Seeing something akin to this on a Toshiba Tecra M11, installed 11.10 yesterday. Kernel seems to be up to date:
Linux node428 3.0.0-14-generic-pae #23-Ubuntu SMP Mon Nov 21 22:07:10 UTC 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux Device seems a bit different though: 01:00.0 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd MMC/SD Host Controller (rev 01) 01:00.1 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd Memory Stick Host Controller (rev 01) 01:00.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd Device e852 (rev 01) Adding to this, it seems the device supports ejecting the card via software control, and as far as I have seen now, I got the card to remain loaded only once, seeing this in dmesg... [ 1561.064650] mmc0: Controller never released inhibit bit(s). [ 1561.064659] sdhci: =========== REGISTER DUMP (mmc0)=========== [ 1561.064668] sdhci: Sys addr: 0x00000000 | Version: 0x00000400 [ 1561.064676] sdhci: Blk size: 0x00000000 | Blk cnt: 0x00000000 [ 1561.064684] sdhci: Argument: 0x00000000 | Trn mode: 0x00000000 [ 1561.064692] sdhci: Present: 0x01ff0001 | Host ctl: 0x00000001 [ 1561.064700] sdhci: Power: 0x0000000f | Blk gap: 0x00000000 [ 1561.064707] sdhci: Wake-up: 0x00000000 | Clock: 0x00004007 [ 1561.064715] sdhci: Timeout: 0x00000000 | Int stat: 0x00000000 [ 1561.064723] sdhci: Int enab: 0x00ff00c3 | Sig enab: 0x00ff00c3 [ 1561.064731] sdhci: AC12 err: 0x00000000 | Slot int: 0x00000000 [ 1561.064739] sdhci: Caps: 0x01e032b2 | Caps_1: 0x00000000 [ 1561.064747] sdhci: Cmd: 0x0000371a | Max curr: 0x00000040 [ 1561.064752] sdhci: Host ctl2: 0x00000000 [ 1561.064755] sdhci: =========================================== [ 2628.760076] usb 1-1.6: USB disconnect, device number 5 ... and now being not even able to correctly insert the card anymore as the mechanism "ejecting" the card seems in some way open so the card won't stay in place...? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/773524 Title: [Toshiba Tecra R850] SD card reader doesn't work To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/773524/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs