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Using a Micro SD Adapter Card

Asked by Margaret Mackintosh

I have been using a SanDisk Micro SD Adaptor to put the Micro chip out of my Digital Camera and Cell Phone to download pictures for several years. Then recently we got another Nikon Coolpix S3100 14.0 Megapixels Camera. This camera has a 'Centon SD HC Class 4, 4.0 GB card. I was going to put my micro chip from my phone into it, BUT there is no place for a micro chip, the whole thing which is a size of a Adapter records the pictures from the new camera without any chip. Then I can put it into the laptops slot and download the pictures off of it.

The problem I just found out is that I put the micro chip from my cell phone into a SanDisk Micro SD Adapter (that has been working for a couple years till recently) and put it into the slot in my laptop. The Ubuntu system no longer recognizes this as even being in the slot. So took it out and put the chip with the SanDisk Micro Adapter (as the whole thing is in the old camera like the new one; only the Micro chip can be removed from this one). When I inserted this one into the laptop, it won't come up either. BUT, when I insert the Centon SDHC Class 4 4.0GB the system recognizes it and will download pictures off of it.

My question is: How come my other two SanDisk Micro SD (TM) To SD Adapter won't work now with Ubuntu 11.10? No problem with the Centon one. Just that a SD Adaptor that takes a Micro Chip will not work at all. Any suggestions on what to do?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

When you take the card out, do you unmount it in the phone first. This is certainly an option in Android phones.....

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Margaret Mackintosh (mackintosh-margaret) said : 		#2

Hi,

No, I don't unmount the card from the phone first, just remove it. Didn't know I had to unmount it first. They never mentioned that in the instruction manual. Like I said about 2 or 3 months ago it all worked fine. But, now I discovered I cannot use it. Also sometime in the last couple months I upgraded to Ubuntu 11.10. That might have something to do with it. Maybe with this version of Ubuntu I am just simply not able to use a Micro SD Adapter card that a micro chip can be put into. Is there anyway I can find out what this system will accept and what it won't? My phone is just a ordinary cell phone. I want to upgrade to a iPhone or one of those types of phones. Right now it would cost me 3 or 4 hundred dollars to do so. On Feb. 28, 2013 I become eligible for a full upgrade to one of these phones free with AT&T. So at the moment I will wait to get the phone. Any help with this would be appreciated.

Margaret

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> Subject: Re: [Question #192281]: Using a Micro SD Adapter Card
> Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2012 01:55:58 +0000
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> When you take the card out, do you unmount it in the phone first. This
> is certainly an option in Android phones.....
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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Reboot with the device out of your system and log in. Let the OS settle and run:

sudo lsusb; uname -a; lsb_release -a; echo; echo "insert card please"; echo; pause 20; sudo fdisk -l; dmesg | tail

When the termial stops in the middle and asks for the device, shove it in and wait, then more data will output. Copy all the text and paste here as an update.

Thanks

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Margaret Mackintosh (mackintosh-margaret) said : 		#4

Hi, I did as you said and this is what I got:

margaretmackintosh@margaret-Z62FM:~$ sudo lsusb; uname -a; lsb_release -a; echo; echo "insert card please"; echo; pause 20; sudo fdisk -l; dmesg I tail
[sudo] password for margaretmackintosh:
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 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 002 Device 002: ID 046d:c040 Logitech, Inc. Corded Tilt-Wheel Mouse
Linux margaret-Z62FM 3.0.0-17-generic #30-Ubuntu SMP Thu Mar 8 17:34:21 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 11.10
Release: 11.10
Codename: oneiric

insert card please

pause: command not found

Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders, total 156301488 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: 0x0004870f

   Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 2048 149843967 74920960 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 149846014 156301311 3227649 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 149846016 156301311 3227648 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Usage: dmesg [-c] [-n level] [-r] [-s bufsize]
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Since it didn't end with 'insert card please', I entered just the first portion below and the following is what I got:

margaretmackintosh@margaret-Z62FM:~$ sudo lsusb; uname -a; lsb_release -a; echo; echo "insert card please"
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 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 002 Device 002: ID 046d:c040 Logitech, Inc. Corded Tilt-Wheel Mouse
Linux margaret-Z62FM 3.0.0-17-generic #30-Ubuntu SMP Thu Mar 8 17:34:21 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 11.10
Release: 11.10
Codename: oneiric

insert card please
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Here I entered the 2nd part and also inserted the card and this is what came up:

margaretmackintosh@margaret-Z62FM:~$ echo; pause 20; sudo fdisk -l; dmesg I tail
pause: command not found

Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders, total 156301488 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: 0x0004870f

   Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 2048 149843967 74920960 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 149846014 156301311 3227649 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 149846016 156301311 3227648 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Usage: dmesg [-c] [-n level] [-r] [-s bufsize]
margaretmackintosh@margaret-Z62FM:~$
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

When I inserted the SanDisk Micro SD; MicroSDHC Adapter with the Micro Chip from my cell phone, no icon came up in the panel to show that I had inserted the Adapter Card. Nothing above makes sense to me. Hope it tells you what is going on.

> To: <email address hidden>
> From: <email address hidden>
> Subject: Re: [Question #192281]: Using a Micro SD Adapter Card
> Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2012 09:35:42 +0000
>
> Your question #192281 on util-linux in Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/util-linux/+question/192281
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
> Reboot with the device out of your system and log in. Let the OS settle
> and run:
>
> sudo lsusb; uname -a; lsb_release -a; echo; echo "insert card please";
> echo; pause 20; sudo fdisk -l; dmesg | tail
>
> When the termial stops in the middle and asks for the device, shove it
> in and wait, then more data will output. Copy all the text and paste
> here as an update.
>
> Thanks
>
> --
> If this answers your question, please go to the following page to let us
> know that it is solved:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/util-linux/+question/192281/+confirm?answer_id=2
>
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Margaret Mackintosh (mackintosh-margaret) said : 		#5

Hi,

Just thought you might like to know what comes up with the Centon SDHC Class 4 4GB Card from my new Nikon Camera. I put the comes in first the one line, then the 2nd with the Centon Card inserted and pressed Enter. This is what I got:

margaretmackintosh@margaret-Z62FM:~$ sudo lsusb; uname -a; lsb_release -a; echo "insert card please"
[sudo] password for margaretmackintosh:
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 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 002 Device 002: ID 046d:c040 Logitech, Inc. Corded Tilt-Wheel Mouse
Linux margaret-Z62FM 3.0.0-17-generic #30-Ubuntu SMP Thu Mar 8 17:34:21 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 11.10
Release: 11.10
Codename: oneiric
insert card please
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

margaretmackintosh@margaret-Z62FM:~$ echo; pause 20; sudo fdisk -l; dmesg I tail
pause: command not found

Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders, total 156301488 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: 0x0004870f

   Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 2048 149843967 74920960 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 149846014 156301311 3227649 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 149846016 156301311 3227648 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Disk /dev/mmcblk0: 4023 MB, 4023386112 bytes
61 heads, 60 sectors/track, 2147 cylinders, total 7858176 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: 0x00000000

        Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/mmcblk0p1 8192 7858175 3924992 b W95 FAT32
Usage: dmesg [-c] [-n level] [-r] [-s bufsize]
margaretmackintosh@margaret-Z62FM:~$
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

With this card the icon for a SD card shows in the panel and Shotwell Photo Manager gets activated. Nothing happens with the other cards.
Not sure if there is a difference or not.

Margaret

> To: <email address hidden>
> From: <email address hidden>
> Subject: Re: [Question #192281]: Using a Micro SD Adapter Card
> Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2012 09:35:42 +0000
>
> Your question #192281 on util-linux in Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/util-linux/+question/192281
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
> Reboot with the device out of your system and log in. Let the OS settle
> and run:
>
> sudo lsusb; uname -a; lsb_release -a; echo; echo "insert card please";
> echo; pause 20; sudo fdisk -l; dmesg | tail
>
> When the termial stops in the middle and asks for the device, shove it
> in and wait, then more data will output. Copy all the text and paste
> here as an update.
>
> Thanks
>
> --
> If this answers your question, please go to the following page to let us
> know that it is solved:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/util-linux/+question/192281/+confirm?answer_id=2
>
> If you still need help, you can reply to this email or go to the
> following page to enter your feedback:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/util-linux/+question/192281
>
> You received this question notification because you asked the question.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#6

Seems to be /dev/mmcblk0p1

so run:

sudo mkdir /media/microsd; sudo mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 /media/microsd -o rw,users,uid=1000

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Margaret Mackintosh (mackintosh-margaret) said : 		#7

Hi

Ran the commands in a terminal and this is what I got:

margaretmackintosh@margaret-Z62FM:~$ sudo mkdir /media/microsd; sudo mount /dev/mmcblk0pl /media/microsd -o rw,users,uid=1000
[sudo] password for margaretmackintosh:
mount: special device /dev/mmcblk0pl does not exist
margaretmackintosh@margaret-Z62FM:~$

I understand that something does not exist, but what?

Margaret

> To: <email address hidden>
> From: <email address hidden>
> Subject: Re: [Question #192281]: Using a Micro SD Adapter Card
> Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2012 07:11:14 +0000
>
> Your question #192281 on util-linux in Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/util-linux/+question/192281
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
> Seems to be /dev/mmcblk0p1
>
> so run:
>
> sudo mkdir /media/microsd; sudo mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 /media/microsd -o
> rw,users,uid=1000
>
> --
> If this answers your question, please go to the following page to let us
> know that it is solved:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/util-linux/+question/192281/+confirm?answer_id=5
>
> If you still need help, you can reply to this email or go to the
> following page to enter your feedback:
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> You received this question notification because you asked the question.

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Margaret Mackintosh (mackintosh-margaret) said : 		#8

Anyone have any other suggestions?

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Margaret Mackintosh (mackintosh-margaret) said : 		#9

Guess there are no further suggestions, so will close this question.

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Margaret Mackintosh (mackintosh-margaret) said : 		#10

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