[Solved]SD card not detected.. not mounting!!!

[vivek40]

Hii!
I am trying to mount my sd card using the sd card reader on my system but it is just not identifying the sd card reader when plugged to the usb drive.The SD card is not formatted and I can detect it on my phone.When i connect my phone to the system through the usb port it detects the phone.The system even acceses the built in memory of the phone but not the card in it,so i used a card reader still the system cant get access to it. It is not even getting mounted.. However when i did a lsusb.. i get the below:-


Bus 002 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 005 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 001 Device 003: ID 0781:b6b7 SanDisk Corp.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub


(this shows Sandisk Corp.. which is my card reader)..

And a sudo fdisk -l:-
Disk /dev/sda: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x16e916e9

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 29654 238195723+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 29655 30401 6000277+ 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 29655 30401 6000246 82 Linux swap / Solaris


Can someone please help!

[dibl]

Re: SD card not detected.. not mounting!!!

The SD card is not formatted

This is the problem, I think. With the card in the reader, and the reader plugged in, run

sudo fdisk -lu

and see if the card is on the list of drives.

The only way (well, not the only way, but a reasonable one) to work with an unformatted device is to use GParted.

[vivek40]

Re: SD card not detected.. not mounting!!!

Sorry the disk is formatted.. sudo fdisk -lu does not give any output .. brings me back to the command prompt again

[oshunluvr]

Re: SD card not detected.. not mounting!!!

if sudo fdisk -lu gives no output you've got a larger problem.

Removable disks are not automatically mounted when inserted. Normal behavior is the Device Notifier announces the insertion and give you options on how the address the device.

The best I can figure out you're saying:

• Your mem card is detected and works in your phone
• When you put it in your card reader, it does not appear in your Device Notifier

Since fdisk is not working on your system, you won't likely be able to mount it manually.

If you knew the dev id you could execute a manual mount and see if your card reader works.

[vivek40]

Re: SD card not detected.. not mounting!!!

and what would that be and would the problem be larger than a fresh install... hmm!!!

[oshunluvr]

Re: SD card not detected.. not mounting!!!

updated the above post

[vivek40]

Re: SD card not detected.. not mounting!!!

Removable disks are not automatically mounted when inserted. Normal behavior is the Device Notifier announces the insertion and give you options on how the address the device.

The best I can figure out you're saying:
Your mem card is detected and works in your phone
When you put it in your card reader, it does not appear in your Device Notifier

The above is exactly what I meant to say.. Thanks .. how do I mount it now.. !

[oshunluvr]

Re: SD card not detected.. not mounting!!!

Have you tested the reader with a different SD card or on a different USB port?

[oshunluvr]

Re: SD card not detected.. not mounting!!!

Does Device Notifier work when you insert a CD?

[vivek40]

Re: SD card not detected.. not mounting!!!

yes it detects all other devices!(CD,Phone,camera.. tried 2 sd cards .. both work on windows .. but not here)

[dibl]

Re: SD card not detected.. not mounting!!!

I concur with oshunluvr's description of the expected behavior. For sure, that card is going to have to be recognized on the list of drives reported by fdisk before you have any hope of mounting it.

I wonder if that card has a standard MS-DOS partition table on it, or what's in the MBR of it? What file format is on it? I would be looking into those questions.

[oshunluvr]

Re: SD card not detected.. not mounting!!!

Seems something is off - my system (don't you hate when someone starts with that!) even if the filesystem is fat or ntfs they're still detected.

If the card isn't being detected as a device - I don't know where to go next.

[The Liquidator]

Re: SD card not detected.. not mounting!!!

I encountered this on my wifes Acer Netbook, running UNR. The 2nd SD card reader would only be available if a card was inserted before the system was booted up.

This was the fix

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...ux/+bug/271019

To cut a long story short, the answer was to add

pciehp.pciehp_force=1

to boot/grub/menu.lst

Now I don't know whether this is what's wrong with yours but it might be worth a try.

Ian

[vivek40]

Re: SD card not detected.. not mounting!!!

Thanks Liquidator,The problem was that libgphoto2 was not installed i believe.. i installed that and everything works...thanks everyone..
<by the way how do i mark this as solved.. a little different than the ubuntu forums>

[The Liquidator]

Re: SD card not detected.. not mounting!!!

Great, glad you got it fixed.

To mark your thread as solved, simply go to your first post, select modify and change the title.

Ian