't been able to get it working in either Slack or Fedora.

Perhaps it's a driver issue?

rokytnji · 02-10-2011, 09:12 AM

I wonder if your Acer Aspire one D255 Has the same crappolla bios my Acer Aspire One ZG5 has which won't recognize SD Flash unless mated with a USB to SD adapter. I can't boot a SD Flash Linux install with Acers Bios but can if using a usb to SD adapter.

I run Debian based Distros and Puppy. I fixed Auto mount SD by using

http://wiki.debian.org/DebianAcerOne#Cardreader

Don't know if this will work for Slack but throwing it out there any ways.

rokytnji · 02-10-2011, 09:18 AM

Quote:

SD/MMC

Put this line in /etc/rc.d/rc.local to enable SD/MMC devices:

modprobe pciehp
I don’t seem to have the issue with SD card as reported by other AA1 users. It detects card insertion and mount is painless. But like most other external devices, they don’t survive suspend-to-ram, and must be disabled before and re-enabled after a suspend. (more on this later)

http://www.thev.net/PaulLiu/acer_aspire_one.html

Found this also but for Slackware 12.1

sebnet · 02-10-2011, 03:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rokytnji

I wonder if your Acer Aspire one D255 Has the same crappolla bios my Acer Aspire One ZG5 has which won't recognize SD Flash unless mated with a USB to SD adapter. I can't boot a SD Flash Linux install with Acers Bios but can if using a usb to SD adapter.

I run Debian based Distros and Puppy. I fixed Auto mount SD by using

http://wiki.debian.org/DebianAcerOne#Cardreader

Don't know if this will work for Slack but throwing it out there any ways.

This did look promising. However, my BIOS is a newer version that the wiki page states doesn't need to do those hacks. I'll give a try anyway, if only because I feel like I've tried everything else. Fingers crossed!

Quote:

Originally Posted by rokytnji

http://www.thev.net/PaulLiu/acer_aspire_one.html

Found this also but for Slackware 12.1

I'd already tried "modprobe pciehp" but thanks for digging.

sebnet · 02-10-2011, 04:48 PM

Nope. I get an error when trying that Debian pciehp method:

Code:

pciehp: Unknown parameter 'pciehp_slot_with_bus'

Larry Webb · 02-10-2011, 04:49 PM

Is the reader an internal mount reader? I had one and tried to read an sdhc card and it would not read. Bought an external usb sdhc reader and cured everything.

sebnet · 02-10-2011, 04:51 PM

Yeah, it's internal. I can mount fine with an external device (I've just been using my camera) but I would really like to see it working.

sumeet inani · 02-14-2011, 11:20 PM

When I plug my USB in computer
then

Code:

#lshw | grep -i usb

Gives "bus info: usb@1:3" extra in comparison to output without USB.Also simply 'lshw' shows all info about pendrive like signature,serial,capacity etc.