Ubuntu 11.10 doesn't see SD Card!

If you boot with the SD card inserted, does pick up?
Does the system have a make and model?

The laptop is a Dell Vostro 1510, the SD card slot is inbuilt (not a USB adapter) and it worked in the previous versions of Ubuntu. I wasn't aware others had this problem until I revisited this page, any help will be appreciated.
John

I forgot to mention I've tried booting with the card inserted and inserting the card after booting but it doesn't show on the desktop. I'm not sure how to look for it using the terminal.

Ok boot with the SD card out and run:

lsusb

Then insert the card, wait a 10 seconds and run:

sudo fdisk -l; dmesg | tail; lsusb; lsb_release -a

copy ALL the output and paste as an update. Also what is the make and model of the system

The following is the result.

john@john-Vostro1510:~$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0483:2016 SGS Thomson Microelectronics Fingerprint Reader
john@john-Vostro1510:~$ sudo fdisk -l; dmesg | tail; lsusb; lsb_release -a > sdtest.txt
[sudo] password for john:

Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders, total 312581808 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 identifier: 0x41ab2316

   Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 63 192779 96358+ de Dell Utility
/dev/sda2 * 194560 142532599 71169020 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda3 142532606 312580095 85023745 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 308408320 312580095 2085888 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6 304236544 308400127 2081792 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda7 142532608 300062719 78765056 83 Linux
/dev/sda8 300064768 304222207 2078720 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Partition table entries are not in disk order
[ 16.934918] Bluetooth: BNEP filters: protocol multicast
[ 16.956138] Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized
[ 16.956146] Bluetooth: RFCOMM socket layer initialized
[ 16.956149] Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.11
[ 17.731795] ppdev: user-space parallel port driver
[ 18.363314] EXT4-fs (sda7): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro,user_xattr,commit=0
[ 18.645091] init: plymouth-stop pre-start process (1078) terminated with status 1
[ 20.775566] EXT4-fs (sda7): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro,user_xattr,commit=0
[ 26.064118] eth1: no IPv6 routers present
[ 48.304047] eth1: no IPv6 routers present
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0483:2016 SGS Thomson Microelectronics Fingerprint Reader
No LSB modules are available.
john@john-Vostro1510:~$ sudo fdisk -l; dmesg | tail; lsusb; lsb_release -a

Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders, total 312581808 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 identifier: 0x41ab2316

   Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 63 192779 96358+ de Dell Utility
/dev/sda2 * 194560 142532599 71169020 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda3 142532606 312580095 85023745 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 308408320 312580095 2085888 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6 304236544 308400127 2081792 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda7 142532608 300062719 78765056 83 Linux
/dev/sda8 300064768 304222207 2078720 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Partition table entries are not in disk order
[ 16.934918] Bluetooth: BNEP filters: protocol multicast
[ 16.956138] Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized
[ 16.956146] Bluetooth: RFCOMM socket layer initialized
[ 16.956149] Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.11
[ 17.731795] ppdev: user-space parallel port driver
[ 18.363314] EXT4-fs (sda7): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro,user_xattr,commit=0
[ 18.645091] init: plymouth-stop pre-start process (1078) terminated with status 1
[ 20.775566] EXT4-fs (sda7): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro,user_xattr,commit=0
[ 26.064118] eth1: no IPv6 routers present
[ 48.304047] eth1: no IPv6 routers present
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0483:2016 SGS Thomson Microelectronics Fingerprint Reader
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 11.10
Release: 11.10
Codename: oneiric
john@john-Vostro1510:~$

I should point out there is now Bluetooth on this machine and the fingerprint reader isn't currently used in Ubuntu but is used for Windows log-in.
I have never looked at this before with the earlier versions of Ubuntu so I'm not sure if anything is different apart from this missing SD card reader. Also this laptop has a 1394 fire wire port that doesn't seem to be explicitly identified.
I hope you can help,
John

Linked bug report regarding Vostro1510 which is being investigated.

Thanks Sam_, that solved my question.

Sorry I should have asked for a link to the bug report.
John

John, bug report is linked in section 'Question Information' under 'Related Bugs', this way the question is also linked to in bug report.

Thanks for that, I'm a bit slow as I haven't done much of this before.

Same problem with an card reader in a pc. It worked all fine before upgrade, and stopped working after upgrade.

The reader has an usb output that works fine, so it only affect to SD card reader. It has other card slots such MS and CF, but I don't have any card to test it in order to know if only affects to SD or not.

This is still a problem, I've tried the micro SD card from my phone in an SD card adapter with the same results, this arrangement worked in Ubuntu 11.04 and still works in Windows Vista, I don't want to have to go back to 11.04 as this seems pretty pointless but I hope this is going to get fixed before 12.04 (LTS) is released as I know business users often use phones for note making and won't want to fiddle with other transfer methods.
John

@John,

Have you tried the workaround I've published? (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/872093/comments/28)

Please continue this issue in the related bug section #872093 (https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/872093).

Regards,

Yes and it doesn't work!
John

Note that I have the same history/problem with a Dell Vostro 2510.

- jss

I have the same problem with a Dell Vostro 1510.
Not only SD card is not being recognized: even USB devices are not being mounted.

I haven't had any problem with USB memory devices, my backup hard disc works as do the USB stick plug-ins. My phone plug-in works as a storage device (I can copy from and write to it's micro SD card but not the phones own memory but I think that may be the Samsung software, they only seem to supply software for Windows for my phone).
I haven't tried plugging my camera directly in, I normally remove it's SD card and plug it in the Laptop, hence my problem, I have more than one SD card so the used one is replaced in the camera while I deal with the pictures/video taken on the used card.
John

Just to confirm this problem was resolved on my Dell Vostro 1510 when I upgraded to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, I don't know if it was also fixed on other machines.
John

This problem has not returned since Ubuntu 12.04 LTS upgrade, which was done with a clean install, the backup being external and reinstated afterwards. I think it can now be closed as a problem.