-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 John Jason Jordan wrote:
> This is beginning to sound like hardware failure. The SD card reader in > my T61 failed shortly after the three year warranty ended. I think you may be right. Further investigation revealed the text at the end of this post -- returned by command "cat /var/log/syslog.1|grep mmc". This part of syslog.1 was created at the time the OS no longer could read a SDHC card in the built-in reader and my subsequent attempts to try to get it to do so. The dev file for this particular card reader has always been /dev/mmcblk0p1. I never did pay any attention as to how this file was created; I merely assumed that the OS created it on boot whenever it detected the built-in card reader. It now longer appears. I did try to create it manually but it made no difference; indeed when after doing so I rebooted, that file disappeared. If I interpreted correctly the text below the OS may detect the presence of the card but no longer will read it. I suppose my solution now is to invest in an external "n"-in-1 card reader with the capacity to read the high capacity SD cards and use it instead of the internal reader. Ken - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 20 14:32:41 R61 kernel: [24381.761612] ricoh-mmc: Suspending. Mar 20 14:32:41 R61 kernel: [24381.761638] ricoh-mmc: Controller is now re-enabled. Mar 20 14:32:41 R61 kernel: [24387.313190] ricoh-mmc: Resuming. Mar 20 14:32:41 R61 kernel: [24387.313210] ricoh-mmc: Controller is now disabled. Mar 20 17:39:10 R61 kernel: [ 1.772657] ricoh-mmc: Ricoh MMC Controller disabling driver Mar 20 17:39:10 R61 kernel: [ 1.772660] ricoh-mmc: Copyright(c) Philip Langdale Mar 20 17:39:11 R61 kernel: [ 4.100884] mmc0: Will use DMA mode even though HW doesn't fully claim to support it. Mar 20 17:39:11 R61 kernel: [ 4.100884] mmc0: SDHCI at 0xf8301000 irq 18 DMA Mar 20 17:39:11 R61 kernel: [ 4.107613] ricoh-mmc: Ricoh MMC controller found at 0000:15:00.3 [1180:0843] (rev 11) Mar 20 17:39:11 R61 kernel: [ 4.107621] ricoh-mmc: Controller is now disabled. Mar 20 17:39:11 R61 kernel: [ 4.749027] mmc0: new high speed SDHC card at address b368 Mar 20 17:39:11 R61 kernel: [ 4.756112] mmcblk0: mmc0:b368 NCard 31271936KiB (ro) Mar 20 17:39:11 R61 kernel: [ 4.756112] mmcblk0:<3>mmc0: Card removed during transfer! Mar 20 17:39:11 R61 kernel: [ 4.756112] mmc0: Resetting controller. Mar 20 17:39:11 R61 kernel: [ 4.758794] mmcblk0: error -123 sending read/write command Mar 20 17:39:11 R61 kernel: [ 4.758855] end_request: I/O error, dev mmcblk0, sector 0 Mar 20 17:39:11 R61 kernel: [ 4.758917] Buffer I/O error on device mmcblk0, logical block 0 Mar 20 17:39:11 R61 kernel: [ 4.761091] mmcblk0: error -123 sending read/write command Mar 20 17:39:11 R61 kernel: [ 4.761165] end_request: I/O error, dev mmcblk0, sector 0 Mar 20 17:39:11 R61 kernel: [ 4.761241] Buffer I/O error on device mmcblk0, logical block 0 Mar 20 17:39:11 R61 kernel: [ 4.765084] mmcblk0: error -123 sending read/write command Mar 20 17:39:11 R61 kernel: [ 4.765084] end_request: I/O error, dev mmcblk0, sector 0 Mar 20 17:39:11 R61 kernel: [ 4.765084] Buffer I/O error on device mmcblk0, logical block 0 Mar 20 17:39:11 R61 kernel: [ 4.767132] mmcblk0: error -123 sending read/write command Mar 20 17:39:11 R61 kernel: [ 4.767205] end_request: I/O error, dev mmcblk0, sector 0 Mar 20 17:39:11 R61 kernel: [ 4.767268] Buffer I/O error on device mmcblk0, logical block 0 Mar 20 17:39:11 R61 kernel: [ 4.769671] mmcblk0: error -123 sending read/write command Mar 20 17:39:11 R61 kernel: [ 4.769671] end_request: I/O error, dev mmcblk0, sector 0 Mar 20 17:39:11 R61 kernel: [ 4.769671] Buffer I/O error on device mmcblk0, logical block 0 Mar 20 17:39:11 R61 kernel: [ 4.771806] mmcblk0: error -123 sending read/write command Mar 20 17:39:11 R61 kernel: [ 4.771885] end_request: I/O error, dev mmcblk0, sector 0 Mar 20 17:39:11 R61 kernel: [ 4.771963] Buffer I/O error on device mmcblk0, logical block 0 Mar 20 17:39:11 R61 kernel: [ 4.776385] mmcblk0: error -123 sending read/write command Mar 20 17:39:11 R61 kernel: [ 4.776472] end_request: I/O error, dev mmcblk0, sector 0 Mar 20 17:39:11 R61 kernel: [ 4.776554] Buffer I/O error on device mmcblk0, logical block 0 Mar 20 17:39:11 R61 kernel: [ 4.776697] mmcblk0: error -123 sending read/write command Mar 20 17:39:11 R61 kernel: [ 4.776697] end_request: I/O error, dev mmcblk0, sector 0 Mar 20 17:39:11 R61 kernel: [ 4.776697] Buffer I/O error on device mmcblk0, logical block 0 Mar 20 17:39:11 R61 kernel: [ 4.778725] mmcblk0: error -123 sending read/write command Mar 20 17:39:11 R61 kernel: [ 4.778816] end_request: I/O error, dev mmcblk0, sector 0 Mar 20 17:39:11 R61 kernel: [ 4.779506] Dev mmcblk0: unable to read RDB block 0 Mar 20 17:39:11 R61 kernel: [ 4.780964] mmcblk0: error -123 sending read/write command Mar 20 17:39:11 R61 kernel: [ 4.781037] end_request: I/O error, dev mmcblk0, sector 0 Mar 20 17:39:11 R61 kernel: [ 4.783192] mmcblk0: error -123 sending read/write command Mar 20 17:39:11 R61 kernel: [ 4.783282] end_request: I/O error, dev mmcblk0, sector 0 Mar 20 17:39:11 R61 kernel: [ 4.785816] mmcblk0: error -123 sending read/write command Mar 20 17:39:11 R61 kernel: [ 4.785816] end_request: I/O error, dev mmcblk0, sector 24 Mar 20 17:39:11 R61 kernel: [ 4.787862] mmcblk0: error -123 sending read/write command Mar 20 17:39:11 R61 kernel: [ 4.787944] end_request: I/O error, dev mmcblk0, sector 24 Mar 20 17:39:11 R61 kernel: [ 4.792327] mmcblk0: error -123 sending read/write command Mar 20 17:39:11 R61 kernel: [ 4.792421] end_request: I/O error, dev mmcblk0, sector 0 Mar 20 17:39:11 R61 kernel: [ 4.796689] mmcblk0: error -123 sending read/write command Mar 20 17:39:11 R61 kernel: [ 4.796689] end_request: I/O error, dev mmcblk0, sector 0 Mar 20 17:39:11 R61 kernel: [ 4.796689] end_request: I/O error, dev mmcblk0, sector 8 Mar 20 17:39:11 R61 kernel: [ 4.796689] end_request: I/O error, dev mmcblk0, sector 16 Mar 20 17:39:11 R61 kernel: [ 4.796689] end_request: I/O error, dev mmcblk0, sector 24 Mar 20 17:39:11 R61 kernel: [ 4.798706] mmcblk0: error -123 sending read/write command Mar 20 17:39:11 R61 kernel: [ 4.798777] end_request: I/O error, dev mmcblk0, sector 0 Mar 20 17:39:11 R61 kernel: [ 5.265418] mmc0: card b368 removed Mar 20 18:22:03 R61 kernel: [ 1.713422] ricoh-mmc: Ricoh MMC Controller disabling driver Mar 20 18:22:03 R61 kernel: [ 1.713422] ricoh-mmc: Copyright(c) Philip Langdale Mar 20 18:22:03 R61 kernel: [ 2.680958] ricoh-mmc: Ricoh MMC controller found at 0000:15:00.3 [1180:0843] (rev 11) Mar 20 18:22:03 R61 kernel: [ 2.682975] ricoh-mmc: Controller is now disabled. Mar 20 18:22:03 R61 kernel: [ 3.985961] mmc0: Will use DMA mode even though HW doesn't fully claim to support it. Mar 20 18:22:03 R61 kernel: [ 3.986590] mmc0: SDHCI at 0xf8301000 irq 18 DMA Mar 20 18:22:03 R61 kernel: [ 4.624717] mmc0: new high speed SDHC card at address b368 Mar 20 18:22:03 R61 kernel: [ 4.632233] mmcblk0: mmc0:b368 NCard 31271936KiB Mar 20 18:22:03 R61 kernel: [ 4.632233] mmcblk0:<3>mmc0: Card removed during transfer! Mar 20 18:22:03 R61 kernel: [ 4.632780] mmc0: Resetting controller. Mar 20 18:22:03 R61 kernel: [ 4.636743] mmcblk0: error -123 sending read/write command Mar 20 18:22:03 R61 kernel: [ 4.636743] end_request: I/O error, dev mmcblk0, sector 0 Mar 20 18:22:03 R61 kernel: [ 4.636743] Buffer I/O error on device mmcblk0, logical block 0 Mar 20 18:22:03 R61 kernel: [ 4.636765] mmcblk0: error -123 sending read/write command Mar 20 18:22:03 R61 kernel: [ 4.636765] end_request: I/O error, dev mmcblk0, sector 0 Mar 20 18:22:03 R61 kernel: [ 4.636765] Buffer I/O error on device mmcblk0, logical block 0 Mar 20 18:22:03 R61 kernel: [ 4.637772] mmcblk0: error -123 sending read/write command Mar 20 18:22:03 R61 kernel: [ 4.637845] end_request: I/O error, dev mmcblk0, sector 0 Mar 20 18:22:03 R61 kernel: [ 4.637912] Buffer I/O error on device mmcblk0, logical block 0 Mar 20 18:22:03 R61 kernel: [ 4.641777] mmcblk0: error -123 sending read/write command Mar 20 18:22:03 R61 kernel: [ 4.641777] end_request: I/O error, dev mmcblk0, sector 0 Mar 20 18:22:03 R61 kernel: [ 4.641777] Buffer I/O error on device mmcblk0, logical block 0 Mar 20 18:22:03 R61 kernel: [ 4.645802] mmcblk0: error -123 sending read/write command Mar 20 18:22:03 R61 kernel: [ 4.645881] end_request: I/O error, dev mmcblk0, sector 0 Mar 20 18:22:03 R61 kernel: [ 4.645943] Buffer I/O error on device mmcblk0, logical block 0 Mar 20 18:22:03 R61 kernel: [ 4.647441] mmcblk0: error -123 sending read/write command Mar 20 18:22:03 R61 kernel: [ 4.647441] end_request: I/O error, dev mmcblk0, sector 0 Mar 20 18:22:03 R61 kernel: [ 4.647441] Buffer I/O error on device mmcblk0, logical block 0 Mar 20 18:22:03 R61 kernel: [ 4.647478] mmcblk0: error -123 sending read/write command Mar 20 18:22:03 R61 kernel: [ 4.647567] end_request: I/O error, dev mmcblk0, sector 0 Mar 20 18:22:03 R61 kernel: [ 4.647645] Buffer I/O error on device mmcblk0, logical block 0 Mar 20 18:22:03 R61 kernel: [ 4.650063] mmcblk0: error -123 sending read/write command Mar 20 18:22:03 R61 kernel: [ 4.650063] end_request: I/O error, dev mmcblk0, sector 0 Mar 20 18:22:03 R61 kernel: [ 4.650063] Buffer I/O error on device mmcblk0, logical block 0 Mar 20 18:22:03 R61 kernel: [ 4.654092] mmcblk0: error -123 sending read/write command Mar 20 18:22:03 R61 kernel: [ 4.654179] end_request: I/O error, dev mmcblk0, sector 0 Mar 20 18:22:03 R61 kernel: [ 4.654179] Dev mmcblk0: unable to read RDB block 0 Mar 20 18:22:03 R61 kernel: [ 4.656722] mmcblk0: error -123 sending read/write command Mar 20 18:22:03 R61 kernel: [ 4.656807] end_request: I/O error, dev mmcblk0, sector 0 Mar 20 18:22:03 R61 kernel: [ 4.656956] mmcblk0: error -123 sending read/write command Mar 20 18:22:03 R61 kernel: [ 4.656956] end_request: I/O error, dev mmcblk0, sector 0 Mar 20 18:22:03 R61 kernel: [ 4.656981] mmcblk0: error -123 sending read/write command Mar 20 18:22:03 R61 kernel: [ 4.656981] end_request: I/O error, dev mmcblk0, sector 24 Mar 20 18:22:03 R61 kernel: [ 4.660985] mmcblk0: error -123 sending read/write command Mar 20 18:22:03 R61 kernel: [ 4.661073] end_request: I/O error, dev mmcblk0, sector 24 Mar 20 18:22:03 R61 kernel: [ 4.664686] mmcblk0: error -123 sending read/write command Mar 20 18:22:03 R61 kernel: [ 4.664774] end_request: I/O error, dev mmcblk0, sector 0 Mar 20 18:22:03 R61 kernel: [ 4.670083] mmcblk0: error -123 sending read/write command Mar 20 18:22:03 R61 kernel: [ 4.670083] end_request: I/O error, dev mmcblk0, sector 0 Mar 20 18:22:03 R61 kernel: [ 4.670083] end_request: I/O error, dev mmcblk0, sector 8 Mar 20 18:22:03 R61 kernel: [ 4.670083] end_request: I/O error, dev mmcblk0, sector 16 Mar 20 18:22:03 R61 kernel: [ 4.670083] end_request: I/O error, dev mmcblk0, sector 24 Mar 20 18:22:03 R61 kernel: [ 4.674758] mmcblk0: error -123 sending read/write command Mar 20 18:22:03 R61 kernel: [ 4.674758] end_request: I/O error, dev mmcblk0, sector 0 Mar 20 18:22:03 R61 kernel: [ 5.146757] mmc0: card b368 removed Mar 20 18:38:29 R61 kernel: [ 1.731415] ricoh-mmc: Ricoh MMC Controller disabling driver Mar 20 18:38:29 R61 kernel: [ 1.731415] ricoh-mmc: Copyright(c) Philip Langdale Mar 20 18:38:29 R61 kernel: [ 4.498654] ricoh-mmc: Ricoh MMC controller found at 0000:15:00.3 [1180:0843] (rev 11) Mar 20 18:38:29 R61 kernel: [ 4.498688] ricoh-mmc: Controller is now disabled. Mar 20 18:38:29 R61 kernel: [ 4.499726] mmc0: Will use DMA mode even though HW doesn't fully claim to support it. Mar 20 18:38:29 R61 kernel: [ 4.502667] mmc0: SDHCI at 0xf8301000 irq 18 DMA Mar 20 18:45:38 R61 kernel: [ 1.714133] ricoh-mmc: Ricoh MMC Controller disabling driver Mar 20 18:45:38 R61 kernel: [ 1.714133] ricoh-mmc: Copyright(c) Philip Langdale Mar 20 18:45:38 R61 kernel: [ 2.820752] ricoh-mmc: Ricoh MMC controller found at 0000:15:00.3 [1180:0843] (rev 11) Mar 20 18:45:38 R61 kernel: [ 2.820752] ricoh-mmc: Controller is now disabled. Mar 20 18:45:38 R61 kernel: [ 2.820753] mmc0: Will use DMA mode even though HW doesn't fully claim to support it. Mar 20 18:45:38 R61 kernel: [ 2.822747] mmc0: SDHCI at 0xf8301000 irq 18 DMA Mar 20 20:01:55 R61 kernel: [ 1.693520] ricoh-mmc: Ricoh MMC Controller disabling driver Mar 20 20:01:55 R61 kernel: [ 1.693520] ricoh-mmc: Copyright(c) Philip Langdale Mar 20 20:01:55 R61 kernel: [ 2.765554] mmc0: Will use DMA mode even though HW doesn't fully claim to support it. Mar 20 20:01:55 R61 kernel: [ 2.765554] mmc0: SDHCI at 0xf8301000 irq 18 DMA Mar 20 20:01:55 R61 kernel: [ 2.772283] ricoh-mmc: Ricoh MMC controller found at 0000:15:00.3 [1180:0843] (rev 11) Mar 20 20:01:55 R61 kernel: [ 2.772283] ricoh-mmc: Controller is now disabled. Mar 20 21:56:27 R61 kernel: [ 1.735004] ricoh-mmc: Ricoh MMC Controller disabling driver Mar 20 21:56:27 R61 kernel: [ 1.735004] ricoh-mmc: Copyright(c) Philip Langdale Mar 20 21:56:27 R61 kernel: [ 4.078080] ricoh-mmc: Ricoh MMC controller found at 0000:15:00.3 [1180:0843] (rev 11) Mar 20 21:56:27 R61 kernel: [ 4.078080] ricoh-mmc: Controller is now disabled. Mar 20 21:56:27 R61 kernel: [ 4.078080] mmc0: Will use DMA mode even though HW doesn't fully claim to support it. Mar 20 21:56:27 R61 kernel: [ 4.078080] mmc0: SDHCI at 0xf8301000 irq 18 DMA Mar 20 23:30:53 R61 kernel: [ 1.764436] ricoh-mmc: Ricoh MMC Controller disabling driver Mar 20 23:30:53 R61 kernel: [ 1.764436] ricoh-mmc: Copyright(c) Philip Langdale Mar 20 23:30:53 R61 kernel: [ 2.799002] mmc0: Will use DMA mode even though HW doesn't fully claim to support it. Mar 20 23:30:53 R61 kernel: [ 2.799002] mmc0: SDHCI at 0xf8301000 irq 18 DMA Mar 20 23:30:53 R61 kernel: [ 4.086372] ricoh-mmc: Ricoh MMC controller found at 0000:15:00.3 [1180:0843] (rev 11) Mar 20 23:30:53 R61 kernel: [ 4.086372] ricoh-mmc: Controller is now disabled. Mar 21 07:53:42 R61 kernel: [ 1.715705] ricoh-mmc: Ricoh MMC Controller disabling driver Mar 21 07:53:42 R61 kernel: [ 1.715705] ricoh-mmc: Copyright(c) Philip Langdale Mar 21 07:53:42 R61 kernel: [ 2.709357] mmc0: Will use DMA mode even though HW doesn't fully claim to support it. Mar 21 07:53:42 R61 kernel: [ 2.713180] mmc0: SDHCI at 0xf8301000 irq 18 DMA Mar 21 07:53:42 R61 kernel: [ 2.713609] ricoh-mmc: Ricoh MMC controller found at 0000:15:00.3 [1180:0843] (rev 11) Mar 21 07:53:42 R61 kernel: [ 2.713609] ricoh-mmc: Controller is now disabled. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAk9pTEYACgkQlNlJzOkJmTcwQQCfcGiJOcGUVrXzJkNHmTlbiefx 4xEAn0LCt8n7dVBcjCd/KkaTm3L5jg/v =YsOB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? 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