Built-in compact flash reader not working (Dell X1)

[Tim Keitt]

My Dell X1 laptop has a built in compact flash card reader. The card is clearly recognized (see below), but no device is ever created. I'm submitting this as a bug because the CF reader is reported to work out-of-the-box in several other distributions.

After plugin, pccardctl reports:

Socket 0:
  3.3V 16-bit PC Card
  Subdevice 0 (function 0) [unbound]

lspcmcia reports:

Socket 0 Bridge: [yenta_cardbus] (bus ID: 0000:02:01.0)
Socket 0 Device 0: [-- no driver --] (bus ID: 0.0)

Output of dmesg:

[17231098.244000] pccard: PCMCIA card inserted into slot 0
[17231098.244000] pcmcia: registering new device pcmcia0.0

Output of udevmonitor:

UEVENT[1162437776.964985] add@/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:02:01.0/0.0
ACTION=add
DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:02:01.0/0.0
SUBSYSTEM=pcmcia
SEQNUM=2437
PHYSDEVBUS=pcmcia
SOCKET_NO=0
DEVICE_NO=00
MODALIAS=pcmcia:m0000c0000f00fn00pfn00pa00000000pb00000000pc00000000pd00000000

UDEV [1162437777.051303] add@/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:02:01.0/0.0
UDEV_LOG=3
ACTION=add
DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:02:01.0/0.0
SUBSYSTEM=pcmcia
SEQNUM=2437
PHYSDEVBUS=pcmcia
SOCKET_NO=0
DEVICE_NO=00
MODALIAS=pcmcia:m0000c0000f00fn00pfn00pa00000000pb00000000pc00000000pd00000000
UDEVD_EVENT=1

Output of lspci:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express Processor to DRAM Controller (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev d3)
00:1e.2 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) IDE Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5751 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 01)
02:01.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev b3)
02:01.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C552 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 08)
02:01.2 Class 0805: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 17)
02:03.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection (rev 05)

Output of lsmod:

Module Size Used by
battery 11652 0
ac 6788 0
thermal 15624 0
fan 6020 0
button 7952 0
ipw2200 115652 0
ieee80211 35272 1 ipw2200
tg3 107652 0
binfmt_misc 13448 1
i915 21632 2
drm 74644 3 i915
speedstep_centrino 9760 1
cpufreq_userspace 5408 0
cpufreq_stats 7744 0
freq_table 6048 2 speedstep_centrino,cpufreq_stats
cpufreq_powersave 2944 0
cpufreq_ondemand 8876 0
cpufreq_conservative 8712 0
video 17540 0
tc1100_wmi 8324 0
sony_acpi 6412 0
sbs 16804 0
pcc_acpi 14080 0
i2c_ec 6272 1 sbs
i2c_core 23424 1 i2c_ec
hotkey 11556 0
dev_acpi 12292 0
container 5632 0
asus_acpi 17688 0
ipv6 272288 8
af_packet 24584 2
sbp2 24584 0
scsi_mod 144648 1 sbp2
parport_pc 37796 0
lp 12964 0
parport 39496 2 parport_pc,lp
arc4 3200 2
joydev 11200 0
ieee80211_crypt_wep 6528 1
pcmcia 40380 0
tsdev 9152 0
snd_intel8x0 34844 1
snd_ac97_codec 97696 1 snd_intel8x0
snd_ac97_bus 3456 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss 47360 0
snd_mixer_oss 19584 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 84612 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer 25348 1 snd_pcm
serio_raw 8452 0
sdhci 20108 0
mmc_core 32392 1 sdhci
evdev 11392 2
pcspkr 4352 0
psmouse 41352 0
yenta_socket 28812 3
rsrc_nonstatic 15360 1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core 43924 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
snd 58372 8 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
shpchp 42144 0
pci_hotplug 32828 1 shpchp
intel_agp 26012 1
agpgart 34888 3 drm,intel_agp
soundcore 11232 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 11400 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
ieee80211_crypt 7552 2 ieee80211,ieee80211_crypt_wep
ext3 142728 3
jbd 62228 1 ext3
ohci1394 37040 0
ieee1394 306104 2 sbp2,ohci1394
ehci_hcd 34696 0
uhci_hcd 24968 0
usbcore 134912 3 ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
ide_generic 2432 0
ide_disk 18560 5
piix 11780 1
generic 5764 0
processor 31560 2 thermal,speedstep_centrino
fbcon 41504 0
tileblit 3840 1 fbcon
font 9344 1 fbcon
bitblit 7168 1 fbcon
softcursor 3328 1 bitblit
vesafb 9244 0
capability 5896 0
commoncap 8704 1 capability

[Andrew Ash (ash211)]

Which distros are reported to have it working out of the box?

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LaptopTestingTeam/DellLatitudeX1

[Tim Keitt (tkeitt)]

This guy claims it works under Fedora:

http://folk.ntnu.no/gronslet/blog/fedora-core-6-on-a-dell-latitude-x1/#compact_flash_cf

THK

On 11/3/06, Andrew Ash <email address hidden> wrote:
> Which distros are reported to have it working out of the box?
>
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LaptopTestingTeam/DellLatitudeX1
>
> ** Changed in: Ubuntu
> Sourcepackagename: None => linux-source-2.6.17
> Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info
>
> --
> Built-in compact flash reader not working (Dell X1)
> https://launchpad.net/bugs/69815
>

--
Timothy H. Keitt
http://www.keittlab.org/

[Andrew Ash (ash211)]

Was this in a clean install of Edgy?

[Tim Keitt (tkeitt)]

Yes, it was not an upgrade.

THK

On 11/4/06, Andrew Ash <email address hidden> wrote:
> Was this in a clean install of Edgy?
>
> --
> Built-in compact flash reader not working (Dell X1)
> https://launchpad.net/bugs/69815
>

--
Timothy H. Keitt
http://www.keittlab.org/

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering is this still an issue for you? Thanks in advance.

[Tim Keitt (tkeitt)]

Yes, it is still an issue (clean install of Feisty).

[MarkBrier (mark-brier)]

In feisty, I have this problem on an IBM Thinkpad x31. It is due to the lack of the ide-cs driver from the stock ubuntu kernel in my case. I must say I find it tedious compiling a custom kernel to use a CF reader. I see no reason why this module is not included.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Beginning with the Hardy Heron 8.04 development cycle, all open Ubuntu kernel bugs need to be reported against the "linux" kernel package. We are automatically migrating this bug to the new "linux" package. However, development has already began for the upcoming Intrepid Ibex 8.10 release. It would be helpful if you could test the upcoming release and verify if this is still an issue - http://www.ubuntu.com/testing . If the issue still exists, please update this report by changing the Status of the "linux" task from "Incomplete" to "New". We appreciate your patience and understanding as we make this transition. Thanks!

[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.

[Markus Korn (thekorn)]

Unfortunately this bug report is being closed because we received no response to the last inquiry for information. However, the Intrepid Ibex 8.10 Beta release was most recently announced - http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/intrepid/beta . If you are able to confirm this is still an issue with this most recent release please feel free to reopen this report. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New".

Thanks,
Markus

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Per a decision made by the Ubuntu Kernel Team, bugs will longer be assigned to the ubuntu-kernel-team in Launchpad as part of the bug triage process. The ubuntu-kernel-team is being unassigned from this bug report. Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeamBugPolicies for more information. Thanks.