[Dell Vostro 1014] Media card reader does not function

[Jeff Lane ]

Installed 12.04 LTS on the Vostro 1014 (201010-6648) and during certification testing, I discovered that the media card reader does not function on this machine. This has a Ricoh card reader and it does not appear to recognize any media card inserted. I tried MMC, SD and SDHC, all known to work having been used successfully in other systems.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: linux-image-3.2.0-23-generic 3.2.0-23.36
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
AplayDevices:
 **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: CONEXANT Analog [CONEXANT Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: CONEXANT Analog [CONEXANT Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: ubuntu 1504 F.... pulseaudio
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf6afc000 irq 48'
   Mixer name : 'Conexant CX20585'
   Components : 'HDA:14f15069,10280401,00100302'
   Controls : 9
   Simple ctrls : 6
Date: Thu May 3 16:46:06 2012
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=c205fca2-5faa-43ce-8649-39b6e6617077
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
MachineType: Dell Inc. Vostro 1014
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-23-generic root=UUID=82037d7e-0488-426a-8007-279ae19c4fc5 ro quiet splash initcall_debug
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-3.2.0-23-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-3.2.0-23-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.79
SourcePackage: linux
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 10/19/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: X20
dmi.board.name: C2E3C1
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrX20:bd10/19/2010:svnDellInc.:pnVostro1014:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rnC2E3C1:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Vostro 1014
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

[Joseph Salisbury (jsalisbury)]

Would it be possible for you to test the latest upstream kernels, as well as the latest Quantal kernel?

The latest upstream kernel can be downloaded from:
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.4-quantal/

The latest Quantal kernel can be downloaded from(Arch specific links are under "Builds"):
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/3.4.0-3.8

[Jeff Lane  (bladernr)]

Greg, can you or Jeff take a look at this?

[Greg Vallande (gvallande)]

Retested with the latest kernel on MMC/SD/SDHC - all worked.

[Greg Vallande (gvallande)]

Tested with the Quantal Kernel and that works also.

[Greg Vallande (gvallande)]

Retested with -updates (3.2.0-25.40) - media card reader is fully functional.

[Brendan Donegan (brendan-donegan)]

Marked the Precise task Fix Released as it's fixed with -updates