[Lenovo Edge 11/13] Card reader does not work with any type of card

[Jeff Lane ]

Cert testing Oneiric on this machine (201011-6822) and the card reader does not appear to work. I tried SD, SDHC and MMC cards and there was no indication of ANYTHING in dmesg at all.

lsusb doesn't seem to display any card reader specifically either.ubuntu@201011-6822:~$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0a5c:217f Broadcom Corp. Bluetooth Controller
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 04f2:b1b4 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd Lenovo Integrated Camera
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 05c6:9204 Qualcomm, Inc.

Unless it's this Qualcomm thing...

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: linux-image-3.0.0-12-generic 3.0.0-12.20
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: i386
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 1615 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf0700000 irq 44'
   Mixer name : 'Intel IbexPeak HDMI'
   Components : 'HDA:14f15066,17aa21c8,00100302 HDA:80862804,80860101,00100000'
   Controls : 12
   Simple ctrls : 6
Card29.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:29 'ThinkPadEC'/'ThinkPad Console Audio Control at EC reg 0x30, fw 86HT15WW-1.161000'
   Mixer name : 'ThinkPad EC 86HT15WW-1.161000'
   Components : ''
   Controls : 1
   Simple ctrls : 1
Card29.Amixer.values:
 Simple mixer control 'Console',0
   Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
   Playback channels: Mono
   Mono: Playback [on]
Date: Fri Oct 14 20:09:38 2011
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=8378af85-c9ae-4e0e-9994-dd2b6112c23c
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
MachineType: LENOVO 032823U
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-12-generic root=UUID=0bfdd199-a71b-4b2e-a7b0-b8392c9b2b39 ro quiet splash initcall_debug vt.handoff=7
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-3.0.0-12-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-3.0.0-12-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.60
SourcePackage: linux
StagingDrivers: mei
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 07/13/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 86ET16WW (1.00 )
dmi.board.name: 032823U
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: Not Available
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr86ET16WW(1.00):bd07/13/2010:svnLENOVO:pn032823U:pvrThinkPadEdge:rvnLENOVO:rn032823U:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
dmi.product.name: 032823U
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad Edge
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO

[Jeff Lane  (bladernr)]

Also saw this on the Edge 13 (7450) - card reader doesn't detect any cards

[Joseph Salisbury (jsalisbury)]

Would it be possible for you to test the latest upstream kernel? It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Please test the release candidate kernel versus the daily build. 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.

[Anthony Wong (anthonywong)]

@Jeff

There doesn't seem to have a card reader device in both lsusb and lspci (The Qualcomm device in lsusb is a Gobi 2000), perhaps the hardware is not working or disabled in BIOS?

[Jeff Lane  (bladernr)]

It's possible... however, Marc Legris will have to look at it. There is a slot, and I'm pretty sure that the card reader worked on those systems previously, which is why I was a bit confused this time around.

However, look at this info:
https://certification.canonical.com/hardware/201011-6822/submission/AesnypxHvwnSu8W/devices

This is from a Natty certification run on that exact same system. You'll notice that Natty shows a card reader, where it is not there for Oneiric.

So the problem is either bad hardware, or disabled in BIOS (can you actually do that with card readers?) or something in Oneiric is broken WRT that particular reader.

Given that the card reader did work on the Edge 11 with Natty but did not work with Oneiric, my first inclination is an OS issue. However, I'd certainly not dismiss hardware at all, but that being said, the system really can't be certified if the hardware used to test with is broken.

[Jeff Lane  (bladernr)]

Marking private because it's dealing with internal systems and links to those systems that aren't generally available.

[Marc Legris (maaarc-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount)]

Tried the 3.2 rc4 kernel, system still did not pick up the cards and I did not see anything related in dmesg. In the bios I did not see any options to disable/enable the card reader.

[Ara Pulido (ara)]

Marking it back to public, as having this private is not making any good.

Jeff, next time, if you need to link to C3 information, open a new private bug, and link the public with the private. We always need a public bug.

[Jesse Sung (wenchien)]

@Jeff and @Marc,

Can we test with natty again? Boot with a live image, then insert and remove [SD,SDHC,MMC] cards and see what kernel says in dmesg.

Thanks.

[Marc Legris (maaarc-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount)]

Nothing out of the ordinary that I can see

[Jesse Sung (wenchien)]

@Marc,

From the dmesg.txt:

[ 9.017434] scsi 4:0:0:0: Direct-Access Generic- Multi-Card 1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
[ 9.018272] sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0
[ 9.022378] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
...
[ 67.768961] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] 7741440 512-byte logical blocks: (3.96 GB/3.69 GiB)
[ 67.771052] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page present
[ 67.771057] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 67.773675] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page present
[ 67.773679] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 67.774695] sdb: sdb1
[ 80.101194] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] 3854336 512-byte logical blocks: (1.97 GB/1.83 GiB)
[ 80.103218] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page present
[ 80.103224] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 80.106170] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page present
[ 80.106175] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 80.108370] sdb: sdb1
[ 131.894327] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] 7744512 512-byte logical blocks: (3.96 GB/3.69 GiB)
[ 131.896562] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page present
[ 131.896570] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 131.899672] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page present
[ 131.899686] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 131.902981] sdb: sdb1

Looks like this one is card reader? This is not shown in the original dmesg though.
Does it work if mount manually?

Also, according to #5, this card reader should work with natty. To ensure that this isn't a hw issue, could you help to test with natty live image to see if it works?

Thank you!

[Marc Legris (maaarc-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount)]

@Jesse

The original was from Oneiric, the dmesg from comment #10 was the dmesg from the natty live cd

[Jesse Sung (wenchien)]

@Marc,

Could you arrange ssh access for me on this machine with natty installed?

Thanks!

[Marc Legris (maaarc-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount)]

@Jesse

Sent you instructions for ssh access to this system

[Marc Legris (maaarc-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount)]

Seems to be working now in 11.10. Just did a regular install fro ma usb stick.

[Anthony Wong (anthonywong)]

@Marc
Is this bug now invalid? Perhaps it has been fixed since this bug was reported.

[Marc Legris (maaarc-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount)]

@Anthony
I would say it is

[Richard Wonka (richard-wonka)]

I have a ThinkPad edge 13 and the card reader used to work fine, but now does not seem to work at all or sometimes only reports cards 5+ minutes after sticking them into the slot. I have not found out how to reproduce the late recognition.

syslog stays completely quiet during this delay.