SD Card not accessible until reboot

[jascha]

I put a SD Card into the card reader of my notebook. It won't be detected, dmesg says "Timeout, waiting for hardware interrupt".

If i reboot the machine, the SD Card can be mounted one or two times, after that the same problem described above appears. If i remove the SD Card and put it in again, it is the same problem.

Tested multiple SD Cards from 2 GB SD, 4 GB SDHC, 64 GB SDXC and many MicroSD Cards with Adapter, it is all the same.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: linux-image-3.8.0-1-generic 3.8.0-1.5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-1.5-generic 3.8.0-rc4
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-1-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.8-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: anonymous 2564 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/seq: timidity 2056 F.... timidity
CRDA:
 country DE:
  (2400 - 2494 @ 40), (N/A, 35)
  (4910 - 5835 @ 40), (N/A, 35)
Date: Tue Jan 22 22:54:12 2013
GvfsMonitorLog: Monitoring events. Press Ctrl+C to quit.
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=25cc34ec-1a39-481b-ac71-71819953f8b7
HotplugNewDevices:

HotplugNewMounts:

InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-10-07 (107 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Beta amd64 (20120926)
MachineType: Acer V5-171
MarkForUpload: True
ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.8.0-1-generic root=UUID=a7f81000-a6e0-4257-b686-585c761a5139 ro quiet splash acpi_osi=Linux i915.i915_enable_rc6=1 i915.semaphores=1 pcie_aspm=force vt.handoff=7
PulseList: Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon.
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-3.8.0-1-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-3.8.0-1-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.99
SourcePackage: linux
Symptom: storage
UdevMonitorLog:
 monitor will print the received events for:
 UDEV - the event which udev sends out after rule processing
UdisksMonitorLog:
 Monitoring the udisks daemon. Press Ctrl+C to exit.
 22:54:35.157: The udisks-daemon is running (name-owner :1.47).
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 04/26/2012
dmi.bios.vendor: Acer
dmi.bios.version: V1.02
dmi.board.asset.tag: Type2 - Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: Mimic
dmi.board.vendor: Acer
dmi.board.version: Type2 - Board Version
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer
dmi.chassis.version: V1.02
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAcer:bvrV1.02:bd04/26/2012:svnAcer:pnV5-171:pvrV1.02:rvnAcer:rnMimic:rvrType2-BoardVersion:cvnAcer:ct10:cvrV1.02:
dmi.product.name: V5-171
dmi.product.version: V1.02
dmi.sys.vendor: Acer

[Joseph Salisbury (jsalisbury)]

Did this issue start happening after an update/upgrade? Was there a kernel version where you were not having this particular problem? This will help determine if the problem you are seeing is the result of the introduction of a regression, and when this regression was introduced.

[Brad Figg (brad-figg)]

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[jascha (jaschak)]

The problem exists since ubuntu 12.04 so I dont think the problem is caused by a recent update. Under the well known operating system from redmond it works the way it should, so i think it is a bug and not a hardware failure.

[jascha (jaschak)]

Bug #1067222 is the same problem

[Joseph Salisbury (jsalisbury)]

This issue appears to be an upstream bug, since you tested the latest upstream kernel. Would it be possible for you to open an upstream bug report[0]? That will allow the upstream Developers to examine the issue, and may provide a quicker resolution to the bug.

Please follow the instructions on the wiki page[0]. The first step is to email the appropriate mailing list. If no response is received, then a bug may be opened on bugzilla.kernel.org.

[0] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/kernel

[Luis Lezcano Airaldi (devilishfreak)]

I'm having the same issue with Ubuntu 13.04. I can mount the SD card a couple of times, then I have to reboot for it to be recognized again.

[Luis Lezcano Airaldi (devilishfreak)]

I just upgraded to 3.9.0-030900rc7-generic from http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/ and I'm still having the same problem.

[penalvch (penalvch)]

jascha, as per http://us.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/drivers an update is available for your BIOS (1.09). If you update to this following https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BiosUpdate , does it change anything?

If not, could you please both specify what happened, and provide the output of the following terminal command:
sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date

Please note your current BIOS is already in the Bug Description, so posting this on the old BIOS would not be helpful.

For more on BIOS updates and linux, please see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#Bug_reporting_etiquette .

Thank you for your understanding.

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