Sandisk Volume on usb not mounting

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billydv · Post by **billydv** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 5:08 am

I have an Hp officejet pro l7780 that has a built in card reader, on my debian system if I plug the sandisk card into the printer, it automounts the sandisk volume, on gentoo it does nothing. I'm not even sure of where to start trying to figure out what the problem is.

coolsnowmen · Post by **coolsnowmen** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 5:35 am

ALOOOOOOOOOOOOOT more information needed.

Do other usbflash mount ?

For hardware problems, lspci is a must, if it is usb, then lsusb too
I don't know anything about debian, but compare kernels and loaded modules?
then would be dmesg and /var/log/messages, check before and after card inserction

make sure "probe all luns" is in the kernel.

under usb I see printer support and 2 sanddisk options that couldn't hurt...what have you tried?

billydv · Post by **billydv** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 5:40 am

I don't have other usbflash devices. As for luns

here is the kernel part

#
# Some SCSI devices (e.g. CD jukebox) support multiple LUNs
#
# CONFIG_SCSI_MULTI_LUN is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_CONSTANTS is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_LOGGING is not set
CONFIG_SCSI_SCAN_ASYNC=y
CONFIG_SCSI_WAIT_SCAN=m

and here is usb

#
# USB Input Devices
#
CONFIG_USB_HID=m
CONFIG_USB_HIDINPUT_POWERBOOK=y
# CONFIG_HID_FF is not set
CONFIG_USB_HIDDEV=y

#
# USB HID Boot Protocol drivers
#
CONFIG_USB_KBD=m
CONFIG_USB_MOUSE=m
CONFIG_USB_SUPPORT=y
CONFIG_USB_ARCH_HAS_HCD=y
CONFIG_USB_ARCH_HAS_OHCI=y
CONFIG_USB_ARCH_HAS_EHCI=y
CONFIG_USB=y
# CONFIG_USB_DEBUG is not set
# CONFIG_USB_ANNOUNCE_NEW_DEVICES is not set

#
# Miscellaneous USB options
#
CONFIG_USB_DEVICEFS=y
CONFIG_USB_DEVICE_CLASS=y
# CONFIG_USB_DYNAMIC_MINORS is not set
CONFIG_USB_SUSPEND=y
# CONFIG_USB_PERSIST is not set
# CONFIG_USB_OTG is not set

#
# USB Host Controller Drivers
#
CONFIG_USB_EHCI_HCD=m
CONFIG_USB_EHCI_ROOT_HUB_TT=y
CONFIG_USB_EHCI_TT_NEWSCHED=y
CONFIG_USB_ISP116X_HCD=m
CONFIG_USB_OHCI_HCD=m
# CONFIG_USB_OHCI_HCD_SSB is not set
# CONFIG_USB_OHCI_BIG_ENDIAN_DESC is not set
# CONFIG_USB_OHCI_BIG_ENDIAN_MMIO is not set
CONFIG_USB_OHCI_LITTLE_ENDIAN=y
CONFIG_USB_UHCI_HCD=m
CONFIG_USB_U132_HCD=m
CONFIG_USB_SL811_HCD=m
CONFIG_USB_SL811_CS=m
CONFIG_USB_R8A66597_HCD=m

#
# USB Device Class drivers
#
CONFIG_USB_ACM=m
CONFIG_USB_PRINTER=m

#
# NOTE: USB_STORAGE enables SCSI, and 'SCSI disk support'
#

#
# may also be needed; see USB_STORAGE Help for more information
#
CONFIG_USB_STORAGE=m
# CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_DEBUG is not set
CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_DATAFAB=y
CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_FREECOM=y
CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_ISD200=y
CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_DPCM=y
CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_USBAT=y
CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_SDDR09=y
CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_SDDR55=y
CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_JUMPSHOT=y
CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_ALAUDA=y
CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_KARMA=y
# CONFIG_USB_LIBUSUAL is not set

#
# USB Imaging devices
#
CONFIG_USB_MDC800=m
CONFIG_USB_MICROTEK=m
CONFIG_USB_MON=y

#
# USB port drivers
#
CONFIG_USB_USS720=m
CONFIG_USB_SERIAL=m
CONFIG_USB_EZUSB=y
CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_GENERIC=y
CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_AIRCABLE=m
CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_AIRPRIME=m
CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_ARK3116=m
CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_BELKIN=m
CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_CH341=m
# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_WHITEHEAT is not set
CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_DIGI_ACCELEPORT=m
CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_CP2101=m
CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_CYPRESS_M8=m
CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_EMPEG=m
CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_FTDI_SIO=m
CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_FUNSOFT=m
CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_VISOR=m
CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_IPAQ=m
CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_IR=m
# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_EDGEPORT is not set
# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_EDGEPORT_TI is not set
CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_GARMIN=m
CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_IPW=m
# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_IUU is not set
CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_KEYSPAN_PDA=m
# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_KEYSPAN is not set
CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_KLSI=m
CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_KOBIL_SCT=m
CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_MCT_U232=m
CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_MOS7720=m
CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_MOS7840=m
CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_NAVMAN=m
CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_PL2303=m
CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_OTI6858=m
CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_HP4X=m
CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_SAFE=m
# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_SAFE_PADDED is not set
CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_SIERRAWIRELESS=m
# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_TI is not set
CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_CYBERJACK=m
CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_XIRCOM=m
CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_OPTION=m
CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_OMNINET=m
CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_DEBUG=m

#
# USB Miscellaneous drivers
#
# CONFIG_USB_EMI62 is not set
# CONFIG_USB_EMI26 is not set
CONFIG_USB_ADUTUX=m
CONFIG_USB_AUERSWALD=m
CONFIG_USB_RIO500=m
CONFIG_USB_LEGOTOWER=m
CONFIG_USB_LCD=m
CONFIG_USB_BERRY_CHARGE=m
CONFIG_USB_LED=m
CONFIG_USB_CYPRESS_CY7C63=m
CONFIG_USB_CYTHERM=m
CONFIG_USB_PHIDGET=m
CONFIG_USB_PHIDGETKIT=m
CONFIG_USB_PHIDGETMOTORCONTROL=m
CONFIG_USB_PHIDGETSERVO=m
CONFIG_USB_IDMOUSE=m
CONFIG_USB_FTDI_ELAN=m
CONFIG_USB_APPLEDISPLAY=m
CONFIG_USB_SISUSBVGA=m
CONFIG_USB_SISUSBVGA_CON=y
CONFIG_USB_LD=m
CONFIG_USB_TRANCEVIBRATOR=m
CONFIG_USB_IOWARRIOR=m
CONFIG_USB_TEST=m
CONFIG_USB_ATM=m
CONFIG_USB_SPEEDTOUCH=m
CONFIG_USB_CXACRU=m
CONFIG_USB_UEAGLEATM=m
CONFIG_USB_XUSBATM=m
CONFIG_USB_GADGET=m
# CONFIG_USB_GADGET_DEBUG_FILES is not set
CONFIG_USB_GADGET_SELECTED=y
# CONFIG_USB_GADGET_AMD5536UDC is not set
# CONFIG_USB_GADGET_ATMEL_USBA is not set
# CONFIG_USB_GADGET_FSL_USB2 is not set
CONFIG_USB_GADGET_NET2280=y
CONFIG_USB_NET2280=m
# CONFIG_USB_GADGET_PXA2XX is not set
# CONFIG_USB_GADGET_M66592 is not set
# CONFIG_USB_GADGET_GOKU is not set
# CONFIG_USB_GADGET_LH7A40X is not set
# CONFIG_USB_GADGET_OMAP is not set
# CONFIG_USB_GADGET_S3C2410 is not set
# CONFIG_USB_GADGET_AT91 is not set
# CONFIG_USB_GADGET_DUMMY_HCD is not set
CONFIG_USB_GADGET_DUALSPEED=y
CONFIG_USB_ZERO=m
CONFIG_USB_ETH=m
CONFIG_USB_ETH_RNDIS=y
CONFIG_USB_GADGETFS=m
CONFIG_USB_FILE_STORAGE=m
# CONFIG_USB_FILE_STORAGE_TEST is not set
CONFIG_USB_G_SERIAL=m
CONFIG_USB_MIDI_GADGET=m
# CONFIG_USB_G_PRINTER is not set
CONFIG_MMC=m
# CONFIG_MMC_DEBUG is not set
# CONFIG_MMC_UNSAFE_RESUME is not set

#
# MMC/SD Card Drivers
#
CONFIG_MMC_BLOCK=m
CONFIG_MMC_BLOCK_BOUNCE=y
CONFIG_SDIO_UART=m

#
# MMC/SD Host Controller Drivers
#
CONFIG_MMC_SDHCI=m
CONFIG_MMC_RICOH_MMC=m
CONFIG_MMC_WBSD=m
CONFIG_MMC_TIFM_SD=m
# CONFIG_MEMSTICK is not set
CONFIG_NEW_LEDS=y
CONFIG_LEDS_CLASS=m

billydv · Post by **billydv** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 5:42 am

lspci

lspci
00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 0 (rev a2)
00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 1 (rev a2)
00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 5 (rev a2)
00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 4 (rev a2)
00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
00:00.6 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 3 (rev a2)
00:00.7 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 2 (rev a2)
00:02.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1)
00:03.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1)
00:04.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1)
00:09.0 Memory controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 Memory Controller (rev a4)
00:0a.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 ISA Bridge (rev a4)
00:0a.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation CK804 SMBus (rev a2)
00:0b.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller (rev a2)
00:0b.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller (rev a4)
00:0d.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 AC'97 Audio Controller (rev a2)
00:0f.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 IDE (rev f3)
00:10.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller (rev f3)
00:11.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller (rev f3)
00:12.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCI Bridge (rev a2)
00:13.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 Ethernet Controller (rev a3)
00:16.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
00:17.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:00.0 Mass storage controller: Silicon Image, Inc. SiI 3132 Serial ATA Raid II Controller (rev 01)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8053 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 15)
03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G80 [GeForce 8800 GTS] (rev a2)
04:0b.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB22/A IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link)
Windows2 billydv #

and lsusb

lsusb
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 051d:0002 American Power Conversion Uninterruptible Power Supply
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001
Bus 001 Device 009: ID 03f0:2312 Hewlett-Packard
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002
Windows2 billydv #

coolsnowmen · Post by **coolsnowmen** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 6:00 am

billydv wrote: # CONFIG_SCSI_MULTI_LUN is not set

This is under scsi->probe all luns, and should be set. You will need to rebuild,install,&reboot

coolsnowmen · Post by **coolsnowmen** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 6:03 am

also the lsusb verbose for that device might provide more information for searching...
Bus 001 Device 009: ID 03f0:2312 Hewlett-Packard

I think: lsusb -v -s 001:009

billydv · Post by **billydv** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 11:52 pm

I recompiled my kernel with the other options but still nothing.

lsusb -v -s 001:003

Bus 001 Device 003: ID 03f0:2312 Hewlett-Packard
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 2.00
bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level)
bDeviceSubClass 0
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 64
idVendor 0x03f0 Hewlett-Packard
idProduct 0x2312
bcdDevice 1.00
iManufacturer 1 HP
iProduct 2 Officejet Pro L7700
iSerial 3 MY75H530GH
bNumConfigurations 1
Configuration Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 2
wTotalLength 131
bNumInterfaces 4
bConfigurationValue 1
iConfiguration 0
bmAttributes 0xc0
Self Powered
MaxPower 2mA
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 0
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 3
bInterfaceClass 255 Vendor Specific Class
bInterfaceSubClass 204
bInterfaceProtocol 0
iInterface 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x01 EP 1 OUT
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes
bInterval 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x82 EP 2 IN
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes
bInterval 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x83 EP 3 IN
bmAttributes 3
Transfer Type Interrupt
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0008 1x 8 bytes
bInterval 7
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 1
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 2
bInterfaceClass 7 Printer
bInterfaceSubClass 1 Printer
bInterfaceProtocol 2 Bidirectional
iInterface 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x0a EP 10 OUT
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes
bInterval 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x8b EP 11 IN
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes
bInterval 0
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 2
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 2
bInterfaceClass 255 Vendor Specific Class
bInterfaceSubClass 255 Vendor Specific Subclass
bInterfaceProtocol 255 Vendor Specific Protocol
iInterface 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x07 EP 7 OUT
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes
bInterval 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x88 EP 8 IN
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes
bInterval 0
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 2
bAlternateSetting 1
bNumEndpoints 2
bInterfaceClass 255 Vendor Specific Class
bInterfaceSubClass 212
bInterfaceProtocol 0
iInterface 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x07 EP 7 OUT
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes
bInterval 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x88 EP 8 IN
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes
bInterval 0
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 3
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 2
bInterfaceClass 8 Mass Storage
bInterfaceSubClass 6 SCSI
bInterfaceProtocol 80 Bulk (Zip)
iInterface 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x04 EP 4 OUT
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes
bInterval 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x85 EP 5 IN
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes
bInterval 0
Device Qualifier (for other device speed):
bLength 10
bDescriptorType 6
bcdUSB 2.00
bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level)
bDeviceSubClass 0
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 64
bNumConfigurations 1
Device Status: 0x0001
Self Powered

coolsnowmen · Post by **coolsnowmen** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 1:12 am

are device nodes created? what does dmesg / messages say? does fdisk see it?

billydv · Post by **billydv** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 1:22 am

it seemed to create the nodes as sdf1. In fact I was able to mount it manually but it didn't seem to recognize that they were pictures and it seemed unusable. I copied the kernel config from my working debian box and it still didnt work.

billydv · Post by **billydv** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 1:22 am

I wonder if Im not missing something that needs to be emerged?

coolsnowmen · Post by **coolsnowmen** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 1:50 am

billydv wrote:it seemed to create the nodes as sdf1. In fact I was able to mount it manually but it didn't seem to recognize that they were pictures and it seemed unusable.

I am having a hard time following your statement.
The first 'it' would be the kernel/udev.
The second 'it' would be the device node/card?
What is the third 'it'? What doesnt recognize thay there [are] picture on it. When you mount it can you see the pictures?

billydv · Post by **billydv** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 1:33 pm

I have recompiled the kernel 3 times to try to fix this in the last 2 days including various different things but the most recent recompile was with the kernel config from a debian amd64 machine which uses the very same gentoo sources for its kernel (I use the gentoo sources on my debian box because I like the framebuffer splash!!!), and after rebuilding my kernel now with the very same config as the debian machine with changes only made to include builtin support for the different chipset and also to include multiprocessor support, the card still does not automount as it does on my debian box.
After having seen that plugging the card into the hp printer had created /dev/sdf1 I decided to try to manually mount the volume by doing as root mount /dev/sdf1 /mnt . This seemed to mount the volume and indeed I was able to see that the folder with the jpg's were now under /mnt but when I clicked on one of the jpg it didn't show the picture, I just got a blank image. BTW it seemed to take about a minute to actually mount the volume and secondary attempts to mount the volume again sometimes succeeded and sometimes failed with unrecognized file system.

billydv · Post by **billydv** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 1:36 pm

What would I run to see if fdisk sees it?

billydv · Post by **billydv** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 2:03 pm

I just ran fdisk -l on the debian machine and it seems to see the volume as a fat 12 filesystem.

billydv · Post by **billydv** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 2:11 pm

Do I need Ivman? After reading a bit it seems that Ivman is required to aoutomount removable volumes.

bblount · Post by **bblount** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 8:35 pm

When you mount it manually you need to mount it as your user so that you have permissions to read and write to it. The easiest way to do this is to:

mount -o uid=1000 /dev/sdf1 /mnt/removable

Of course replace 1000 with your user's UID (run echo $UID as your user).

billydv · Post by **billydv** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 9:48 pm

Okay, I have it mounted as it seems to have shown up this time as sde1 but it cant seem to read the images. Any image reader I open it with comes up with an error.

billydv · Post by **billydv** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 1:13 am

Here,
When opening a photo on the mounted disk, gimp complains that
failed: rawphoto plug-in could not open image

coolsnowmen · Post by **coolsnowmen** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 3:00 am

billydv wrote:Here,
When opening a photo on the mounted disk, gimp complains that
failed: rawphoto plug-in could not open image

ok we are getting WAY away from [auto]mounting....

What problem do you want to look into first, I have no problem helping. But I'ld rather look at one thing at a time.

Direction 1) Why can't you read the images
next question-> what format are they in, what (if anything) have you ever used to read them etc.

Direction 2) Why isn't the device automounting
what environment are you in that you expect this: kde, gnome, command line?

billydv · Post by **billydv** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 3:29 am

1- I am in kde 3.5.9. Same computer will automount cds and dvds but does nothing when plugging in the 8mb compact flash card into my hp printer with the built in card reader. Same thing on the epson printer, no response when plugging it in.

2- I am wondering if somehow the reason it won't read the images is somehow related to the no automount problem, when it automounts on my debian box (I have a usb switch and can switch the printer from my debian to my gentoo), fdisk -l shows the filesystem on the card as fat12. Possibly, I have something wrong on my system that doesnt include support for fat12.

billydv · Post by **billydv** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 11:05 pm

Okay, I'm getting somewhere now, Another box of mine that has both kde 3.5.9 and 4.0 has the very same problem without ever having made changes to the kernel. Furthermore, card mounts automatically in kde4 as sanvol but does nothing in kde 3.5.

billydv · Post by **billydv** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 11:46 pm

And now another thing, I just realized I had an old jumpshot card reader specific for just this compact flash card (came with the camera when I bought it), when I plug that in its recognized immediately.

So now I ask you what is it that will allow a simple card reader to plug in by usb and automount and work perfectly but not the card readers on either my epson or hp printers?

billydv · Post by **billydv** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 11:50 pm

Also BTW, both the epson and hp printers card readers show up immediately in debian and automount.

billydv · Post by **billydv** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 2:39 am

Okay, and now after some further testing I have found that when using the epson reader, it will usually automount at this point correctly, why then will it not automount with the HP?

billydv · Post by **billydv** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 4:00 am

Okay, I have finally realized what is going on. 1 gentoo box that has an older mboard will see it just fine so long as only 1 printer is turned on at a time. The original box I posted about somehow does some kind of emulation through the bios and simply doesnt allow it to be usable