unable to enumerate SD card

[gonzobilbao]

Hi!

I got this problem using ubuntu 12.04, fedora 17 and linux mint 13 and 14 on my hp ENVY 4 1050ca
cannot read SD cards when plugged to an external reader, or when plugged directly to the built in card reader.
dmesg shows the following message

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unable to enumerate device on port x

(by x I mean the port it is plugged to)

gparted and disk utility do not recognize SD devices as well.

Curiosly, when my card is plugged to the external reader and I plug a second USB device, it automounts and it is read with no problem; also if it is plugged to the external reader at the moment of powering the computer it automounts... but the if it is unplugged it doesn't work anymore.

My windows partition is able to recognize de SD device with no problems though (both using the built-in and the external reader.

Hope anybody has an idea of what to do, i have been trying to solve this for a bunch of months now!!

Thanks!

[TheForumTroll]

Have you looked at this: http://www.geekdevs.com/2010/04/solved- ... -ehci_hcd/ ? Guessing your card reader uses USB.

[gonzobilbao]

I have tried everything on the post, but nothing is working so far.
I got this output when trying modprobe -r ehci_hcd

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FATAL: Module ehci_hcd is builtin

is there any other way to disable ehci_hcd?

[TheForumTroll]

I haven't tested it but the post mention a solution to your problem.

Since Karmic doesn’t use ehci_hcd as a module, modprobe -r ehci_hcd no longer works. The module is compiled into kernel.

There are some commands in the last part of the article that should fix it, but I have no idea what they do. Maybe someone who knows script-fu can chime in

[gonzobilbao]

None them have worked so far. According to the article I should get one code such as sudo

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sh -c 'echo -n "0000:00:xx.x" > unbind'

, (where xx.x are number and letters) but I get two

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0000:00:1a.0  0000:00:1d.0  bind  module  new_id  remove_id  uevent  unbind

so i've used each, but still, no result...

[Doctor_Pi]

Dear gonzobilbao,

Sorry for hijacking your thread here, but I didn't where to ask this question.

Does the Envy 4-1050ca support Intel's virtualization technologies (VT-x and VT-d)?

Ivan

[AlbertP]

@ Doctor_Pi: Please open a new topic. It may be in Newbie Questions if you don't know where else to post it. There please use New Topic button. Probably you didn't see the button at first because you were not logged in yet.

[TheForumTroll]

Have you tried comparing what happens when you mount it alone and together with something else? (Working vs. not working)

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tail -f /var/log/syslog

Then insert it.

EDIT: That should show you if it uses ehci_hcd or something else (uhci_hcd?):

usb 1-1.5: new high-speed USB device number 5 using ehci_hcd

@Doctor_Pi: Next time please create a new topic. But anyways, yes it does.

[gonzobilbao]

Hi everyone


I have tried what you said TheForumTroll, here is the output

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usb 3-1: new full-speed USB device number 4 using xhci_hcd
usb 3-1: Device not responding to set address.
usb 3-1: Device not responding to set address.
usb 3-1: device not accepting address 4, error -71
hub 3-0:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on port 1

plugging the device directly to the built-in card reader nothing comes out like this.

Cheers!

[gonzobilbao]

any clue on this? thanks!

[AlbertP]

Please post the outputs of these commands:

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lspci
lsusb

[gonzobilbao]

ok, so to lsusb

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Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 1bcf:2c0e Sunplus Innovation Technology Inc. 

and to lspci

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00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Ivy Bridge DRAM Controller (rev 09)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Ivy Bridge Graphics Controller (rev 09)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Panther Point USB xHCI Host Controller (rev 04)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Panther Point MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Panther Point USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 04)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Panther Point High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Panther Point PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev c4)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Panther Point PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev c4)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Panther Point USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Panther Point LPC Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.2 RAID bus controller: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile SATA Controller [RAID mode] (rev 04)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation Panther Point SMBus Controller (rev 04)
01:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device 5289 (rev 01)
01:00.2 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 0a)
02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 2230 (rev c4)

[AlbertP]

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01:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device 5289 (rev 01)

That seems to be your built-in cardreader. There is currently no support for this one on Linux.

Could you try connecting the USB cardreader to a USB 2.0 port instead of a 3.0 one? Or do you have a laptop with only 3.0 ports?

[gonzobilbao]

Still does not work as expected. But same as I said in the beggining of this thread, when I plug the USB card reader to any port, nothing happens, but if then I plug a USB stick to any of the ports left, the card reader is detected and the SDcard mounted.

Cheers

[AlbertP]

What's the problem with that? It's quite normal for cardreaders to be detected only as soon as a card is inserted. Or do you mean it only works if you insert the card before connecting the reader?

[gonzobilbao]

What's the problem with that? It's quite normal for cardreaders to be detected only as soon as a card is inserted. Or do you mean it only works if you insert the card before connecting the reader?

What I mean with that is that when my SD cards are inserted using a USB reader nothin happens. BUT if then I plug in a SECOND USB device (i.e a memory stick) to any of the remaining ports then the card will be detected and mounted.

[MikeL]

I just solved my own SD card reader problem with a Realtek 5229. Fortunately, Realtek provides a linux driver for mine. Yours seems to be a similar issue, so I checked Realtek's site, but I did not see the same sort of fix available. I did look a couple minutes longer and found:

http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php?topic=109447.0

It looks like nearly the same steps and went pretty smooth when I did mine. Hope it works for you.

[gonzobilbao]

WOW i' m impressed, it worked perfectly, quick and easy!!! Have been looking for something for months now, wonderful!! Thanks!!