Built in microSD card reader not working

[jagdtigger]

Greetings.

I just tried to install Ubuntu mate onto my HP X2 210 but no matter what i do it wont recognize any of my known good microSD's. The reader works just fine when running windows. All i see in dmesg is this:
[ 810.515151] mmc1: error -123 whilst initialising SD card
[ 827.389608] mmc1: card never left busy state
[ 827.389637] mmc1: error -110 whilst initialising SD card
[ 829.477595] mmc1: card never left busy state
[ 829.477625] mmc1: error -110 whilst initialising SD card

More info about the laptop can be found here:
https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2327860

Thanks in advance for the help.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
Package: linux-image-4.8.0-21-generic 4.8.0-21.23
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-21.23-generic 4.8.0
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-21-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 Error: command ['fuser', '-v', '/dev/snd/seq', '/dev/snd/timer'] failed with exit code 1: Cannot stat file /proc/2318/fd/25: Stale file handle
 Cannot stat file /proc/2318/fd/26: Stale file handle
CasperVersion: 1.379
CurrentDesktop: MATE
Date: Sat Oct 8 20:32:39 2016
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu-MATE 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Alpha amd64 (20161008)
Lsusb:
 Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0781:5581 SanDisk Corp. Ultra
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
 Bus 001 Device 003: ID 04f3:074d Elan Microelectronics Corp.
 Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0a2a Intel Corp.
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP x2 210
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/username.seed boot=casper quiet splash ---
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-4.8.0-21-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-4.8.0-21-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.161
SourcePackage: linux
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 01/21/2016
dmi.bios.vendor: Insyde
dmi.bios.version: F.04
dmi.board.asset.tag: Type2 - Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: 8173
dmi.board.vendor: HP
dmi.board.version: 35.0B
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Chassis Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: HP
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnInsyde:bvrF.04:bd01/21/2016:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPx2210:pvrType1ProductConfigId:rvnHP:rn8173:rvr35.0B:cvnHP:ct10:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: HP x2 210
dmi.product.version: Type1ProductConfigId
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard

[Brad Figg (brad-figg)]

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[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 a regression, and when this regression was introduced. If this is a regression, we can perform a kernel bisect to identify the commit that introduced the problem.

[Joseph Salisbury (jsalisbury)]

Would it be possible for you to test the latest 4.4 based upstream stable kernel? Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Please test the latest v4.4 stable kernel[0].

Thanks in advance.

[0] http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.4.24

[jagdtigger (gearsofwarhu)]

This was taken from a live session, i wanted to install ubuntu on the SD card because the internal storage has windows on it and its too small for 2 OS. I tried the 16.04 LTS and it had this problem, then i tried one of the daily builds(the bug report came from that).

I can try to test it with the kernel you suggest, but unfortunately only tomorrow. Im working in night shift...

[jagdtigger (gearsofwarhu)]

Okay i temporarily installed ubuntu mate 16.04 LTS on a pendrive and installed the kernel you linked but the card redaer sill doesnt work and i see the same error in dmesg.

[jagdtigger (gearsofwarhu)]

I just installed Kubuntu 16.10 on the internal emmc but the problem remained. I tried the 4.8.12 generic kernel but it didnt fixed the issue...

Dmesg:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1201829/launchpad/bug_1631644/dmesg.txt

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