-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Camaleón wrote: > On Tue, 20 Mar 2012 22:29:28 +0700, Ken Heard wrote: > >> I have a Lenovo R61 laptop which has a built-in SD card slot. The >> operating system is Lenny. >> >> Ever since I bought this laptop in May 2008 I have been able to mount in >> it SDHC cards from my Canon 60D digital camera. The relevant line in >> fstab is and has always been: >> >> /dev/mmcblk0p1 /media/sd vfat user,noauto,noatime 0 0 > > If you're using a DE, I would let it to mount external devices > automatically, that is, by commenting (#) the above line in /etc/fstab. > Then, as soon as you attache the card it should be recognized, detected > and mounted under /media.
I did as you suggested -- commented out that line in fstab -- and inserted the card. It was not recognized, detected or mounted under media. The DE I am using is KDE 3.5.10. >> Within the last three hours however -- through no conscious intervention >> on my part -- I have been unable to mount an SDHC card installed in this >> slot. The command "mount sd" returns the following: >> >> mount: special device /dev/mmcblk0p1 does not exist > > And it may be true. Run "/sbin/blkid". It is true; I had already discovered that that device does not now exist, although it must have existed more than three hours ago. >> I will consequently be grateful for advice to help me find out what is >> wrong and how to fix it. > > Open a terminal, run "dmesg | tail" and then insert the card to see > what's going on. I ran that "dmesg|tail" both before and after installing the SDHC card On all occasions that command reported nothing. Ken -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAk9otEQACgkQlNlJzOkJmTcHoQCaA9WPglAB7Y8od5nCV/jCUh2G wAMAn2QsIi6oRv7LaBxLMRDTwIbNzdCJ =mMeF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f68b446.7030...@heard.name