Memorystick not recognized

[getaceres]

Binary package hint: linux-source-2.6.26

I have a Sony Vaio FE31Z with Intrepid and I can't mount the memory stick (I couldn't mount it with any previous Ubuntu version also).

I get the following message:
Aug 20 23:45:37 ubuntu-vaio klogd: [ 1187.114327] tifm_core: MemoryStick card detected in socket 0:0

But nothing else happens.

I reported it as bug #159951 but I open it here too because I don't know if it's the same bug because it doesn't produce any error message as before.

[Andreas Moog (ampelbein)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Unfortunately we can't fix it without more information.

Please include the information requested at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingRemovableDevices as separate attachments.

[getaceres (getaceres)]

There's no gnome-volume-manager in Intrepid so I tried the command:

/usr/lib/gvfs/gvfs-hal-volume-monitor -n 2&>1 | tee gvfs-hal-vm.log

Also, there is no udevmonitor (at least by default) so I couldn't get gvm.log

[getaceres (getaceres)]

gvfs-hal-vm.log was empty so is not included

[getaceres (getaceres)]

jose@ubuntu-vaio:~/debug$ id
uid=1000(jose) gid=1000(jose) grupos=4(adm),20(dialout),24(cdrom),46(plugdev),107(fuse),113(lpadmin),122(admin),124(sambashare),1000(jose)
jose@ubuntu-vaio:~/debug$ id hal
id: hal: No existe ese usuario
jose@ubuntu-vaio:~/debug$ id haldaemon
uid=109(haldaemon) gid=121(haldaemon) grupos=121(haldaemon)
jose@ubuntu-vaio:~/debug$ uname -a
Linux ubuntu-vaio 2.6.26-5-generic #1 SMP Fri Aug 15 13:54:22 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara)]

The Ubuntu Kernel Team is planning to move to the 2.6.27 kernel for the upcoming Intrepid Ibex 8.10 release. As a result, the kernel team would appreciate it if you could please test this newer 2.6.27 Ubuntu kernel. There are one of two ways you should be able to test:

1) If you are comfortable installing packages on your own, the linux-image-2.6.27-* package is currently available for you to install and test.

--or--

2) The upcoming Alpha5 for Intrepid Ibex 8.10 will contain this newer 2.6.27 Ubuntu kernel. Alpha5 is set to be released Thursday Sept 4. Please watch http://www.ubuntu.com/testing for Alpha5 to be announced. You should then be able to test via a LiveCD.

Please let us know immediately if this newer 2.6.27 kernel resolves the bug reported here or if the issue remains. More importantly, please open a new bug report for each new bug/regression introduced by the 2.6.27 kernel and tag the bug report with 'linux-2.6.27'. Also, please specifically note if the issue does or does not appear in the 2.6.26 kernel. Thanks again, we really appreicate your help and feedback.

[getaceres (getaceres)]

I've tested the 2.6.27 kernel and the issue is not resolved. The memory stick is not mounted. If it's necessary I can make the same tests as the 2.6.26 kernel and report the outputs.

[Carl Moss (carl-moss-me)]

I have a VAIO SZ330P laptop running 2.6.27 (as part of Kubuntu 8.10 beta) and have the same problem with the memory stick as getaceres.

Sebastian Wehrmann (http://www.sw83.de) has a patch of the tifm_* drivers that makes the memory stick work with 2.6.19, but it won't patch with 2.6.27. It looks like it should be easy to fix if you know what you're doing (which, of course, I don't).

[kernel-janitor (kernel-janitor)]

Hi getaceres,

This bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? Can you try with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO CD images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/ .

If it remains an issue, could you run the following command from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal). It will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report.

apport-collect -p linux 259892

Also, if you could test the latest upstream kernel available that would be great. It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please remove the 'needs-upstream-testing' tag. This can be done by clicking on the yellow pencil icon next to the tag located at the bottom of the bug description and deleting the 'needs-upstream-testing' text. Please let us know your results.

Thanks in advance.

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[everbrave (everbrave)]

the Bug is still unresolved!

Ubuntu 9.10 Alpha 3
Kernel 2.6.31-5

On Sony Vaio SZ61

(Fedora 11 and OpenSuse do recognise the memory stick in the built-in reader)

[Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara)]

@everbrave,

Running the latest Karmic Alpha, after inserting the memory stick, please run the following to gather and attach debug info to this bug:

apport-collect -p linux 259892

[ultranoize (santiago-paredes)]

Architecture: i386
Dependencies:

DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
Package: linux None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux.list]
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-15-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare