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USB SD card reader not detected

Asked by John Wilson

Recently upgraded to 16.04 and my USB SD card readers are not being detected by my machine. Any suggestions?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

What version did you upgrade from?
What steps did you take?
Did the card reader work in the previous version?

Thanks

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John Wilson (jwilsondmartin) said : 		#2

I upgraded from 15.10.
My laptop has not been upgraded and both card readers are not detected on the laptop
Read around the net and tried installing some packages which I cannot now find.
Here is the output of lsusb.
The first time without a USB sd card reader inserted:
john@john-H81M-S2H-GSM:~$ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:8000 Intel Corp.
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 006 Device 002: ID 03f0:bd07 Hewlett-Packard
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 006: ID 046d:c50c Logitech, Inc. Cordless Desktop S510
Bus 005 Device 007: ID 046d:abd0 Logitech, Inc.
Bus 005 Device 005: ID 0451:2036 Texas Instruments, Inc. TUSB2036 Hub
Bus 005 Device 004: ID 046d:0821 Logitech, Inc. HD Webcam C910
Bus 005 Device 003: ID 05e3:0608 Genesys Logic, Inc. Hub
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 2109:3431 VIA Labs, Inc. Hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:8008 Intel Corp.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

and the second time after inserting a SD card reader which seems to be detected
john@john-H81M-S2H-GSM:~$ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:8000 Intel Corp.
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 006 Device 002: ID 03f0:bd07 Hewlett-Packard
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 006: ID 046d:c50c Logitech, Inc. Cordless Desktop S510
Bus 005 Device 007: ID 046d:abd0 Logitech, Inc.
Bus 005 Device 005: ID 0451:2036 Texas Instruments, Inc. TUSB2036 Hub
Bus 005 Device 004: ID 046d:0821 Logitech, Inc. HD Webcam C910
Bus 005 Device 003: ID 05e3:0608 Genesys Logic, Inc. Hub
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 2109:3431 VIA Labs, Inc. Hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:8008 Intel Corp.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 008: ID 058f:6331 Alcor Micro Corp. SD/MMC/MS Card Reader
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
john@john-H81M-S2H-GSM:~$

What do you suggest?

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#3

The reader is detected.

Bus 003 Device 008: ID 058f:6331 Alcor Micro Corp. SD/MMC/MS Card Reader

What do you expect more than that?

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John Wilson (jwilsondmartin) said : 		#4

While the card reader has been detected the card that it contains does not appear on the desktop as an icon in the Unity launcher

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#5

If you open the file explorer program nautilus, is there an icon for the SD card in the left half of the screen?

Or, if you open a terminal windo wnd issue the commands

sudo fdisk -l
sudo blkid

do you see anything indicating the SD card?

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John Wilson (jwilsondmartin) said : 		#6

Nothing shows in Nautilus or when I open a terminal and issue the commands.
Here is the output:
john@john-H81M-S2H-GSM:~$ sudo fdisk -l
[sudo] password for john:
Disk /dev/ram0: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes

Disk /dev/ram1: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes

Disk /dev/ram2: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes

Disk /dev/ram3: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes

Disk /dev/ram4: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes

Disk /dev/ram5: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes

Disk /dev/ram6: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes

Disk /dev/ram7: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes

Disk /dev/ram8: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes

Disk /dev/ram9: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes

Disk /dev/ram10: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes

Disk /dev/ram11: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes

Disk /dev/ram12: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes

Disk /dev/ram13: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes

Disk /dev/ram14: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes

Disk /dev/ram15: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes

Disk /dev/sda: 223.6 GiB, 240057409536 bytes, 468862128 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x33bf14ba

Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sda1 * 2048 499711 497664 243M 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 501758 468860927 468359170 223.3G 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 501760 468860927 468359168 223.3G 8e Linux LVM

Disk /dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root: 215.4 GiB, 231311671296 bytes, 451780608 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Disk /dev/sdb: 931.5 GiB, 1000202043392 bytes, 1953519616 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x00035296

Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sdb1 * 2048 1180278047 1180276000 562.8G 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sdb2 1180278782 1953517567 773238786 368.7G 5 Extended
/dev/sdb5 1563371520 1941127167 377755648 180.1G 83 Linux
/dev/sdb6 1941129216 1953517567 12388352 5.9G 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdb7 1180278784 1563371519 383092736 182.7G 83 Linux

Partition table entries are not in disk order.

Disk /dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-swap_1: 7.9 GiB, 8485076992 bytes, 16572416 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
john@john-H81M-S2H-GSM:~$ sudo blkid
/dev/sda1: UUID="c81fb53b-d55c-40b4-b128-e02718ddb77d" TYPE="ext2" PARTUUID="33bf14ba-01"
/dev/sda5: UUID="lhFLXs-yxn6-DJDu-SCFk-IkD9-3Jsx-NEwV02" TYPE="LVM2_member" PARTUUID="33bf14ba-05"
/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root: UUID="b85784ed-7c03-487b-968f-3101f24f7859" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/sdb1: LABEL="HP Desktop Drive" UUID="584CA77E4CA75592" TYPE="ntfs" PARTUUID="00035296-01"
/dev/sdb5: UUID="1212bb6f-75dd-429b-b23e-574d6b1e0535" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="00035296-05"
/dev/sdb6: UUID="d98cdc5f-e7df-46e1-8420-069fca35396e" TYPE="swap" PARTUUID="00035296-06"
/dev/sdb7: UUID="3eb1b408-5397-4420-a8eb-39ae7e9949f5" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="00035296-07"
/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-swap_1: UUID="40516950-27c7-4ff6-8ba4-52d2bdc42c7a" TYPE="swap"
john@john-H81M-S2H-GSM:~$

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