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SD Card Reader doesn't work in Ubuntu 11.10 on Dell Studio 1747

Asked by Insan al-Kitab

Hello. Thank you for taking the time to read and assist me.
I have Ubuntu 11.10 (64bit) on my Dell Studio 1747.
One problem that I have with it is that the system doesn't recognize when I insert an SD card in the card reader.
Even if I do restart with the SD card inserted, it still remains unseen.
In an old post on the internet I found that in order to find out the model of my card reader, I have to run "lsusb".
Here is the output of "lsusb" (if that helps anyhow):

dorin@Studio-1747:~$ lsusb
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 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0a5c:4500 Broadcom Corp. BCM2046B1 USB 2.0 Hub (part of BCM2046 Bluetooth)
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0c45:6406 Microdia
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 8086:0188 Intel Corp. WiMAX Connection 2400m
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 413c:8161 Dell Computer Corp. Integrated Keyboard
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 413c:8162 Dell Computer Corp. Integrated Touchpad [Synaptics]
Bus 001 Device 007: ID 413c:8160 Dell Computer Corp. Wireless 365 Bluetooth

I hope this information is helpful, but if it isn't, please feel free to ask even more details that you consider useful.
Thank you for your help.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

If you run:

gksudo gedit /lib/udev/rules.d/80-udisks.rules

add this line:
SUBSYSTEMS=="pci", ATTRS{vendor}=="0x10ec", ATTRS{device}=="0x0461", ENV{ID_DRIVE_FLASH_MS}="1"

Save the new file and reboot, insert the SD card to test.

Source:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gvfs/+bug/759963

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Insan al-Kitab (insanalkitab) said : 		#2

actionparsnip, thank you for your assistance.
unfortunately, it didn't work yet.
I added your line:
SUBSYSTEMS=="pci", ATTRS{vendor}=="0x10ec", ATTRS{device}=="0x0461", ENV{ID_DRIVE_FLASH_MS}="1"
and rebooted. no effect. then I tried to modify the line, as it is shown in the comments #6, 7, in your source:
SUBSYSTEMS=="pci", ATTRS{vendor}=="0x10ec", ATTRS{device}=="0x0461", ENV{ID_DRIVE_FLASH}="1"
no effect. then I tried this:
SUBSYSTEMS=="pci", ATTRS{vendor}=="0x10ec", ATTRS{device}=="0x0461", ENV{ID_DRIVE_FLASH_SD}="1"
still no effect.
Then I realized that the last line originaly was this one:
LABEL="udisks_end"
And I thought, maybe it should remain at the end. so I tried to copy the line above the original one, like this:
SUBSYSTEMS=="pci", ATTRS{vendor}=="0x10ec", ATTRS{device}=="0x0461", ENV{ID_DRIVE_FLASH_SD}="1"
LABEL="udisks_end"
and then this:
SUBSYSTEMS=="pci", ATTRS{vendor}=="0x10ec", ATTRS{device}=="0x0461", ENV{ID_DRIVE_FLASH}="1"
LABEL="udisks_end"

no change.
I still need a solution.
Thank you.

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Best Dorin Ciorescu (dorinciorescu) said : 		#3

Ubuntu 11.10 64bit on Studio 1747 - I had the same problem, until I installed Ubuntu 11.10 32bit. Then the problem dissapeared. There are some other problems with Ubuntu 11.10 64bit on Studio 1747 - headphones not working until you edit the alsa-base.config, suspend and hibernate not working, and some other problems. So please consider changing to the Ubuntu 11.10 32bit version, which doesn't have these problems for Studio 1747.

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Insan al-Kitab (insanalkitab) said : 		#4

Thanks Dorin Ciorescu, that solved my question.