SD / MS Pro / MMC / SM / XD card reader doesn't automount or generate a device under /dev or /media

[Ace42]

dmesg correctly identifies the card being removed or inserted:
[10198.832854] tifm0 : demand removing card from socket 0:2
[10207.100091] tifm_core: SmartMedia/xD card detected in socket 0:2

But there seems to be nothing to mount under /dev /media etc, and it isn't automounting.

I *assume* the package responsible is hal, but not sure.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: ace42 1596 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'ICH6'/'Intel ICH6 with AD1981B at irq 21'
   Mixer name : 'Analog Devices AD1981B'
   Components : 'AC97a:41445374'
   Controls : 25
   Simple ctrls : 18
CheckboxSubmission: 8310358eefa9c04ed4285a1c5857502a
CheckboxSystem: b845c366ea09c60efa3a45c1b5b21525
DKDisksMonitorLog: Monitoring activity from the disks daemon. Press Ctrl+C to cancel.
Date: Sun Dec 6 21:58:10 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=5ef92899-f39d-4ecc-943c-1e0f2b6e1fd3
HotplugNewDevices:

HotplugNewMounts:

InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
Lsusb:
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Compaq nc6120 (PG825ET#ABU)
Package: linux-image-2.6.31-15-generic 2.6.31-15.50
PccardctlIdent:
 Socket 0:
   no product info available
 Socket 1:
   no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
 Socket 0:
   no card
 Socket 1:
   no card
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-15-generic root=UUID=22870571-82a2-466e-8eb5-ea34dda9b66f ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-15.50-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-backports-modules-2.6.31-15-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.25
RfKill:

SourcePackage: linux
Symptom: storage
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-15-generic i686
dmi.bios.date: 02/25/2005
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: 68DTD Ver. F.03
dmi.board.name: 099C
dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.board.version: KBC Version 39.18
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Yarwood1
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvr68DTDVer.F.03:bd02/25/2005:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPCompaqnc6120(PG825ET#ABU):pvrF.03:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn099C:rvrKBCVersion39.18:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvr:
dmi.product.name: HP Compaq nc6120 (PG825ET#ABU)
dmi.product.version: F.03
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard

[Jay (jay-abbott)]

This bug appears to be caused by an incomplete driver.

According to this page:
http://openfacts.berlios.de/index-en.phtml?title=TI_FlashMedia_xx12/xx21_driver
the driver is implemented as a set of modules, tifm_xd being one of them. However, the page states that tifm_xd was in the early stages of development in September 2007 and it hasn't been updated since so I'm not sure of the current status.

This is consistent with the problem I see, I have a Texas Instruments 5-in-1 Multimedia Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO/xD) as follows:
           *-storage
                description: Mass storage controller
                product: 5-in-1 Multimedia Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO/xD)
                vendor: Texas Instruments
                physical id: 9.2
                bus info: pci@0000:0a:09.2
                version: 00
                width: 32 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: storage pm bus_master cap_list
                configuration: driver=tifm_7xx1 latency=57 maxlatency=4 mingnt=7
                resources: irq:20 memory:c8302000-c8302fff

When I insert an SD card /var/log/messages says this:
Feb 19 20:32:17 turk kernel: [11887.220081] tifm_core: MMC/SD card detected in socket 0:1
Feb 19 20:32:17 turk kernel: [11887.370285] mmc1: new MMC card at address 0001
Feb 19 20:32:17 turk kernel: [11887.373017] mmcblk0: mmc1:0001 16M 15.3 MiB
Feb 19 20:32:17 turk kernel: [11887.373112] mmcblk0: p1
and the card is mounted at "/media/Memory Card", when removing the SD card:
Feb 19 20:32:27 turk kernel: [11896.592155] tifm0 : demand removing card from socket 0:1
Feb 19 20:32:27 turk kernel: [11896.592226] mmc1: card 0001 removed
and it is unmounted.

When I insert an xD card /var/log/messages says only this:
Feb 19 20:33:06 turk kernel: [11936.192105] tifm_core: SmartMedia/xD card detected in socket 0:0
but the card is not mounted, removing the xD card:
Feb 19 20:33:11 turk kernel: [11941.005370] tifm0 : demand removing card from socket 0:0

There appear to be quite a few duplicates of this bug with the same and other hardware, I'm new to launchpad and fairly new to ubuntu so I'm not sure how to go about marking these duplicates or judging which are considered duplicates, so it's difficult to tell how many people this affects at the moment. I'd be happy to assist if anyone can point me in the right direction.

[Book 'em Dano (heymrdjd)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We are sorry that we do not always have the capacity to look at all reported bugs in a timely manner.
There have been many changes in Ubuntu since that time you reported the bug and your problem may have been fixed with some of the updates. It would help us a lot if you could test the current Ubuntu development version (11.04) or the most recent stable release, 10.10. If you can test it, and it is still an issue, we would appreciate if you could upload updated logs by running apport-collect 493328, and refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingRemovableDevices to post any other logs that are relevant for this particular issue.

[Stefan Bothur (umwelt-bothur)]

The same failure/bug is still alive. I have the same problems with the "Texas Instruments 5-in-1 Multimedia Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO/xD)": I can see the card-reader with lspci. In gconf-editor is marked all media-automuont-options under apps -> nautilus - > preferences. But with the SD-card in the slot no automount will start.
Because I need a properly system about a longer time (I use 10.04), upgrade to 10.10 or 11.04 is no option for me.

[Jeremy Foshee (jeremyfoshee)]

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[penalvch (penalvch)]

Ace42, thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu. Karmic reached EOL on April 30, 2011.
Please see this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

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 in a supported release? If so, 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 <replace-with-bug-number>

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.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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