integrated SD card reader not working on Acer Aspire One 532

[Christian Kuehnel]

I have a Acer Aspire One 532 Netbook with integrated card reader. When I insert an sd card, the card-reader is shown in lsusb, but the card is not mounted. (Needless to say, that it works fine with the preinstalled Windows 7).

syslog:
Apr 28 21:22:13 XXX kernel: [ 958.959257] usb 1-5: USB disconnect, address 4
Apr 28 21:22:35 XXX kernel: [ 981.580096] usb 1-5: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 5
Apr 28 21:22:36 XXX kernel: [ 981.713951] usb 1-5: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice

lsusb:
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 0cf2:6250 ENE Technology, Inc.

ProblemType: Bug
AplayDevices:
 **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC272 Analog [ALC272 Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Architecture: i386
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC272 Analog [ALC272 Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: kuehnelc 1428 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0x58200000 irq 16'
   Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC272'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0272,10250349,00100001'
   Controls : 14
   Simple ctrls : 9
DKDisksMonitorLog: Monitoring activity from the disks daemon. Press Ctrl+C to cancel.
Date: Wed Apr 28 21:22:25 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=759ff739-b328-4a15-b546-ec33f26be897
HotplugNewDevices:

HotplugNewMounts:

InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Netbook-Remix 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.4)
MachineType: Acer AO532h
Package: linux-image-2.6.31-20-generic 2.6.31-20.58
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-20-generic root=UUID=32b11fed-dcf3-47fd-bd1a-678b08d0028a ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-20.58-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-backports-modules-2.6.31-20-generic 2.6.31-20.22
 linux-firmware 1.26
RfKill:
 0: phy0: Wireless LAN
  Soft blocked: no
  Hard blocked: no
SourcePackage: linux
Symptom: storage
Tags: ubuntu-unr
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-20-generic i686
dmi.bios.date: 02/23/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: Acer
dmi.bios.version: V1.19
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: AO532h
dmi.board.vendor: Acer
dmi.board.version: V1.19
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer
dmi.chassis.version: V1.19
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAcer:bvrV1.19:bd02/23/2010:svnAcer:pnAO532h:pvrV1.19:rvnAcer:rnAO532h:rvrV1.19:cvnAcer:ct10:cvrV1.19:
dmi.product.name: AO532h
dmi.product.version: V1.19
dmi.sys.vendor: Acer

[Jeremy Foshee (jeremyfoshee)]

Hi Christian,

If you could also please 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.

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[Christian Kuehnel (christian-kuehnel)]

same result with this kernel:
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/daily/current/linux-image-2.6.34-999-generic_2.6.34-999.201005051005_i386.deb

(removed needs-upstream-testing tag)

[Paulo de Souza Lima (paulo-s-lima)]

I got the same problem on my Acer Aspire One NAV50.

[Paulo de Souza Lima (paulo-s-lima)]

I am using Lucid Lynx with kernel 2.6.32-22-generic-pae.

[Andy Branscomb (droolingsheep)]

I had the same problem on my Acer Aspire 1410 (11.6" version), so I tried mounting it manually (which didn't work). However, after trying to mount in manually it started working automatically when I insert it.

I ran "dmesg | tail" to find what device it was (in my case /dev/sdb) then made a directory ( /media/sd) for it then rain "sudo mount /dev/sdb /media/sd" and "sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /media/sd". Both failed, with the second saying /dev/sdb1 does not exist. I ejected and reinserted the SD card and it's been working like it should ever since.

[lazulisong (lazulisong)]

my brand spanking new Aspire One Nav50 is also refusing to believe it has a multi-card reader. Tried the thing suggested by Andy but it didn't seem to work with mine. It still reads its USB slots, however.

[Tobin Davis (gruemaster)]

I have looked at /usr/share/hwdata/usb.ids and this particular device (0cf2:6250) is not listed as a known device. It may simply need to be added to the kernel driver lookup table. I am willing to test kernel patches as needed.

[jim leinen (jimleinen)]

I have an Acer Aspire One D260 with the same problem, but i am running Netbook Remix 10.04. I looked for usb.ids and could not find that file. How would i go about adding that it to the kernel lookup table?

[Christian Kuehnel (christian-kuehnel)]

I added this card-reader to the usb.id database already:
https://usb-ids.gowdy.us/read/UD/0cf2/6250

As I understand it, this is only for cosmetical reasons. The usb.ids is used by lsusb to find the names for the usb devices...

[Jrop (jrapodaca)]

Same exact problem on my Acer Aspire One D260. When will a fix for this be ready?

[hamish darby (hjdarby-deactivatedaccount)]

See bug #633852 for Acer Aspire One model D260 model.