SD card not being read from a card reader
Hello,
I am having trouble reading an SD card from a card reader (USB). The
card works okay in the digital camera (Canon A520) and I can read and
delete images from the card is the camera is directly connected to the
computer via a USB cable (use digikam for the operations).
However, if I insert the SD card into a USB card reader, I get these in
/var/log/syslog:
Dec 4 20:04:41 localhost kernel: SCSI device sdb: 1000448 512-byte hdwr
sectors (512 MB)
Dec 4 20:04:41 localhost kernel: sdb: Write Protect is off
Dec 4 20:04:41 localhost kernel: sdb: Mode Sense: 02 00 00 00
Dec 4 20:04:41 localhost kernel: sdb: assuming drive cache: write through
Dec 4 20:04:41 localhost kernel: SCSI device sdb: 1000448 512-byte hdwr
sectors (512 MB)
Dec 4 20:04:41 localhost kernel: sdb: Write Protect is off
Dec 4 20:04:41 localhost kernel: sdb: Mode Sense: 02 00 00 00
Dec 4 20:04:41 localhost kernel: sdb: assuming drive cache: write through
Dec 4 20:05:11 localhost kernel: sdb:<6>usb 1-2: reset full speed USB
device using uhci_hcd and address 6
Dec 4 20:05:11 localhost kernel: sd 1:0:0:1: Device not ready: <6>:
Current: sense key: Not Ready
Dec 4 20:05:11 localhost kernel: Additional sense: Medium not present
Dec 4 20:05:11 localhost kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 0
Dec 4 20:05:11 localhost kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb,
logical block 0
Dec 4 20:05:11 localhost kernel: sd 1:0:0:1: Device not ready: <6>:
Current: sense key: Not Ready
Dec 4 20:05:11 localhost kernel: Additional sense: Medium not present
Dec 4 20:05:11 localhost kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 0
Dec 4 20:05:11 localhost kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb,
logical block 0
Dec 4 20:05:11 localhost kernel: unable to read partition table
Dec 4 20:05:11 localhost kernel: Device not ready. Make sure there is a
disc in the drive.
Dec 4 20:05:13 localhost last message repeated 2 times
Looks like something is wrong the formatting of the card perhaps? I
tried formatting the card from within the camera, but get the same errors.
Before I go ahead and format this card using sfdisk, I just wanted to
know if there is anything wrong with current Debian Etch and/or its
kernel (2.6.17-2-486) ... or if I am missing something regarding udev or
hal. The same card used to work perfectly till about a few weeks ago.
->HS
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