Still doesn't work in Dapper, daily updated. The 1 GB SD card has a nice partition table, Windoze XP on the same laptop and iPAQ HX4700 palmtop read the card fine. Only Dapper fails.
dmesg snippet: [17179915.728000] usb 5-3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 9 [17179915.876000] scsi5 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices [17179915.876000] usb-storage: device found at 9 [17179915.876000] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning [17179920.876000] Vendor: Generic Model: STORAGE DEVICE Rev: 9144 [17179920.876000] Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00 [17179921.012000] usb 5-3: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 9 [17179921.068000] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: port 3 reset error -110 [17179921.068000] hub 5-0:1.0: hub_port_status failed (err = -32) [17179922.052000] usb 5-3: USB disconnect, address 9 [17179922.052000] sdb : READ CAPACITY failed. [17179922.052000] sdb : status=0, message=00, host=1, driver=00 [17179922.052000] sdb : sense not available. [17179922.052000] sdb: Write Protect is off [17179922.052000] sdb: Mode Sense: 00 00 00 00 [17179922.052000] sdb: assuming drive cache: write through [17179922.056000] sdb : READ CAPACITY failed. [17179922.056000] sdb : status=0, message=00, host=1, driver=00 [17179922.056000] sdb : sense not available. [17179922.056000] sdb: Write Protect is off [17179922.056000] sdb: Mode Sense: 00 00 00 00 [17179922.056000] sdb: assuming drive cache: write through [17179922.056000] sdb : READ CAPACITY failed. [17179922.056000] sdb : status=0, message=00, host=1, driver=00 [17179922.056000] sdb : sense not available. [17179922.056000] sdb: Write Protect is off [17179922.056000] sdb: Mode Sense: 00 00 00 00 [17179922.056000] sdb: assuming drive cache: write through [17179922.056000] sdb:<3>Buffer I/O error on device sdb, logical block 0 [17179922.056000] Buffer I/O error on device sdb, logical block 0 [17179922.056000] unable to read partition table [17179922.060000] sd 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sdb [17179922.060000] sd 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0 [17179922.060000] usb-storage: device scan complete And the /dev/sdb doesn't even appear. But sometimes the dmesg is different and the /dev/sdb does appear - but still no partitions available: [17180107.876000] usb-storage: device found at 3 [17180107.876000] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning [17180112.992000] usb 2-1: reset full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3 [17180113.132000] Vendor: Generic Model: STORAGE DEVICE Rev: 9144 [17180113.132000] Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00 [17180113.260000] SCSI device sdb: 1999872 512-byte hdwr sectors (1024 MB) [17180113.380000] usb 2-1: reset full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3 [17180113.760000] usb 2-1: reset full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3 [17180114.140000] usb 2-1: reset full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3 [17180114.276000] sdb: Write Protect is off [17180114.276000] sdb: Mode Sense: 02 00 00 00 [17180114.276000] sdb: assuming drive cache: write through [17180114.420000] SCSI device sdb: 1999872 512-byte hdwr sectors (1024 MB) [17180114.536000] usb 2-1: reset full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3 [17180114.916000] usb 2-1: reset full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3 [17180115.296000] usb 2-1: reset full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3 [17180115.432000] sdb: Write Protect is off [17180115.432000] sdb: Mode Sense: 02 00 00 00 [17180115.432000] sdb: assuming drive cache: write through [17180115.432000] sdb:<6>usb 2-1: reset full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3 [17180116.056000] usb 2-1: reset full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3 [17180116.436000] usb 2-1: reset full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3 [17180116.816000] usb 2-1: reset full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3 [17180117.196000] usb 2-1: reset full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3 [17180117.332000] sd 7:0:0:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x70000 [17180117.332000] end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 0 [17180117.332000] Buffer I/O error on device sdb, logical block 0 [17180117.576000] usb 2-1: reset full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3 [17180117.956000] usb 2-1: reset full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3 [17180118.336000] usb 2-1: reset full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3 [17180118.716000] usb 2-1: reset full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3 [17180119.096000] usb 2-1: reset full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3 [17180119.232000] sd 7:0:0:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x70000 [17180119.232000] end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 0 [17180119.232000] Buffer I/O error on device sdb, logical block 0 [17180119.232000] unable to read partition table [17180119.232000] sd 7:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sdb [17180119.232000] sd 7:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0 [17180119.240000] usb-storage: device scan complete I can then check the partition table with cfdisk: cfdisk 2.12r Disk Drive: /dev/sdb Size: 1023934464 bytes, 1023 MB Heads: 32 Sectors per Track: 62 Cylinders: 1008 Name Flags Part Type FS Type [Label] Size (MB) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ sdb1 Boot Primary W95 FAT32 1023,94 Partition Table for /dev/sdb ---Starting--- ----Ending---- Start Number of # Flags Head Sect Cyl ID Head Sect Cyl Sector Sectors -- ----- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----------- ----------- 1 0x80 1 1 0 0x0B 31 62 1007 62 1999810 2 0x00 0 0 0 0x00 0 0 0 0 0 3 0x00 0 0 0 0x00 0 0 0 0 0 4 0x00 0 0 0 0x00 0 0 0 0 0 Setting up partitions with cfdisk doesn't help. Maciek -- built-in 4in1 card reader doesn't work https://launchpad.net/bugs/27416 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs