I installed the latest v3.10 kernel but unfortunately that made no difference.
In the meantime I also tried Scientific Linux from the latest (6.4) livecd which exhibited exactly the behaviour. ** Description changed: The internal card reader of a HP Pavilion dv6544eo laptop cannot be used with any version of Ubuntu from 10.10 onwards. In 10.04 card reader worked normally, after version 10.04 the SD card reader displays incomplete or corrupted files (see Bug #875927) with BIOS version F.30 from HP. After upgrade to BIOS version F.34 the card reader cannot be mounted at all. The following error messages can be seen in dmesg: [ 986.234775] mmcblk0: retrying using single block read [ 986.235089] mmcblk0: error -110 transferring data, sector 0, nr 8, cmd response 0x900, card status 0x0 [ 986.235403] mmcblk0: error -110 transferring data, sector 1, nr 7, cmd response 0x900, card status 0x0 [ 986.235719] mmcblk0: error -110 transferring data, sector 2, nr 6, cmd response 0x900, card status 0x0 [ 986.236419] mmcblk0: error -110 transferring data, sector 3, nr 5, cmd response 0x900, card status 0x0 [ 986.236734] mmcblk0: error -110 transferring data, sector 4, nr 4, cmd response 0x900, card status 0x0 [ 986.237048] mmcblk0: error -110 transferring data, sector 5, nr 3, cmd response 0x900, card status 0x0 [ 986.237362] mmcblk0: error -110 transferring data, sector 6, nr 2, cmd response 0x900, card status 0x0 [ 986.237677] mmcblk0: error -110 transferring data, sector 7, nr 1, cmd response 0x900, card status 0x0 [ 986.238022] mmcblk0: error -110 transferring data, sector 0, nr 8, cmd response 0x900, card status 0xb00 [ 986.238026] mmcblk0: retrying using single block read ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: linux-image-3.8.0-19-generic 3.8.0-19.30 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-19.30-generic 3.8.8 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-19-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8 Architecture: i386 AudioDevicesInUse: - USER PID ACCESS COMMAND - /dev/snd/controlC0: aleksi 1480 F.... pulseaudio + USER PID ACCESS COMMAND + /dev/snd/controlC0: aleksi 1480 F.... pulseaudio CRDA: - country GB: - (2402 - 2482 @ 40), (N/A, 20) - (5170 - 5250 @ 40), (N/A, 20) - (5250 - 5330 @ 40), (N/A, 20), DFS - (5490 - 5710 @ 40), (N/A, 27), DFS + country GB: + (2402 - 2482 @ 40), (N/A, 20) + (5170 - 5250 @ 40), (N/A, 20) + (5250 - 5330 @ 40), (N/A, 20), DFS + (5490 - 5710 @ 40), (N/A, 27), DFS Date: Wed May 15 20:17:55 2013 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=31a81224-e057-42bd-88b6-9cba70d75c5e InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-05-09 (6 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release i386 (20130424) Lsusb: - Bus 001 Device 002: ID 04f2:b015 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd VGA 24fps UVC Webcam - Bus 002 Device 002: ID 046d:c521 Logitech, Inc. Cordless Mouse Receiver - Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub - Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub + Bus 001 Device 002: ID 04f2:b015 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd VGA 24fps UVC Webcam + Bus 002 Device 002: ID 046d:c521 Logitech, Inc. Cordless Mouse Receiver + Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub + Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Pavilion dv6000 (GP639EA#UUW) MarkForUpload: True ProcFB: - + ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.8.0-19-generic root=UUID=e454cf62-40a7-4d0e-8a6e-92e927d26cfd ro quiet splash RelatedPackageVersions: - linux-restricted-modules-3.8.0-19-generic N/A - linux-backports-modules-3.8.0-19-generic N/A - linux-firmware 1.106 + linux-restricted-modules-3.8.0-19-generic N/A + linux-backports-modules-3.8.0-19-generic N/A + linux-firmware 1.106 SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 03/22/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.bios.version: F.34 dmi.board.name: 30D0 dmi.board.vendor: Quanta dmi.board.version: 85.26 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: dv6544eo dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Quanta dmi.chassis.version: N/A dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrF.34:bd03/22/2011:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPPaviliondv6000(GP639EA#UUW):pvrRev1:rvnQuanta:rn30D0:rvr85.26:cvnQuanta:ct10:cvrN/A: dmi.product.name: HP Pavilion dv6000 (GP639EA#UUW) dmi.product.version: Rev 1 dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard ** Tags added: kernelbug-exists-upstream ** Tags removed: kernelbug-exists-upstream ** Tags added: kernel-bug-exists-upstream -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1180500 Title: SD Card Reader cannot read card To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1180500/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
