[SOLVED] Need help, SD Card USB adapter only works sometimes with F16/F17

perfectphase79 · #1 22nd October 2012, 03:04 AM

I have 2 computers (one with F16 one with F17) and I am having the same problem on both computers. I bought 2 different SD card readers so I can plug my cameras 128mb card in and download my pictures. When I do so the icon appears "126mb volume", but it dissapears, and reappears, and dissapears. This happens time and time again. Once in a while if I click it quickly I can get into it, but sometimes I get errors "unable to splice file" (or similar) I can get it to work correctly about 1 out of 20 times.

sandeep1025 · #2 22nd October 2012, 06:58 PM

Even i am facing similar issue , I connected the Cardreader and the External casing with a 1TB sata HDD to an ubuntu desktop and it detected , but they did not detect on my Fedora17 desktop. Any help wil be appreciated.
I am new to Linux and interested in learning.
Thanks in Advance.

Sandeep

perfectphase79 · #3 23rd October 2012, 02:54 AM

bump for answers!

flyingfsck · #4 23rd October 2012, 04:51 AM

You got to look at the error messages. Do:
$ su -
# tail /var/log/messages

or
$ dmesg

Then plug the thing in and see what crops up.

sandeep1025 · #5 25th October 2012, 10:16 AM

got this message:
Oct 25 14:48:35 Home-PC kernel: [ 1819.972013] usb 2-5: device descriptor read/64, error -62
Oct 25 14:48:35 Home-PC kernel: [ 1820.237033] usb 2-5: device descriptor read/64, error -62
Oct 25 14:48:35 Home-PC kernel: [ 1820.495033] usb 2-5: new full-speed USB device number 10 using ohci_hcd
Oct 25 14:48:36 Home-PC kernel: [ 1820.795025] usb 2-5: device descriptor read/64, error -62
Oct 25 14:48:36 Home-PC kernel: [ 1821.155025] usb 2-5: device descriptor read/64, error -62
Oct 25 14:48:36 Home-PC kernel: [ 1821.413021] usb 2-5: new full-speed USB device number 11 using ohci_hcd
Oct 25 14:48:37 Home-PC kernel: [ 1821.895020] usb 2-5: device not accepting address 11, error -62
Oct 25 14:48:37 Home-PC kernel: [ 1822.052018] usb 2-5: new full-speed USB device number 12 using ohci_hcd
Oct 25 14:48:37 Home-PC kernel: [ 1822.551025] usb 2-5: device not accepting address 12, error -62
Oct 25 14:48:37 Home-PC kernel: [ 1822.551042] hub 2-0:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on port 5

what do search for?
any suggestions? please.

zaktoo · #6 25th October 2012, 02:54 PM

I'm having similar issues. The kernel is continually disconnecting my USB drives - no matter whether my Android phone as a camera or mtp device, or any of 5-10 USB drives I've tried that are all working in my laptop that is still running F15.

Here's some loggery:

Oct 25 15:54:20 zak mtp-probe: checking bus 2, device 81: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:04.1/usb2/2-4"
Oct 25 15:54:20 zak mtp-probe: bus: 2, device: 81 was not an MTP device
Oct 25 15:54:21 zak kernel: [ 2506.799384] usb 2-4: USB disconnect, device number 81
Oct 25 15:54:21 zak kernel: [ 2507.031508] usb 2-4: new high-speed USB device number 82 using ehci_hcd
Oct 25 15:54:21 zak kernel: [ 2507.146672] usb 2-4: New USB device found, idVendor=8644, idProduct=800b
Oct 25 15:54:21 zak kernel: [ 2507.146681] usb 2-4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
Oct 25 15:54:21 zak kernel: [ 2507.146686] usb 2-4: Product: USB Flash Disk
Oct 25 15:54:21 zak kernel: [ 2507.146689] usb 2-4: Manufacturer: General
Oct 25 15:54:21 zak kernel: [ 2507.146692] usb 2-4: SerialNumber: 000000000000618C
Oct 25 15:54:21 zak kernel: [ 2507.147682] scsi321 : usb-storage 2-4:1.0
Oct 25 15:54:21 zak mtp-probe: checking bus 2, device 82: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:04.1/usb2/2-4"
Oct 25 15:54:21 zak mtp-probe: bus: 2, device: 82 was not an MTP device
Oct 25 15:54:22 zak kernel: [ 2507.808547] usb 2-4: USB disconnect, device number 82
Oct 25 15:54:22 zak kernel: [ 2508.040972] usb 2-4: new high-speed USB device number 83 using ehci_hcd
Oct 25 15:54:22 zak kernel: [ 2508.156090] usb 2-4: New USB device found, idVendor=8644, idProduct=800b
Oct 25 15:54:22 zak kernel: [ 2508.156098] usb 2-4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
Oct 25 15:54:22 zak kernel: [ 2508.156104] usb 2-4: Product: USB Flash Disk
Oct 25 15:54:22 zak kernel: [ 2508.156107] usb 2-4: Manufacturer: General
Oct 25 15:54:22 zak kernel: [ 2508.156110] usb 2-4: SerialNumber: 000000000000618C
Oct 25 15:54:22 zak kernel: [ 2508.156789] scsi322 : usb-storage 2-4:1.0
Oct 25 15:54:22 zak mtp-probe: checking bus 2, device 83: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:04.1/usb2/2-4"
Oct 25 15:54:22 zak mtp-probe: bus: 2, device: 83 was not an MTP device
Oct 25 15:54:23 zak kernel: [ 2509.158934] scsi 322:0:0:0: Direct-Access General USB Flash Disk 1.0 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
Oct 25 15:54:23 zak kernel: [ 2509.160259] sd 322:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0
Oct 25 15:54:23 zak kernel: [ 2509.161655] sd 322:0:0:0: [sdc] 3913728 512-byte logical blocks: (2.00 GB/1.86 GiB)
Oct 25 15:54:23 zak kernel: [ 2509.165516] sd 322:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
Oct 25 15:54:23 zak kernel: [ 2509.167774] sd 322:0:0:0: [sdc] No Caching mode page present
Oct 25 15:54:23 zak kernel: [ 2509.167781] sd 322:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
Oct 25 15:54:23 zak kernel: [ 2509.175758] sd 322:0:0:0: [sdc] No Caching mode page present
Oct 25 15:54:23 zak kernel: [ 2509.175766] sd 322:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
Oct 25 15:54:23 zak kernel: [ 2509.176758] sdc: sdc1
Oct 25 15:54:23 zak kernel: [ 2509.181748] sd 322:0:0:0: [sdc] No Caching mode page present
Oct 25 15:54:23 zak kernel: [ 2509.181755] sd 322:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
Oct 25 15:54:23 zak kernel: [ 2509.181759] sd 322:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk
Oct 25 15:54:24 zak kernel: [ 2509.491411] usb 2-4: USB disconnect, device number 83
Oct 25 15:54:24 zak kernel: [ 2509.726416] usb 2-4: new high-speed USB device number 84 using ehci_hcd
Oct 25 15:54:24 zak kernel: [ 2509.841452] usb 2-4: New USB device found, idVendor=8644, idProduct=800b
Oct 25 15:54:24 zak kernel: [ 2509.841461] usb 2-4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
Oct 25 15:54:24 zak kernel: [ 2509.841466] usb 2-4: Product: USB Flash Disk
Oct 25 15:54:24 zak kernel: [ 2509.841470] usb 2-4: Manufacturer: General
Oct 25 15:54:24 zak kernel: [ 2509.841473] usb 2-4: SerialNumber: 000000000000618C
Oct 25 15:54:24 zak kernel: [ 2509.842595] scsi323 : usb-storage 2-4:1.0
Oct 25 15:54:24 zak mtp-probe: checking bus 2, device 84: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:04.1/usb2/2-4"
Oct 25 15:54:24 zak mtp-probe: bus: 2, device: 84 was not an MTP device
Oct 25 15:54:25 zak kernel: [ 2510.844296] scsi 323:0:0:0: Direct-Access General USB Flash Disk 1.0 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
Oct 25 15:54:25 zak kernel: [ 2510.845754] sd 323:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0
Oct 25 15:54:25 zak kernel: [ 2510.848273] sd 323:0:0:0: [sdc] 3913728 512-byte logical blocks: (2.00 GB/1.86 GiB)
Oct 25 15:54:25 zak kernel: [ 2510.850149] sd 323:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
Oct 25 15:54:25 zak kernel: [ 2510.852139] sd 323:0:0:0: [sdc] No Caching mode page present
Oct 25 15:54:25 zak kernel: [ 2510.852144] sd 323:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
Oct 25 15:54:25 zak kernel: [ 2510.858123] sd 323:0:0:0: [sdc] No Caching mode page present
Oct 25 15:54:25 zak kernel: [ 2510.858129] sd 323:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
Oct 25 15:54:25 zak kernel: [ 2510.858878] sdc: sdc1
Oct 25 15:54:25 zak kernel: [ 2510.864112] sd 323:0:0:0: [sdc] No Caching mode page present
Oct 25 15:54:25 zak kernel: [ 2510.864118] sd 323:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
Oct 25 15:54:25 zak kernel: [ 2510.864123] sd 323:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk

perfectphase79 · #7 25th October 2012, 06:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by flyingfsck

You got to look at the error messages. Do:
$ su -
# tail /var/log/messages

or
$ dmesg

Then plug the thing in and see what crops up.

[root@slowhost user1]# tail /var/log/messages
Oct 25 12:52:40 slowhost kernel: [ 1368.597554] <<vendor>> ASC=0xff ASCQ=0xffASC=0xff <<vendor>> ASCQ=0xff
Oct 25 12:52:40 slowhost kernel: [ 1368.597560] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] CDB:
Oct 25 12:52:40 slowhost kernel: [ 1368.597562] Read(10): 28 00 00 00 00 40 00 00 08 00
Oct 25 12:52:40 slowhost kernel: [ 1368.597576] end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 64
Oct 25 12:52:40 slowhost kernel: [ 1368.597584] Buffer I/O error on device sdc, logical block 8
Oct 25 12:52:40 slowhost kernel: [ 1369.030900] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] No Caching mode page present
Oct 25 12:52:40 slowhost kernel: [ 1369.030910] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
Oct 25 12:52:40 slowhost kernel: [ 1369.034038] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] No Caching mode page present
Oct 25 12:52:40 slowhost kernel: [ 1369.034048] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
Oct 25 12:52:40 slowhost kernel: [ 1369.035352] sdc: sdc1

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here is some of the other log, it was too big to post:

[ 1257.492043] usb 1-4: new high-speed USB device number 6 using ehci_hcd
[ 1257.607387] usb 1-4: New USB device found, idVendor=058f, idProduct=6366
[ 1257.607396] usb 1-4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 1257.607401] usb 1-4: Product: Flash Card Reader/Writer
[ 1257.607405] usb 1-4: Manufacturer: Generic
[ 1257.607409] usb 1-4: SerialNumber: 058F63666438
[ 1257.692090] Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
[ 1257.692342] scsi2 : usb-storage 1-4:1.0
[ 1257.695712] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
[ 1257.695720] USB Mass Storage support registered.
[ 1258.694706] scsi 2:0:0:0: Direct-Access Multiple Card Reader 1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
[ 1258.699498] sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg4 type 0
[ 1259.130837] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] 246016 512-byte logical blocks: (125 MB/120 MiB)
[ 1259.131590] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
[ 1259.131599] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00
[ 1259.132335] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] No Caching mode page present
[ 1259.132343] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 1259.135952] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] No Caching mode page present
[ 1259.135963] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 1259.137174] sdc: sdc1
[ 1259.139980] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] No Caching mode page present
[ 1259.139991] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 1259.139997] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk
[ 1263.271837] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Device not ready
[ 1263.271847] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc]
[ 1263.271851] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
[ 1263.271855] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc]
[ 1263.271858] Sense Key : Not Ready [current]
[ 1263.271864] Info fld=0x0
[ 1263.271868] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc]
[ 1263.271875] <<vendor>> ASC=0xff ASCQ=0xffASC=0xff <<vendor>> ASCQ=0xff
[ 1263.271881] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] CDB:
[ 1263.271883] Read(10): 28 00 00 00 00 40 00 00 08 00
[ 1263.271898] end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 64
[ 1263.271905] Buffer I/O error on device sdc, logical block 8
[ 1267.798613] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Device not ready
[ 1267.798622] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc]
[ 1267.798626] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
[ 1267.798630] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc]
[ 1267.798633] Sense Key : Not Ready [current]
[ 1267.798639] Info fld=0x0
[ 1267.798643] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc]
[ 1267.798651] <<vendor>> ASC=0xff ASCQ=0xffASC=0xff <<vendor>> ASCQ=0xff
[ 1267.798657] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] CDB:
[ 1267.798659] Read(10): 28 00 00 00 00 40 00 00 08 00
[ 1267.798673] end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 64
[ 1267.798681] Buffer I/O error on device sdc, logical block 8
[ 1268.231991] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] No Caching mode page present
[ 1268.232001] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 1268.234616] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] No Caching mode page present
[ 1268.234624] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 1268.235833] sdc: sdc1
[ 1272.524261] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Device not ready
[ 1272.524270] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc]
[ 1272.524274] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
[ 1272.524278] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc]
[ 1272.524281] Sense Key : Not Ready [current]
[ 1272.524287] Info fld=0x0
[ 1272.524291] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc]
[ 1272.524298] <<vendor>> ASC=0xff ASCQ=0xffASC=0xff <<vendor>> ASCQ=0xff
[ 1272.524305] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] CDB:
[ 1272.524307] Read(10): 28 00 00 00 00 40 00 00 08 00
[ 1272.524322] end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 64
[ 1272.524329] Buffer I/O error on device sdc, logical block 8
[ 1277.051039] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Device not ready
[ 1277.051048] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc]
[ 1277.051052] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
[ 1277.051056] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc]
[ 1277.051059] Sense Key : Not Ready [current]
[ 1277.051065] Info fld=0x0
[ 1277.051069] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc]
[ 1277.051076] <<vendor>> ASC=0xff ASCQ=0xffASC=0xff <<vendor>> ASCQ=0xff
[ 1277.051082] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] CDB:
[ 1277.051085] Read(10): 28 00 00 00 00 40 00 00 08 00
[ 1277.051099] end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 64
[ 1277.051107] Buffer I/O error on device sdc, logical block 8
[ 1277.484418] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] No Caching mode page present
[ 1277.484428] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 1277.487544] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] No Caching mode page present
[ 1277.487553] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 1277.488760] sdc: sdc1
[ 1281.628935] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Device not ready
[ 1281.628945] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc]
[ 1281.628949] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
[ 1281.628953] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc]
[ 1281.628956] Sense Key : Not Ready [current]
[ 1281.628962] Info fld=0x0
[ 1281.628966] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc]
[ 1281.628973] <<vendor>> ASC=0xff ASCQ=0xffASC=0xff <<vendor>> ASCQ=0xff
[ 1281.628979] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] CDB:
[ 1281.628981] Read(10): 28 00 00 00 00 40 00 00 08 00
[ 1281.628996] end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 64
[ 1281.629024] Buffer I/O error on device sdc, logical block 8
[ 1286.155701] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Device not ready
[ 1286.155710] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc]
[ 1286.155714] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
[ 1286.155718] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc]
[ 1286.155721] Sense Key : Not Ready [current]
[ 1286.155727] Info fld=0x0
[ 1286.155731] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc]
[ 1286.155737] <<vendor>> ASC=0xff ASCQ=0xffASC=0xff <<vendor>> ASCQ=0xff
[ 1286.155743] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] CDB:
[ 1286.155746] Read(10): 28 00 00 00 00 40 00 00 08 00
[ 1286.155760] end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 64

flyingfsck · #8 26th October 2012, 07:36 AM

Quote:

Buffer I/O error on device sdc, logical block 8

sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] CDB:
[ 1286.155746] Read(10): 28 00 00 00 00 40 00 00 08 00
[ 1286.155760] end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 64

Something is wrong with that device. You can try repartitioning and recreating the file system with gparted, but it should probably be chucked away.

perfectphase79 · #9 26th October 2012, 08:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by flyingfsck

Something is wrong with that device. You can try repartitioning and recreating the file system with gparted, but it should probably be chucked away.

When you install a SD card into my camera it automatically formats it in the form into the camera wants to see. As far is the adapter is concerned I've tried 2 of these so far and these are both brand new purchased from the store.

flyingfsck · #10 26th October 2012, 09:27 AM

SD cards are usually formatted with FAT32. So you can use gparted or fdisk and mkfs.vfat and partition and format it yourself. While doing that, keep a careful lookout for error messages.

The trick to debugging is to use the command line, so that you can see the error messages, then google them for details.

perfectphase79 · #11 6th November 2012, 07:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by flyingfsck

SD cards are usually formatted with FAT32. So you can use gparted or fdisk and mkfs.vfat and partition and format it yourself. While doing that, keep a careful lookout for error messages.

The trick to debugging is to use the command line, so that you can see the error messages, then google them for details.

Wouldn't using gparted require the SD Card to be mounted?

flyingfsck · #12 6th November 2012, 08:13 AM

No, gparted works on the raw device.

perfectphase79 · #13 6th November 2012, 08:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by flyingfsck

No, gparted works on the raw device.

is there a step by step for this?

flyingfsck · #14 7th November 2012, 03:34 AM

Gparted is a graphical toy, you don't need a user guide. However, be sure NOT to modify your sda (boot disk).

perfectphase79 · #15 20th November 2012, 01:27 AM

I formatted it with gparted, but it is still doing the same thing now. The card mounts and unmounts continually forever. Still no luck

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Update - I tried an 8.1gb sdhc card and it seems to work fine. Strange.