Ubuntu 10.04 on dell precision M6500

[atkaper]

Hi Gargoulf,

Actually, I also have pb reading smart card (XD). I tried your fix (just copy paste since I don't really understand what it does) then dmesg gives:
tifm_core: SmartMedia/xD card detected in socket 0:0
but nothing happens.

Hmmm... sorry, I don't understand the kernel actions resulting from the suggested code also
I have just googled around, and found many suggestions, from which for me I seemded only to need this specific one-liner (I did construct the one-liner from some separate actions). Perhaps your SD reader gives you another identification string, or perhaps you need some of the other tips about removing/reloading some modules.

Let's try some things:

If I type this (command after the dollar), it shows me my card reader:

$ lspci | grep -i "card reader"
03:01.2 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments 5-in-1 Multimedia Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO/xD) 

Does that work for you ? If not, try typing just "lspci" by itself, and look for your card reader. If you find it, change the "card reader" in the grep into something which identifies your card reader. In that case retry the one-liner with the new string

String OK, but no success ? Try it like this (use the grep string that works for you):

sudo rmmod tifm_sd
sudo rmmod mmc_block
sudo rmmod sdhci
sudo rmmod tifm_7xx1
sudo rmmod tifm_core
sudo modprobe tifm_sd
sudo modprobe tifm_7xx1
sudo modprobe tifm_core
sudo modprobe mmc_core
sudo modprobe mmc_block
sudo setpci -s `lspci | grep -i "card reader" | awk '{ print $1; }'` 4c.b=0x22
sudo modprobe -v sdhci 

This is a combination of most tips I found, and if I execute this, it gives me these errors, but it functions OK:

ERROR: Module mmc_block does not exist in /proc/modules
ERROR: Module sdhci is in use by sdhci_pci 

I also would make sure to try this when you just booted the machine, and without a card in the reader, and only stick in the card after executing this script.

Hope this works for you... For me it does, and just pops up an auto-mounted folder view of the inserted card.

Greetings,
Thijs.

[atkaper]

Hi Nataraj,

Can anyone running Ubuntu on an M6500 confirm which SATA driver is loaded? Is it AHCI? Does the driver or lspci tell you what the chipset is?

Thanks,
Nataraj

Sure, no problem, is this what you need?

$ lspci | grep -i sata
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 4 port SATA IDE Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.5 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 2 port SATA IDE Controller (rev 05) 

Not sure where to find the used driver. Does this help ?

$ dmesg | grep "SATA"
[    1.941176] ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x6e70 ctl 0x6e78 bmdma 0x6ea0 irq 19
[    1.941186] ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x6e80 ctl 0x6e88 bmdma 0x6ea8 irq 19
[    1.941494] ata3: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x6eb0 ctl 0x6eb8 bmdma 0x6ee0 irq 19
[    1.941498] ata4: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x6ec0 ctl 0x6ec8 bmdma 0x6ee8 irq 19
[    2.293101] ata4: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
[    2.308337] ata3: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
[    2.800929] ata2.00: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
[    2.800948] ata2.01: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
[    2.801162] ata1.00: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
[    2.801179] ata1.01: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300) 

Just let me know if you need my to type another check command

Greetings,
Thijs.

[nataraj88]

The lspci identifies the chipset correctly. Thank you. For the driver, you could try "lsmod | grep -i ahci". If that doesn't produce anything, you could post the output from lsmod and I could figure out which driver is loaded.

For example on my older macbook, fedora 10 is using the ata_generic driver (as shown with lsmod). The generic driver won't give very good disk performance.

I'm referencing this page for info on the better performing SATA drivers: https://ata.wiki.kernel.org/index.ph..._driver_status

Hopefully the M6500 uses the AHCI driver. But if it's not using it, there's still hope. I believe that the bios has to be set for AHCI instead of legacy.

Nataraj

[Gargoulf]

HI aktaper,

Here is what I get (the grep stuff on lspci gives exactly same message as yours)

sudo rmmod tifm_sd
ERROR: Module tifm_sd does not exist in /proc/modules

sudo rmmod mmc_block
ERROR: Module mmc_block does not exist in /proc/modules

sudo rmmod sdhci
ERROR: Module sdhci is in use by sdhci_pci

sudo rmmod tifm_7xx1
ERROR: Module tifm_7xx1 does not exist in /proc/modules

sudo rmmod tifm_core
ERROR: Module tifm_core does not exist in /proc/modules


sudo modprobe tifm_sd
FATAL: Error inserting tifm_sd (/lib/modules/2.6.32-24-generic-pae/kernel/drivers/mmc/host/tifm_sd.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)


sudo modprobe tifm_7xx1
FATAL: Module tifm_7xx1 not found.

sudo modprobe tifm_core
FATAL: Module tifm_core not found.

For the last 4 commands, no error:
sudo modprobe mmc_core
sudo modprobe mmc_block
sudo setpci -s `lspci | grep -i "card reader" | awk '{ print $1; }'` 4c.b=0x22
sudo modprobe -v sdhci


The card reader still doesn't work. And now dmseg gives:
193.725209] tifm_sd: Unknown symbol tifm_eject
193.725300] tifm_sd: Unknown symbol tifm_register_driver
193.725570] tifm_sd: Unknown symbol tifm_unmap_sg
193.725665] tifm_sd: Unknown symbol tifm_map_sg
193.725770] tifm_sd: Unknown symbol tifm_unregister_driver


Any hint?
Thanks,

[tahu363]

Well, as promising as this looks : http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/08/m...untu-1010.html,
It DOES mean we will need to wait for 10.10 for a trackpad fix.

[Gargoulf]

Thanks tahu363 for the info about touchpad. It's two months from now only.
I hope internal mic and card reader pb will also be fixed in next release.

[atkaper]

Hi Nataraj,

If that doesn't produce anything, you could post the output from lsmod and I could figure out which driver is loaded.

Here are the modules loaded on my system, if there's any speed improvements possible, I'm of course interested to hear about them

$ lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
ipt_REDIRECT            1269  3 
xt_tcpudp               2667  7 
iptable_nat             5219  1 
nf_nat                 19501  2 ipt_REDIRECT,iptable_nat
nf_conntrack_ipv4      12980  3 iptable_nat,nf_nat
nf_conntrack           73966  3 iptable_nat,nf_nat,nf_conntrack_ipv4
nf_defrag_ipv4          1481  1 nf_conntrack_ipv4
ip_tables              18358  1 iptable_nat
x_tables               22461  4 ipt_REDIRECT,xt_tcpudp,iptable_nat,ip_tables
binfmt_misc             7960  1 
ppdev                   6375  0 
rfcomm                 40214  4 
sco                     9473  2 
bridge                 53184  0 
stp                     2171  1 bridge
bnep                   11852  2 
l2cap                  34596  16 rfcomm,bnep
vboxnetadp              5235  0 
vboxnetflt             12242  1 
vboxdrv              1768311  4 vboxnetadp,vboxnetflt
deflate                 2181  0 
zlib_deflate           21834  1 deflate
ctr                     4029  0 
camellia               19220  0 
cast5                  15208  0 
rmd160                  8120  0 
sha1_generic            2231  0 
crypto_null             2950  0 
ccm                     8670  0 
serpent                18453  0 
blowfish                7882  0 
twofish                 5899  0 
twofish_common         14631  1 twofish
xcbc                    2847  0 
sha256_generic         10327  0 
sha512_generic          4972  0 
des_generic            16599  0 
cryptd                  8116  0 
aes_x86_64              7912  0 
aes_generic            27607  1 aes_x86_64
xfrm_user              21932  0 
ah6                     5035  0 
ah4                     4548  0 
esp6                    5376  0 
esp4                    5589  0 
xfrm4_mode_beet         2131  0 
xfrm4_tunnel            1979  0 
tunnel4                 2909  1 xfrm4_tunnel
xfrm4_mode_tunnel       2000  0 
xfrm4_mode_transport     1511  0 
xfrm6_mode_transport     1575  0 
xfrm6_mode_ro           1380  0 
xfrm6_mode_beet         2082  0 
xfrm6_mode_tunnel       1904  0 
ipcomp                  2212  0 
ipcomp6                 2214  0 
xfrm_ipcomp             5148  2 ipcomp,ipcomp6
xfrm6_tunnel            7935  1 ipcomp6
tunnel6                 2712  1 xfrm6_tunnel
af_key                 27834  0 
joydev                 10976  0 
btusb                  12969  2 
bluetooth              58557  9 rfcomm,sco,bnep,l2cap,btusb
snd_hda_codec_atihdmi     3055  1 
pcmcia                 35548  0 
snd_hda_codec_idt      63628  1 
dell_wmi                2177  0 
snd_hda_intel          23832  4 
arc4                    1473  2 
snd_hda_codec          99515  3 snd_hda_codec_atihdmi,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep               6938  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm_oss            40377  0 
snd_mixer_oss          16314  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                87757  4 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy           1910  0 
snd_seq_oss            31714  0 
snd_seq_midi            5797  0 
snd_rawmidi            23161  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event      7267  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
fbcon                  39270  71 
snd_seq                57972  6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
tileblit                2487  1 fbcon
iwlagn                121641  0 
font                    8053  1 fbcon
iwlcore               124955  1 iwlagn
snd_timer              23085  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
tifm_sd                 9628  0 
fglrx                2353166  44 
uvcvideo               62467  0 
videodev               40518  1 uvcvideo
yenta_socket           22901  1 
dell_laptop             7941  0 
v4l1_compat            15495  2 uvcvideo,videodev
tifm_7xx1               4674  0 
v4l2_compat_ioctl32    10811  1 videodev
tifm_core               7654  2 tifm_sd,tifm_7xx1
bitblit                 5811  1 fbcon
snd_seq_device          7176  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
psmouse                64576  0 
softcursor              1565  1 bitblit
mac80211              238416  2 iwlagn,iwlcore
rsrc_nonstatic          9830  1 yenta_socket
sdhci_pci               6700  0 
dcdbas                  6886  1 dell_laptop
sdhci                  17928  1 sdhci_pci
led_class               3764  2 iwlcore,sdhci
snd                    72455  21 snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
vga16fb                12757  1 
serio_raw               4950  0 
vgastate                9857  1 vga16fb
pcmcia_core            38176  3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
soundcore               8052  1 snd
cfg80211              148546  3 iwlagn,iwlcore,mac80211
snd_page_alloc          8692  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
video                  20623  0 
output                  2503  1 video
lp                      9336  0 
parport                37160  2 ppdev,lp
usbhid                 41084  0 
hid                    83408  1 usbhid
ohci1394               30260  0 
ieee1394               94771  1 ohci1394
tg3                   122382  0 

Greetings,
Thijs

[atkaper]

Hi Gargoulf,

The card reader still doesn't work.
Any hint?

Hmmm, no, sorry... Perhaps there's more info for you in this thread ( but of course you probably already found that one... ):

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=420721&page=3

Hope it helps. By the way, did you try an SD card in there (with/without the tricks) ? It's possible that an XD card needs a different hack, some readers actually have two different reader devices in them...

Greetings,
Thijs.

[Gargoulf]

Hi guys,

Good news: Internal mic pb is SOLVED!

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...er/+bug/519066

[atkaper]

@Gargoulf; any luck with fixing your XD card?
Greetings, Thijs.