On Tue, 20 Mar 2012 23:45:58 +0700 Ken Heard <k...@heard.name> dijo: >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 > >Camaleón wrote: >> On Tue, 20 Mar 2012 22:29:28 +0700, Ken Heard wrote: >> >>> I have a Lenovo R61 laptop which has a built-in SD card slot. The >>> operating system is Lenny. >>> >>> Ever since I bought this laptop in May 2008 I have been able to >>> mount in it SDHC cards from my Canon 60D digital camera. The >>> relevant line in fstab is and has always been: >>> >>> /dev/mmcblk0p1 /media/sd vfat user,noauto,noatime >>> 0 0 >> >> If you're using a DE, I would let it to mount external devices >> automatically, that is, by commenting (#) the above line >> in /etc/fstab. Then, as soon as you attache the card it should be >> recognized, detected and mounted under /media. > >I did as you suggested -- commented out that line in fstab -- and >inserted the card. It was not recognized, detected or mounted under >media. The DE I am using is KDE 3.5.10. > >>> Within the last three hours however -- through no conscious >>> intervention on my part -- I have been unable to mount an SDHC card >>> installed in this slot. The command "mount sd" returns the >>> following: >>> >>> mount: special device /dev/mmcblk0p1 does not exist >> >> And it may be true. Run "/sbin/blkid". > >It is true; I had already discovered that that device does not now >exist, although it must have existed more than three hours ago. > >>> I will consequently be grateful for advice to help me find out what >>> is wrong and how to fix it. >> >> Open a terminal, run "dmesg | tail" and then insert the card to see >> what's going on. > >I ran that "dmesg|tail" both before and after installing the SDHC card >On all occasions that command reported nothing.
This is beginning to sound like hardware failure. The SD card reader in my T61 failed shortly after the three year warranty ended. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120320100141.55535...@mailhost.pdx.edu
