Re: [ubuntu-uk] card reader not recognised

2009-07-23 Thread Alan Pope
2009/7/23 Rowan Berkeley : > Norman Silverstone wrote: >> I don't mind buying a new one but it feels a bit like you know who, >> change the operating system and you need to change some hardware. > > Who? > Alluding to Microsoft Windows I suspect. Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https

Re: [ubuntu-uk] card reader not recognised

2009-07-22 Thread Rowan Berkeley
Norman Silverstone wrote: > I don't mind buying a new one but it feels a bit like you know who, > change the operating system and you need to change some hardware. Who? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] card reader not recognised

2009-07-22 Thread Norman Silverstone
> If you get a better one and it does the same, I'd blame the machine > you're trying it ons hardware, and it may want a new USB card or > something. If it doesn't, you've just gained a superior card reader, so > all is well anyway! I agree with your philosophy and a new card reader it shall be a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] card reader not recognised

2009-07-22 Thread Matthew Daubney
On Wed, 2009-07-22 at 17:41 +0100, Norman Silverstone wrote: > > Reading around a bit, I think the problem is from the device requesting > > USB 1.1 instead of USB 2.0. One workaround seemed to be very daft in > > that it removed the use of USB 2.0 from your system, so I wouldn't > > recommend it.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] card reader not recognised

2009-07-22 Thread Norman Silverstone
> Reading around a bit, I think the problem is from the device requesting > USB 1.1 instead of USB 2.0. One workaround seemed to be very daft in > that it removed the use of USB 2.0 from your system, so I wouldn't > recommend it. Since card readers are so cheap these days, I'd just get a > better

Re: [ubuntu-uk] card reader not recognised

2009-07-22 Thread Matthew Daubney
On Wed, 2009-07-22 at 17:29 +0100, Norman Silverstone wrote: > It's amazing what you find when given a clue, your mention of driver > prompted me to look in Google and see what I found:- > > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1136196 > > So, do I have to get a new card reader or what? > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] card reader not recognised

2009-07-22 Thread Ian Pascoe
@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] card reader not recognised < snip > > Jul 22 14:20:46 digital-darkroom kernel: [ 5604.633232] sd 7:0:0:0: > [sdc] READ CAPACITY failed > Jul 22 14:20:46 digital-darkroom kernel: [ 5604.633235] sd 7:0:0:0: > [sdc] Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR dr

Re: [ubuntu-uk] card reader not recognised

2009-07-22 Thread Norman Silverstone
It's amazing what you find when given a clue, your mention of driver prompted me to look in Google and see what I found:- http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1136196 So, do I have to get a new card reader or what? Norman -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/lis

Re: [ubuntu-uk] card reader not recognised

2009-07-22 Thread Norman Silverstone
< snip > > Jul 22 14:20:46 digital-darkroom kernel: [ 5604.633232] sd 7:0:0:0: > [sdc] READ CAPACITY failed > Jul 22 14:20:46 digital-darkroom kernel: [ 5604.633235] sd 7:0:0:0: > [sdc] Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_OK,SUGGEST_OK > > to me suggests that you might want to run dosfsc

Re: [ubuntu-uk] card reader not recognised

2009-07-22 Thread Matthew Daubney
On Wed, 2009-07-22 at 16:12 +0100, Norman Silverstone wrote: > > Looks good:- > > > > Jul 22 14:19:56 digital-darkroom hald: mounted /dev/sdc1 on behalf of uid > > 1000 > > > > That line indicates it's mounting fine. > > > > So perhaps this device doesn't like being on a USB hub, or the hub is

Re: [ubuntu-uk] card reader not recognised

2009-07-22 Thread Norman Silverstone
> Looks good:- > > Jul 22 14:19:56 digital-darkroom hald: mounted /dev/sdc1 on behalf of uid 1000 > > That line indicates it's mounting fine. > > So perhaps this device doesn't like being on a USB hub, or the hub is > overloaded? > Firstly, If you look back at my comments you will see that the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] card reader not recognised

2009-07-22 Thread Alan Pope
2009/7/22 Norman Silverstone : > I have now tried again and on 2 occasions the message and the icon > appeared. Also the mouse did not stop working. > > http://pastebin.ubuntu-uk.org/55536 > Looks good:- Jul 22 14:19:56 digital-darkroom hald: mounted /dev/sdc1 on behalf of uid 1000 That line ind

Re: [ubuntu-uk] card reader not recognised

2009-07-22 Thread Norman Silverstone
I have now tried again and on 2 occasions the message and the icon appeared. Also the mouse did not stop working. http://pastebin.ubuntu-uk.org/55536 Norman -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] card reader not recognised

2009-07-22 Thread Norman Silverstone
> >> You should be able to "select all" from the edit menu and then copy > >> and paste again into the pastebin. > > > > Sorry about that but that is what I did. Do you want me to try again? > > > > Please. I set about to do this and checked before sending the copy of the log that all the lines

Re: [ubuntu-uk] card reader not recognised

2009-07-22 Thread Alan Pope
2009/7/22 Norman Silverstone : > On Wed, 2009-07-22 at 11:30 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: >> You should be able to "select all" from the edit menu and then copy >> and paste again into the pastebin. > > Sorry about that but that is what I did.  Do you want me to try again? > Please. >> Looks like that

Re: [ubuntu-uk] card reader not recognised

2009-07-22 Thread Norman Silverstone
On Wed, 2009-07-22 at 11:30 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: > 2009/7/22 Norman Silverstone : > > The log has been copied to http://pastebin.ubuntu-uk.org/55502 > > > > Thanks for that, but it looks like the log file is truncated, it ends > at 08:49 and cuts off. > > You should be able to "select all" fro

Re: [ubuntu-uk] card reader not recognised

2009-07-22 Thread Alan Pope
2009/7/22 Norman Silverstone : > The log has been copied to http://pastebin.ubuntu-uk.org/55502 > Thanks for that, but it looks like the log file is truncated, it ends at 08:49 and cuts off. You should be able to "select all" from the edit menu and then copy and paste again into the pastebin. Lo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] card reader not recognised

2009-07-22 Thread Norman Silverstone
> > Or, as this is the ubuntu-uk list use http://pastebin.ubuntu-uk.org. The log has been copied to http://pastebin.ubuntu-uk.org/55502 I have just realised that perhaps the operating systems are not exactly the same. The one that the log is from is a fresh install whereas the system on the ma

Re: [ubuntu-uk] card reader not recognised

2009-07-22 Thread Harry Rickards
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Alan Pope wrote: > The easiest thing to do is open the syslog, plug the device in, then > when new lines appear in the syslog, copy and paste those into a > pastebin such as:- > > http://paste.ubuntu.com/ Or, as this is the ubuntu-uk list use http:/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] card reader not recognised

2009-07-22 Thread Alan Pope
2009/7/22 Norman Silverstone : >> Another thing to do is see what messages appear in System -> >> Administration -> Log File Viewer, at the point when you plug it in. >> This may indicate what the problem is. > > I had a look at the sys log but it might just as well have been in > Martian or some o

Re: [ubuntu-uk] card reader not recognised

2009-07-22 Thread Norman Silverstone
> > I suppose it is possible that one or other of the items plugged into the > > hub may be the cause of the problem but I wondered if anyone could be > > kind enough to comment. > > > > The quick and easy test for that is to yank everything except the card > reader.. I pulled the lot out and s

Re: [ubuntu-uk] card reader not recognised

2009-07-21 Thread Alan Pope
2009/7/21 Norman Silverstone : > On Tue, 2009-07-21 at 21:06 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: >> Another thing to do is see what messages appear in System -> >> Administration -> Log File Viewer, at the point when you plug it in. >> This may indicate what the problem is. > > That's a good idea, which of the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] card reader not recognised

2009-07-21 Thread Norman Silverstone
On Tue, 2009-07-21 at 21:06 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: > 2009/7/21 Norman Silverstone : > > I suppose it is possible that one or other of the items plugged into the > > hub may be the cause of the problem but I wondered if anyone could be > > kind enough to comment. > > > > The quick and easy test fo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] card reader not recognised

2009-07-21 Thread Alan Pope
2009/7/21 Norman Silverstone : > I suppose it is possible that one or other of the items plugged into the > hub may be the cause of the problem but I wondered if anyone could be > kind enough to comment. > The quick and easy test for that is to yank everything except the card reader.. Another thi

[ubuntu-uk] card reader not recognised

2009-07-21 Thread Norman Silverstone
I have a desktop computer running Ubuntu 9.04 which I am setting up to use mainly to process digital photographic images. My plan is to use a card reader rather than having to take the camera to the computer each time I want to download the photographs. However, most of the time, the computer refus