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csanyipal

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Registered: 2013-10-31

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Arch linux doesn't recognises micro SD card

Hi,

I'm running Arch linux on my laptop.
The laptop has Multi-in-1 card reader.

I just bought a micro SD card with an adapter so I can it plug in into this card reader.

But the Arch linux system doesn't recognise it so I can't use it.
I tried with Gparted too without any success:
I get Gparted error:
Output/Input error during read on /dev/mmcblk0

whyle on the virtual console I get error messages:

mmcblk0: error -84 transferring data, sector 7, nr 1, cmd response 0x900, card status 0x0
Buffer I/O error on dev mmcblk0, logical block 0, async page read

However, this same micro SD card has been recognised on MS Windows  system.

What can I do to solve this problem on my Arch linux system?

Regards, from Paul

csanyipal

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Registered: 2013-10-31

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Re: Arch linux doesn't recognises micro SD card

I just bought another brand ( Samsung ) of micro SD card ( Class 6 ) and it works out of the box.
The previously mentioned micro SD card is Kingstone, Class 10. It is not recognized by the Arch linux system kernel.
So I can say: the problem is solved.
Mybe somebody can tell why one card works, the other does not.

karel

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From: Czech republic

Registered: 2007-01-15

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Re: Arch linux doesn't recognises micro SD card

Hi,
I have the same problem. Kingston class 10 not work on linux, but on Windows OK.

csanyipal

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Re: Arch linux doesn't recognises micro SD card

I just bought another brand ( Samsung ) of micro SD card ( Class 6 ) and it works out of the box.
The previously mentioned micro SD card is Kingstone, Class 10. It is not recognized by the Arch linux system kernel.
So I can say: the problem is solved.
Mybe somebody can tell why one card works, the other does not.

I must add after few days that, that the Samsung micro SD card works not with the SD card adapter, but only with an USB microSD card reader, that I also had to buy.

Head_on_a_Stick

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Re: Arch linux doesn't recognises micro SD card

This thread may be of some use:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=194310

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csanyipal

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Registered: 2013-10-31

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Re: Arch linux doesn't recognises micro SD card

This thread may be of some use:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=194310

I tried it but without success.
The microSD card with SD card adapter doesn't work with this setup.

I can use my microSD card with USB microSD card reader only.

Pse

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Registered: 2008-03-15

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Re: Arch linux doesn't recognises micro SD card

Some laptop SD readers need certain "quirk patches" in the kernel to work. Mine is one of them (Acer V3-571, integrated Broadcom SD card reader). As many of these patces never make it to upstream, the SD reader won't work. I just put up with an external reader and that's it.

csanyipal

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Registered: 2013-10-31

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Re: Arch linux doesn't recognises micro SD card

Some laptop SD readers need certain "quirk patches" in the kernel to work. Mine is one of them (Acer V3-571, integrated Broadcom SD card reader). As many of these patces never make it to upstream, the SD reader won't work. I just put up with an external reader and that's it.

My laptop is the same as your's: acer aspire v3-571.

Pse

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Re: Arch linux doesn't recognises micro SD card

Then if you feel like compiling your own kernel, these are the necessary patches for the SD reader in the Acer V3-571:

https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/11/15/469

Last edited by Pse (2015-03-08 02:33:22)

csanyipal

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Registered: 2013-10-31

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Re: Arch linux doesn't recognises micro SD card

Then if you feel like compiling your own kernel, these are the necessary patches for the SD reader in the Acer V3-571:

https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/11/15/469

Thank you very much!!

However, on my Acer V3-571 laptop on which I run Arch linux I'm using the 3.18.6-1 linux kernel out there, so I think this patch is not compatible with this kernel.

This patch is for linux-2.6 3.12.0 and is "Compile Tested" only.

Last edited by csanyipal (2015-03-13 10:43:25)

pedja

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Registered: 2014-02-24

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Re: Arch linux doesn't recognises micro SD card

Installing "opensc" package from the official repository solved all my problems related to SD Card

jasonwryan

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Re: Arch linux doesn't recognises micro SD card

pedja: half of your posts have been necrobumps: please stop.

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