card reader not being recognized in lenovo g470

[Lumeng Lim]

card reader is not being recognized in lenovo g470 in natty with kernel 2.6.38-9-generic

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: linux-image-2.6.38-9-generic 2.6.38-9.43
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-9.43-generic 2.6.38.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-9-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
AcpiTables:
 Error: command ['gksu', '-D', 'Apport', '--', '/usr/share/apport/dump_acpi_tables.py'] failed with exit code 1: Sorry, try again.
 GNOME_SUDO_PASS
 Sorry, try again.
 sudo: 3 incorrect password attempts
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23.
Architecture: amd64
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: CONEXANT Analog [CONEXANT Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: lumeng 1791 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: lumeng 1791 F...m pulseaudio
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'PCH'/'HDA Intel PCH at 0xc5000000 irq 42'
   Mixer name : 'Conexant CX20590'
   Components : 'HDA:14f1506e,17aac011,00100000'
   Controls : 8
   Simple ctrls : 5
Card1.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:1 'Generic'/'HD-Audio Generic at 0xc4020000 irq 43'
   Mixer name : 'ATI R6xx HDMI'
   Components : 'HDA:1002aa01,00aa0100,00100200'
   Controls : 4
   Simple ctrls : 1
Card1.Amixer.values:
 Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
   Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
   Playback channels: Mono
   Mono: Playback [on]
Date: Sat Jun 18 23:09:06 2011
GvfsMonitorLog: Monitoring events. Press Ctrl+C to quit.
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=0d2d52b5-69ab-4f92-83ae-24b1b003ca73
HotplugNewDevices:

HotplugNewMounts:

InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100816.1)
MachineType: LENOVO 20078
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_PH:en
 LANG=en_PH.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-9-generic root=UUID=56531370-2226-4176-8134-c211199fd6ca ro crashkernel=384M-2G:64M,2G-:128M quiet splash vt.handoff=7
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-2.6.38-9-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-2.6.38-9-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.52.1
SourcePackage: linux
StagingDrivers: brcm80211
Symptom: storage
UdevMonitorLog:
 monitor will print the received events for:
 UDEV - the event which udev sends out after rule processing
UdisksMonitorLog: Monitoring activity from the disks daemon. Press Ctrl+C to cancel.
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-05-22 (27 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 01/22/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 40CN20WW(V1.07)
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: Base Board Product Name
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: Base Board Version
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Chassis Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacturer
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr40CN20WW(V1.07):bd01/22/2011:svnLENOVO:pn20078:pvrLenovoG470:rvnLENOVO:rnBaseBoardProductName:rvrBaseBoardVersion:cvnChassisManufacturer:ct10:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: 20078
dmi.product.version: Lenovo G470
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO

[Lumeng Lim (lumeng-lim)]

any solution to this? I tried upgrading to 2.6.39-0 and still nothing

[oldmankit (oldmankit)]

I'm a photographer and would really like this to work! I can't be cranking-up windows every time I need to transfer photos.

I have tried this in both 32- and 64-bit Natty. Not working.

Is there anything I can do/provide to help this get fixed?

[Philippe Coval (rzr)]

Hi

I have the same g470 device and many issues

I tested the sdcard on debian using linux-kernel 3 and same issue :

Linux version 3.0.0-1-amd64 (Debian 3.0.0-3) (<email address hidden>) (gcc version 4.5.3 (Debian 4.5.3-8) ) #1 SMP Sat Aug 27 16:21:11 UTC 2011

I fear this is related to BIOS

feel free to contact me online

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http://rzr.online.fr/q/lenovo

[Julian Wiedmann (jwiedmann)]

Bus 001 Device 007: ID 0bda:0139 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.

This device is claimed by the 'rts5139' driver, included in Oneiric's current kernel (upstream has queued it up for the 3.2 release).

[Philippe Coval (rzr)]

I confirm rts5139 does the job ... see you on linux-3.2

BTW g470 owners please join :

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-laptop-and-netbook-25/lenovo-g470-aka-lenovo-20078-laptop-;-essential-ideapad-908352/

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[penalvch (penalvch)]

Lumeng Lim, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. 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? 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.

[oldmankit (oldmankit)]

I forgot to confirm that it was fixed (a long time ago) by a kernel update.

I'm really grateful for the fix; it makes my life a lot easier!

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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