Alcor AU6625 Driver install (SOLVED)

[jouply]

HI all, like many, my flash card reader doesn't work.



I'v searched and I'm on the good way but I stuck in : how can I install the driver ?

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lspci
Alcor Micro AU6625 PCI-E Flash card reader controller

I'm on Mint 20.2

This is the driver I need to install :

https://linux-hardware.org/index.php?id ... -103c-8478

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/ ... lcor_pci.c

I've upgrader my kernel from 5.4 to 5.11

Git is installed but when I do this :

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git clone https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/drivers/misc/cardreader/alcor_pci.c

I have a 'repository not found' error.

If you can give me a little help I will be greatfull.

CHeers !

[Larry78723]

Please post an inxi -Fxpmzr report. This will give us a concise overview of your hardware and how Mint sees it.

Here is how to generate the report and post it:
Open a terminal window (Ctrl-Alt-t). Make it fullscreen to avoid unneeded linebreaks or chopped lines. Copy the following code and paste into the terminal then hit Enter/Return:

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inxi -Fxpmrz 

Go to Edit, Select All, and then Copy, come back here, click on reply then code tags, </>, and then paste.


The results will help us to help you.

[jouply]

OKAY, here it is:

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System:
  Kernel: 5.11.0-25-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A 
  Desktop: Xfce 4.16.0 Distro: Linux Mint 20.2 Uma base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal 
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: HP product: HP Pavilion Gaming Laptop xxx 
  v: Type1ProductConfigId serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: HP model: 85FF v: 43.27 serial: <filter> UEFI: Insyde v: F.04 
  date: xxxx
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT1 charge: 45.4 Wh condition: 45.4/52.5 Wh (86%) 
  model: Hewlett-Packard PABAS0241231 status: Unknown 
Memory:
  RAM: total: 7.63 GiB used: 1.92 GiB (25.2%) 
  RAM Report: 
  permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required. 
CPU:
  Topology: Quad Core model: Intel Core i5-9300H bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
  arch: Kaby Lake rev: A L2 cache: 8192 KiB 
  flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx 
  bogomips: 38400 
  Speed: 800 MHz min/max: 800/4100 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 800 2: 800 
  3: 800 4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 7: 800 8: 800 
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 630 vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: i915 
  v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 
  Device-2: NVIDIA TU117M [GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile / Max-Q] 
  vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: N/A bus ID: 01:00.0 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.9 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa 
  resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 630 (CFL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 21.0.3 
  direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH cAVS vendor: Hewlett-Packard 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1f.3 
  Device-2: NVIDIA vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel 
  bus ID: 01:00.1 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.11.0-25-generic 
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Wireless xxx driver: iwlwifi 
  v: kernel port: 5000 bus ID: 00:14.3 
  IF: xxx state: up mac: <filter> 
  Device-2: Realtek xxx PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet 
  vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 3000 bus ID: 03:00.0 
  IF: eno1 state: down mac: <filter> 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 478.77 GiB used: 54.85 GiB (11.5%) 
  ID-1: /dev/mmcblk0 model: SD02G size: 1.83 GiB 
  ID-2: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Samsung model: xxx
  size: 476.94 GiB 
RAID:
  Hardware-1: Intel 82801 Mobile SATA Controller [RAID mode] driver: ahci 
  v: 3.0 bus ID: 00:17.0 
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 467.96 GiB used: 54.84 GiB (11.7%) fs: ext4 
  dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 
  ID-2: /boot/efi size: 511.0 MiB used: 5.2 MiB (1.0%) fs: vfat 
  dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 
  ID-3: /snap/core18/2066 raw size: 55.4 MiB size: <superuser/root required> 
  used: <superuser/root required> fs: squashfs dev: /dev/loop0 
  ID-4: /snap/core18/2074 raw size: 55.4 MiB size: <superuser/root required> 
  used: <superuser/root required> fs: squashfs dev: /dev/loop1 
  ID-5: /snap/gtk-common-themes/1515 raw size: 65.1 MiB 
  size: <superuser/root required> used: <superuser/root required> 
  fs: squashfs dev: /dev/loop2 
  ID-6: /snap/keepassxc/1513 raw size: 156.0 MiB 
  size: <superuser/root required> used: <superuser/root required> 
  fs: squashfs dev: /dev/loop5 
  ID-7: /snap/keepassxc/1522 raw size: 156.0 MiB 
  size: <superuser/root required> used: <superuser/root required> 
  fs: squashfs dev: /dev/loop3 
  ID-8: /snap/qt513/21 raw size: 245.8 MiB size: <superuser/root required> 
  used: <superuser/root required> fs: squashfs dev: /dev/loop8 
  ID-9: /snap/snapd/12398 raw size: 32.3 MiB size: <superuser/root required> 
  used: <superuser/root required> fs: squashfs dev: /dev/loop4 
  ID-10: /snap/snapd/12704 raw size: 32.3 MiB 
  size: <superuser/root required> used: <superuser/root required> 
  fs: squashfs dev: /dev/loop6 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 38.0 C mobo: 29.8 C 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Repos:
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/additional-repositories.list 
  
  xxx if repo must be added, tell me ;)
  
  Processes: 263 Uptime: 1d 4h 22m Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers: 
  gcc: 9.3.0 Shell: bash v: 5.0.17 inxi: 3.0.38 

[jouply]

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My research indicates that the only sensible option is to purchase a cheap USB card reader. I figure that you've installed kernel 5.11 in order to get the alcor_pci driver, and your second link to the kernel source lists 6625 as being supported, so you might try sudo modprobe alcor_pci, and if that fails, sudo modprobe alcor. If they both fail then as long as you don't mind having your skin peeled off, your eyes pegged open with toothpicks, and simultaneously having fire ants dropped onto your face and your nether regions, you might try try Ubuntu's OEM 5.13 kernel:

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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:canonical-kernel-team/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt install linux-oem-20.04b

This option is undesirable hence the recommendation to buy a cheap plug-in card reader.

[jouply]

Thanks !

I've copied that command and the card did not appear. So I went on disk utility and it shown me the card but in an undetected format. I try with an other and on the disk utility the card I've put before remain on the screen and not the new one inserted ( and command line inserted again).

So yes, I will go with un SD Card reader.


I wrote an other topic about graphic card problem : viewtopic.php?f=49&t=355256

thanks for your answer.

[Larry78723]

Please start a new thread about a graphic driver problem and include a complete, unedited, inxi -Fxpmzr report.

[ke1th3216]

Good afternoon

I have a similar problem, so I followed most of the advice here. The main exception is against ALL advice, I installed kernel 5.13, over kernel 5.11 that is the standard install in Mint Edge.

Results are that the fist SDCard I plug in after reboot is recognised and useable. I had tried unmounting it in Nemo a couple of times but that left it semi-mounted. I mean it showed in disks, but not in df. And plugging in a 2nd SDCard got no response. So I tried rebooting and umount the SDCard at CLI. This time the 2nd SDCard was recognised and useable. umount it and tried a 3rd card - no response. It is listed at Disks.

My take on things is simply that unmounting is failing to complete. As I'm typing this, sadly I remember I should have checked dmesg. Next time I have time to reboot.


I had decided that my slot had been disabled until I was playing while at a User group meet and decided to try a card it the slot. Nemo opened. I got interested and tried again, with no response. Then I started searching for drivers and came across this discussion - VERY interesting