Hi, I think I solved the problem here, maybe this can help the others who are experiencing it.
The hardware: 058f:6362 Alcor Micro Corp. Flash Card Reader/Writer it used to work in the past but after a software upgrade it stopped working. The problem: the hardware was recognized (I could see the card reader in dmesg) but mass storage devices where not scanned automatically on insertion, and hence partitions where not found and mounted automatically. The workaround: Inserting a memory card showed nothing, but if I removed the usb_storage module and loaded it again leaving the memory card inserted, the device was scanned and the partition mounted. The analysis: So the hardware worked and the kernel driver worked too to some extent, just scanning at insertion time was broken. A possible solution: Enable polling like described in http://forums.funtoo.org/viewtopic.php?id=2243 $ echo 1000 > /sys/module/block/parameters/events_dfl_poll_msecs After the command line above the memory card device were scanned and partition mounted automatically. Note that the change will affect all block devices, not just the card reader, maybe not what you want. Maybe there are better solutions, like adding some quirk to the kernel driver to enable polling for this device only, or use udev rules to enable polling only for this hardware when it is detected, leaving the global setting at it's default value. Regression analysis: Maybe in the past polling was enabled, I don't know if in the kernel or by some userspace component, and in newer versions it was disabled making the device look nonfunctional. Ciao, Antonio http://ao2.it P.S. To those complaining about old bugs not being fixed, if possible try providing the actual problematic hardware to developers, that generally gives them motivation to fix the problems. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/366478 Title: 058f:6377 Alcor Micro Corp. Multimedia Card Reader don't work in Ubuntu 9.04/9.10 Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: In Ubuntu 8.10 this cardreader - work fine, but after upgrade Ubuntu from 8.10 to 9.04 - it's not work. In lsusb - it displayed: Bus 001 Device 005: ID 058f:6377 Alcor Micro Corp. Multimedia Card Reader but in system - not displayed. When insert memory card - nothing happened (only green diod light) Ubuntu 9.04 amd64 uname -a: Linux leolik-komp 2.6.28-11-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 17 01:58:03 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/366478/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
