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isuzufan

SD card not recognized

Post by isuzufan »

I've searched these forums and elsewhere on the internet, but I can't find a solution that works for my situation. My (i686) laptop running Mint XFCE will not recognize any SD card that I insert into the internal card reader. However, all four cards I've tried WILL work on WinXP and Win7 machines. In fact, the SAME laptop previously running WinXP would recognize all SD cards, and now with Mint installed it will not recognize them.
From reading other posts, many of you have asked the person seeking help to run various terminal commands. I've run a few of those commands and have pasted the output below. Hopefully that will make this process more efficient. I'm sorry if the cause of my problem is obvious, but I'm new to this and not sure how to diagnose my own issues. Thank you very much in advance for any help you can give me.
First I ran inxi -Fxz (with an SD card inserted) to get my basic system info. (Note: I just updated the kernel today, to no effect.)

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System:    Host: fluffy-mint Kernel: 4.15.0-24-generic i686 (32 bit gcc: 5.4.0)
           Desktop: Xfce 4.12.3 (Gtk 2.24.28) Distro: Linux Mint 18.3 Sylvia
Machine:   System: Standard (portable) product: L41II1 and L41II2
           Mobo: Standard model: L41II1 and L41II2 Bios: Standard v: 1.10 date: 03/14/2007
CPU:       Dual core Intel T2060 (-MCP-) cache: 1024 KB flags: (nx pae sse sse2 sse3) bmips: 6400 
           clock speeds: max: 1600 MHz 1: 1156 MHz 2: 1105 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel Mobile 945GM/GMS 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller bus-ID: 00:02.0
           Display Server: X.Org 1.18.4 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1280x800@60.00hz
           GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel 945GM x86/MMX/SSE2 GLX Version: 1.4 Mesa 17.2.8 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio:     Card Intel NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.15.0-24-generic
Network:   Card-1: Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection
           driver: iwl3945 v: in-tree:s bus-ID: 05:00.0
           IF: wlp5s0 state: up mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Realtek RTL-8100/8101L/8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
           driver: 8139too v: 0.9.28 port: 2000 bus-ID: 06:05.0
           IF: enp6s5 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 240.1GB (21.4% used) ID-1: /dev/sda model: SanDisk_SDSSDXPS size: 240.1GB temp: 42C
Partition: ID-1: / size: 28G used: 8.1G (32%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda5
           ID-2: /home size: 189G used: 37G (21%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda6
           ID-3: swap-1 size: 4.00GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda1
RAID:      No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 55.0C mobo: N/A
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 182 Uptime: 47 min Memory: 1208.0/2002.9MB Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 5.4.0
           Client: Shell (bash 4.3.481) inxi: 2.2.35
From other posts I've seen, I ran the command tail -f /var/log/messages, but received:

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tail: cannot open '/var/log/messages' for reading: No such file or directory
tail: no files remaining
Then I ran lspci -v. Near the end there is a reference to an SD controller, but I'm not sure if that means that Mint is recognizing the SD port or not:

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00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
	Subsystem: Uniwill Computer Corp Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
	Capabilities: <access denied>

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
	Subsystem: Uniwill Computer Corp Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
	Memory at b0080000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
	I/O ports at 1800 [size=8]
	Memory at c0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
	Memory at b0040000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K]
	[virtual] Expansion ROM at 000c0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: i915
	Kernel modules: i915, intelfb

00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
	Subsystem: Uniwill Computer Corp Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
	Memory at b0100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
	Subsystem: Uniwill Computer Corp NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio Controller
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 25
	Memory at f0000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
	Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel

00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0
	I/O behind bridge: 0000f000-0000ffff
	Memory behind bridge: fac00000-febfffff
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 0000000080000000-00000000801fffff
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
	Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=04, subordinate=04, sec-latency=0
	I/O behind bridge: 00003000-00003fff
	Memory behind bridge: 80200000-803fffff
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 0000000080400000-00000000805fffff
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
	Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 3 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=05, subordinate=05, sec-latency=0
	I/O behind bridge: 00004000-00004fff
	Memory behind bridge: f7000000-f70fffff
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 0000000080600000-00000000807fffff
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
	Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
	Subsystem: Uniwill Computer Corp NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23
	I/O ports at 1820 [size=32]
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
	Subsystem: Uniwill Computer Corp NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
	I/O ports at 1840 [size=32]
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
	Subsystem: Uniwill Computer Corp NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
	I/O ports at 1860 [size=32]
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

00:1d.3 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
	Subsystem: Uniwill Computer Corp NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
	I/O ports at 1880 [size=32]
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
	Subsystem: Uniwill Computer Corp NM10/ICH7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23
	Memory at f0004000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=06, subordinate=06, sec-latency=32
	I/O behind bridge: 00002000-00002fff
	Memory behind bridge: f0200000-f02fffff
	Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
	Subsystem: Uniwill Computer Corp 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: lpc_ich
	Kernel modules: intel_rng, lpc_ich, leds_ss4200

00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
	Subsystem: Uniwill Computer Corp 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
	I/O ports at 01f0 [size=8]
	I/O ports at 03f4
	I/O ports at 0170 [size=8]
	I/O ports at 0374
	I/O ports at 1810 [size=16]
	Kernel driver in use: ata_piix
	Kernel modules: pata_acpi

00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7-M Family) SATA Controller [IDE mode] (rev 02) (prog-if 8f [Master SecP SecO PriP PriO])
	Subsystem: Uniwill Computer Corp 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7-M Family) SATA Controller [IDE mode]
	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
	I/O ports at 18d0 [size=8]
	I/O ports at 18c4 [size=4]
	I/O ports at 18c8 [size=8]
	I/O ports at 18c0 [size=4]
	I/O ports at 18b0 [size=16]
	Memory at f0004400 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: ata_piix
	Kernel modules: pata_acpi

00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family SMBus Controller (rev 02)
	Subsystem: Uniwill Computer Corp NM10/ICH7 Family SMBus Controller
	Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 10
	I/O ports at 18e0 [size=32]
	Kernel modules: i2c_i801

05:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection (rev 02)
	Subsystem: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 24
	Memory at f7000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: iwl3945
	Kernel modules: iwl3945

06:04.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): O2 Micro, Inc. Firewire (IEEE 1394) (rev 02) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
	Subsystem: Uniwill Computer Corp Firewire (IEEE 1394)
	Flags: bus master, stepping, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 18
	Memory at f0200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
	Memory at b0300000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: firewire_ohci
	Kernel modules: firewire_ohci

06:04.2 SD Host controller: O2 Micro, Inc. Integrated MMC/SD Controller (rev 01)
	Subsystem: Uniwill Computer Corp Integrated MMC/SD Controller
	Flags: slow devsel, IRQ 18
	Memory at b0300800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: sdhci-pci
	Kernel modules: sdhci_pci

06:04.3 Mass storage controller: O2 Micro, Inc. Integrated MS/xD Controller (rev 01)
	Subsystem: Uniwill Computer Corp Integrated MS/xD Controller
	Flags: slow devsel, IRQ 3
	Memory at f0202000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>

06:05.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8100/8101L/8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter (rev 10)
	Subsystem: Uniwill Computer Corp RTL-8100/8101L/8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 16
	I/O ports at 2000 [size=256]
	Memory at b0300c00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: 8139too
	Kernel modules: 8139cp, 8139too
Here's my lspci output:

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00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 3 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7-M Family) SATA Controller [IDE mode] (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family SMBus Controller (rev 02)
05:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection (rev 02)
06:04.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): O2 Micro, Inc. Firewire (IEEE 1394) (rev 02)
06:04.2 SD Host controller: O2 Micro, Inc. Integrated MMC/SD Controller (rev 01)
06:04.3 Mass storage controller: O2 Micro, Inc. Integrated MS/xD Controller (rev 01)
06:05.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8100/8101L/8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter (rev 10)
And here's the output from lsusb (with nothing plugged in to any usb or SD port:

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Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 005 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 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
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dj23rus

Re: SD card not recognized

Post by dj23rus »

Same problem with internal card reader on my laptop.
lspci -v

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02:00.1 SD Host controller: Broadcom Limited BCM57765/57785 SDXC/MMC Card Reader (rev 10) (prog-if 01)
	Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] BCM57765/57785 SDXC/MMC Card Reader
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
	Memory at b3400000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=64K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: sdhci-pci
	Kernel modules: sdhci_pci

02:00.2 System peripheral: Broadcom Limited BCM57765/57785 MS Card Reader (rev 10)
	Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] BCM57765/57785 MS Card Reader
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
	Memory at b3410000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=64K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>

02:00.3 System peripheral: Broadcom Limited BCM57765/57785 xD-Picture Card Reader (rev 10)
	Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] BCM57765/57785 xD-Picture Card Reader
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
	Memory at b3420000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=64K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
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Allu Apina

Re: SD card not recognized

Post by Allu Apina »

I got same problem but i thing software isdnactivecards software helped when i install that.
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Re: SD card not recognized

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dj23rus wrote: ⤴Thu Oct 04, 2018 6:50 am Same problem with internal card reader on my laptop.
lspci -v

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02:00.1 SD Host controller: Broadcom Limited BCM57765/57785 SDXC/MMC Card Reader (rev 10) (prog-if 01)
	Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] BCM57765/57785 SDXC/MMC Card Reader
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
	Memory at b3400000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=64K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: sdhci-pci
	Kernel modules: sdhci_pci

02:00.2 System peripheral: Broadcom Limited BCM57765/57785 MS Card Reader (rev 10)
	Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] BCM57765/57785 MS Card Reader
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
	Memory at b3410000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=64K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>

02:00.3 System peripheral: Broadcom Limited BCM57765/57785 xD-Picture Card Reader (rev 10)
	Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] BCM57765/57785 xD-Picture Card Reader
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
	Memory at b3420000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=64K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
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