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Okay why can I not use the SD card anymore

Asked by Lynne Stevens

Seems I am not the one who has permissions to add or delete files from it . . Everything last week was okay to copy delete or add files ( before update to use 15.04 3.X X 31 something kernel ) I have had to back up to 3.x.x. 30 to use the laptop as it was freezing up at the sign on screen ..I even reformatted the SD card in the camera . . Still can't get any thing to work with it
What the beep is going on ?
Oh yeah still have ABI starting up on start up . . Why major pain in the you know where !

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

What format is the file system on the card?
When you last unplugged it, did you use the safe remove feature in the OS before you physically unplugged the device?

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Lynne Stevens (jackie40d) said : 		#2

What ever the Camera formats it and adds a folder when you take a picture called DCIM plus folder 100KZ700 and in that folder is the pictures .. Some times I do and some times I do not
Oh yeah now it calls the card usb0 never did that before ..

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N1ck 7h0m4d4k15 (nicktux) said : 		#3

Hello,

can you please remove the SD card from the PC, then insert SD Card into PC wait for 5 seconds and open a terminal.
Execute the following command and paste here the results

    dmesg | tail -n 20

Regards
NickTh

P.S. Don't forget to mark the question as [SOLVED], when done.

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Lynne Stevens (jackie40d) said : 		#4

lynne@lynne-300E4C-300E5C-300E7C:~$ dmesg | tail -n 20
[ 1941.500511] usb 2-1.3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 1941.500516] usb 2-1.3: Product: Flash Card Reader/Writer
[ 1941.500521] usb 2-1.3: Manufacturer: Generic
[ 1941.500525] usb 2-1.3: SerialNumber: 058F63666438
[ 1941.596683] usb-storage 2-1.3:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
[ 1941.596829] scsi host6: usb-storage 2-1.3:1.0
[ 1941.597002] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
[ 1941.621614] usbcore: registered new interface driver uas
[ 1941.630449] [UFW BLOCK] IN=eth0 OUT= MAC= SRC=fe80:0000:0000:0000:52b7:c3ff:fe75:5444 DST=ff02:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0001 LEN=64 TC=0 HOPLIMIT=1 FLOWLBL=0 PROTO=UDP SPT=8612 DPT=8612 LEN=24
[ 1941.640744] [UFW BLOCK] IN=eth0 OUT= MAC= SRC=fe80:0000:0000:0000:52b7:c3ff:fe75:5444 DST=ff02:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0001 LEN=64 TC=0 HOPLIMIT=1 FLOWLBL=0 PROTO=UDP SPT=8612 DPT=8612 LEN=24
[ 1942.595773] scsi 6:0:0:0: Direct-Access Multiple Card Reader 1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
[ 1942.596867] sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
[ 1943.049316] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] 3970048 512-byte logical blocks: (2.03 GB/1.89 GiB)
[ 1943.050432] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[ 1943.050440] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00
[ 1943.051573] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page found
[ 1943.051590] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 1943.057361] sdb: sdb1
[ 1943.060991] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
[ 1943.447247] FAT-fs (sdb1): Volume was not properly unmounted. Some data may be corrupt. Please run fsck.
lynne@lynne-300E4C-300E5C-300E7C:~$

Are you sure this solved the Problem ?

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N1ck 7h0m4d4k15 (nicktux) said : 		#5

Hello,

no I didn't say to mark the question as SOLVED immediately, but WHEN done. It was just a reminder.
The results I was asking for are just informational, the command I gave you doesn't solve any problem.

With the new info you provided now, we can see the message

    "FAT-fs (sdb1): Volume was not properly unmounted. Some data may be corrupt. Please run fsck."

Try to run the following commands (one-by-one), they will attempt to fix the filesystem. Please backup any sensitive data as it might get lost during the repair process.

    sudo umount /dev/sdb1
    sudo vfat.fsck -a /dev/sdb1

After the repair completes, safely remove the USB stick and mount it again.
See if this solved the problem.

Regards
NickTh

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N1ck 7h0m4d4k15 (nicktux) said : 		#6

Hello,

sorry for the typo, the correct command is

    sudo fsck.vfat -a /dev/sdb1

Regards
NickTh

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Lynne Stevens (jackie40d) said : 		#7

lynne@lynne-300E4C-300E5C-300E7C:~$ sudo fsck.vfat -a /dev/sdb1
[sudo] password for lynne:
fsck.fat 3.0.27 (2014-11-12)
0x25: Dirty bit is set. Fs was not properly unmounted and some data may be corrupt.
 Automatically removing dirty bit.
Performing changes.
/dev/sdb1: 4 files, 46/60901 clusters
lynne@lynne-300E4C-300E5C-300E7C:~$ sudo umount /dev/sdb1
lynne@lynne-300E4C-300E5C-300E7C:~$ sudo vfat.fsck -a /dev/sdb1
sudo: vfat.fsck: command not found
lynne@lynne-300E4C-300E5C-300E7C:~$

Seems we have a problem Houston !
maybe space in this command instead of dot . .
this had pictures of my OLD PET which i copied off and saves in folder named Henry
then added to the camera and let it format it so all the pictures were gone
I tired to format it via the linux and it is no longer there in the menu
But the usb0 name is gone now getting closer . .OOPs spoke to soon took it out an put back in . . Back to known as usb0 and needs Root to do any thing again or still

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#8

What results do you get if you repeat the whole procedure?

1. issue the command "sudo eject /dev/sdb1"
2. remove the card and what ten seconds
3. re-insert the card and wait ten seconds
4. issue the command "dmesg | tail -n 20"
5. issue the command "sudo umount /dev/sdb1"
6. issue the command "sudo fsck.vfat -a /dev/sdb1"

Remark: you might set the status of the question back to 'open' if your problem is not yet solved.

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Lynne Stevens (jackie40d) said : 		#9

Yeah Problem is solved I dunped15.04 and went back to 14.04
spent several hours drag and drop to external Hard drive 186 gigs
Even took the .mozilla and .thunderbird folders
plus downloads, documents, video's, DWhelper, and pictures plus music about 40 or 50 gig of junk I have saved over time !
Erased 15.04 64 bit and reinstalled 14.04 64 bit
Now every thing works SD card does not fight me nor does the flash drives