[SOLVED] SD card reader doesn't work (MX-16 on DELL Latitude 3150)

[Stevo]

Yes, you add whatever parameters you want the module to run with in some sort of .conf file, not in GRUB.

JLS727, was that "latest kernel" the Liquorix or the antiX one? And if you were running a proprietary AMD or Nvidia video driver, a 41.0 kernel currently requires the version of that from our test repository. You can also do a boot to an earlier kernel from the Advanced section of the GRUB boot menu if necessary, no need to remove it first if things still can't be fixed.

[JLS727]

The latest kernel was the Liquorix one 4-10-11. I was afraid to try the Antix kernel. I am running an intel cpu and video driver. I did boot from the advanced section grub. That was how I was able to get back into MX-16 and make changes. I just wanted the primary kernel in grub to be the one that I use. I dual boot with windows 10 pro. For some reason, the linux kernels out there do not recognize my sd card reader and throw errors during boot. Some kernels boot anyone and some just keep throwing errors and do not boot - not sure why. I was a distro hopper and now have settled on MX-16 as it is the best in my view. The stock kernel in MX-16 actually works well other than the card reader issue, but I realize that is not a fault of MX-16 but the kernel. Hopefully, this issue will be eventually solved. Thanks to everyone at MX-16 for all the work they do on this great disto.

[Stevo]

There may be a fixed driver out there in the Net someplace--does lsusb or lspci show the hardware for the reader?

[anticapitalista]

I was afraid to try the Antix kernel. ..

Why the fear? It won't eat your data, just keep your working one just in case it does not work (well) for your box.

[JLS727]

lspci does show the sd card reader. lsusb does not show it.

[Jerry3904]

It would be helpful if you could copy and paste the output (just for the card reader) for this command

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lspci -vv

[JLS727]

See below:

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$ lspci -vv
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Device 2280 (rev 35)
	Subsystem: Dell Device 06a8
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0
	Kernel driver in use: iosf_mbi_pci

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Device 22b1 (rev 35) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
	Subsystem: Dell Device 06a8
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 119
	Region 0: Memory at 90000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
	Region 2: Memory at 80000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
	Region 4: I/O ports at f000 [size=64]
	[virtual] Expansion ROM at 000c0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: i915

00:0b.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Device 22dc (rev 35)
	Subsystem: Dell Device 06a8
	Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 118
	Region 0: Memory at 91516000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: proc_thermal

00:13.0 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Device 22a3 (rev 35) (prog-if 01 [AHCI 1.0])
	Subsystem: Dell Device 06a8
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 117
	Region 4: I/O ports at f060 [size=32]
	Region 5: Memory at 91515000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: ahci

00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Device 22b5 (rev 35) (prog-if 30 [XHCI])
	Subsystem: Dell Device 06a8
	Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 116
	Region 0: Memory at 91500000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd

00:1a.0 Encryption controller: Intel Corporation Device 2298 (rev 35)
	Subsystem: Dell Device 06a8
	Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 10
	Region 0: Memory at 91100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
	Region 1: Memory at 91000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
	Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Device 2284 (rev 35)
	Subsystem: Dell Device 06a8
	Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 121
	Region 0: Memory at 91510000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel

00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 22c8 (rev 35) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
	I/O behind bridge: 00001000-00001fff
	Memory behind bridge: 91600000-917fffff
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 0000000091800000-00000000919fffff
	Secondary status: 66MHz- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ <SERR- <PERR-
	BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- NoISA- VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
		PriDiscTmr- SecDiscTmr- DiscTmrStat- DiscTmrSERREn-
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 22ca (rev 35) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
	Memory behind bridge: 91400000-914fffff
	Secondary status: 66MHz- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ <SERR- <PERR-
	BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- NoISA- VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
		PriDiscTmr- SecDiscTmr- DiscTmrStat- DiscTmrSERREn-
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 22cc (rev 35) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0
	Memory behind bridge: 91300000-913fffff
	Secondary status: 66MHz- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ <SERR- <PERR-
	BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- NoISA- VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
		PriDiscTmr- SecDiscTmr- DiscTmrStat- DiscTmrSERREn-
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 22ce (rev 35) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=04, subordinate=04, sec-latency=0
	I/O behind bridge: 0000e000-0000efff
	Memory behind bridge: 91200000-912fffff
	Secondary status: 66MHz- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ <SERR- <PERR-
	BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- NoISA- VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
		PriDiscTmr- SecDiscTmr- DiscTmrStat- DiscTmrSERREn-
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Device 229c (rev 35)
	Subsystem: Dell Device 06a8
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: lpc_ich

00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation Device 2292 (rev 35)
	Subsystem: Dell Device 06a8
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 18
	Region 0: Memory at 91514000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32]
	Region 4: I/O ports at f040 [size=32]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus

02:00.0 SD Host controller: O2 Micro, Inc. Device 8620 (rev 01) (prog-if 01)
	Subsystem: Dell Device 06a8
	Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 17
	Region 0: Memory at 91401000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
	Region 1: Memory at 91400000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: sdhci-pci

03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless 7265 (rev 59)
	Subsystem: Intel Corporation Dual Band Wireless-AC 7265
	Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 120
	Region 0: Memory at 91300000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi

04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 0c)
	Subsystem: Dell Device 06a8
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 115
	Region 0: I/O ports at e000 [size=256]
	Region 2: Memory at 91204000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
	Region 4: Memory at 91200000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=16K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: r8169

[Jerry3904]

lspci does show the sd card reader

Sorry, but I don't see it there. Which is it?

[kmathern]

Sorry, but I don't see it there. Which is it?

I think this is it

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02:00.0 SD Host controller: O2 Micro, Inc. Device 8620 (rev 01) (prog-if 01)
   Subsystem: Dell Device 06a8
   Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
   Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
   Latency: 0
   Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 17
   Region 0: Memory at 91401000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
   Region 1: Memory at 91400000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
   Capabilities: <access denied>
   Kernel driver in use: sdhci-pci

[Jerry3904]

Thanks. There does seem to be a way to make it work on a more modern kernel, see the detailed treatment here:

http://www.0xf8.org/2016/01/workaround- ... ion-4-1-8/

The workaround appears to be to run this code as root:

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rmmod sdhci sdhci_pci sdhci_acpi
modprobe sdhci debug_quirks2="0x10000"
modprobe sdhci_pci

But this is really out of my league, so hopefully someone else can help.