USB MicroSD card reader fails to mount

[Kam Leo]

On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 7:37 PM, Max Pyziur <pyz at brama.com> wrote:
>
>
> Greetings,
>
> This evening when I installed my USB MicroSD reader into a USB port it
> failed to be mounted.
>
> My flash drives mount properly.
>
> Looking at the log files I see:
> Apr 21 23:12:54 brill kernel: usb 1-2: new high speed USB device using
> ehci_hcd and address 7
> Apr 21 23:12:54 brill kernel: usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
> Apr 21 23:12:54 brill kernel: scsi11 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage
> devices
> Apr 21 23:12:54 brill kernel: usb 1-2: New USB device found, idVendor=090c,
> idProduct=6200
> Apr 21 23:12:54 brill kernel: usb 1-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1,
> Product=2, SerialNumber=3
> Apr 21 23:12:54 brill kernel: usb 1-2: Product: Generic USB2.0 card
> Apr 21 23:12:54 brill kernel: usb 1-2: Manufacturer: Silicon Motion, Inc.
> Apr 21 23:12:54 brill kernel: usb 1-2: SerialNumber: 12345678901234567890
> Apr 21 23:12:59 brill kernel: scsi 11:0:0:0: Direct-Access     Generic USB
>  SD Reader   1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
> Apr 21 23:12:59 brill kernel: sd 11:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable
> disk
> Apr 21 23:12:59 brill kernel: sd 11:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0
>
> It stops there.
>
> A few days ago when I mounted the reader and card, /var/log/messages read:
> Apr 13 07:27:19 brill kernel: usb 3-1: USB disconnect, address 2
> Apr 13 07:28:30 brill kernel: usb 1-1: new high speed USB device using
> ehci_hcd and address 3
> Apr 13 07:28:30 brill kernel: usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
> Apr 13 07:28:30 brill kernel: usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=090c,
> idProduct=6200
> Apr 13 07:28:30 brill kernel: usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1,
> Product=2, SerialNumber=3
> Apr 13 07:28:30 brill kernel: usb 1-1: Product: Generic USB2.0 card
> Apr 13 07:28:30 brill kernel: usb 1-1: Manufacturer: Silicon Motion, Inc.
> Apr 13 07:28:30 brill kernel: usb 1-1: SerialNumber: 12345678901234567890
> Apr 13 07:28:32 brill kernel: Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
> Apr 13 07:28:32 brill kernel: scsi6 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage
> devices
> Apr 13 07:28:32 brill kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver
> usb-storage
> Apr 13 07:28:32 brill kernel: USB Mass Storage support registered.
> Apr 13 07:28:37 brill kernel: scsi 6:0:0:0: Direct-Access     Generic  USB
> SD Reader   1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
> Apr 13 07:28:37 brill kernel: sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] 7745536 512-byte hardware
> sectors (3966 MB)
> Apr 13 07:28:37 brill kernel: sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
> Apr 13 07:28:37 brill kernel: sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write
> through
> Apr 13 07:28:37 brill kernel: sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] 7745536 512-byte hardware
> sectors (3966 MB)
> Apr 13 07:28:37 brill kernel: sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
> Apr 13 07:28:37 brill kernel: sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write
> through
> Apr 13 07:28:37 brill kernel: sdc: sdc1
> Apr 13 07:28:37 brill kernel: sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk
> Apr 13 07:28:37 brill kernel: sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0
> Apr 13 07:28:40 brill gnome-keyring-daemon[3199]: adding removable location:
> volume_uuid_565F_311A at /media/Kingston
> Apr 13 07:28:40 brill hald: mounted /dev/sdc1 on behalf of uid 500
>
>
> Any suggestions on how to mount this card?
>
> Much thanks.
>
> Max Pyziur
> pyz at brama.com

What type of media did you put into the reader? Verify that your
reader is capable of reading SDHC media. Many are not.