SD Card Reader not recognized on PureOS

bh00 · November 12, 2018, 7:35pm

Hey! I’ve just started using PureOS and I’m loving it!
However, I’m having some trouble to use SD Cards (which I hadn’t before with Ubuntu).
After some search, it looks like there’s a problem with kernel and drivers, but my linux knowledge is limited and I’d rather look for help before messing up with kernel.

cirogomes@democracy:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller (rev 09)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200/2nd Generation Core Processor Family PCI Express Root Port (rev 09)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 05)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 05)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev b5)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev b5)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 5 (rev b5)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 05)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation HM67 Express Chipset Family LPC Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family 6 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 05)
02:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)
03:00.0 USB controller: NEC Corporation uPD720200 USB 3.0 Host Controller (rev 04)
04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101/2/6E PCI Express Fast/Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 05)
Nothing is unrecognized. I'm still not sure which of these is the card reader, probably some usb controller.

cirogomes@democracy:~$ lsusb
Bus 004 Device 003: ID 0cf3:3002 Atheros Communications, Inc. AR3011 Bluetooth
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 093a:2510 Pixart Imaging, Inc. Optical Mouse
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 007: ID 1bcf:2880 Sunplus Innovation Technology Inc. Dell HD Webcam
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

dmesg:
[ 1638.670123] usb 1-1.1: new high-speed USB device number 50 using ehci-pci
[ 1649.353906] usb 1-1.1: device not accepting address 50, error -110
[ 1649.433919] usb 1-1.1: new high-speed USB device number 51 using ehci-pci
[ 1660.105718] usb 1-1.1: device not accepting address 51, error -110
[ 1660.106000] usb 1-1-port1: unable to enumerate USB device
[ 1660.289702] usb 1-1.1: new high-speed USB device number 52 using ehci-pci
[ 1665.609622] usb 1-1.1: device descriptor read/64, error -110
[ 1681.225410] usb 1-1.1: device descriptor read/64, error -110
[ 1681.413406] usb 1-1.1: new high-speed USB device number 53 using ehci-pci
[ 1686.601343] usb 1-1.1: device descriptor read/64, error -110
[ 1689.965304] usb 1-1.1: device descriptor read/64, error -71
[ 1690.073520] usb 1-1-port1: attempt power cycle
[ 1690.677316] usb 1-1.1: new high-speed USB device number 54 using ehci-pci
[ 1696.629221] usb 1-1.1: device not accepting address 54, error -71
[ 1696.917241] usb 1-1.1: new high-speed USB device number 55 using ehci-pci


cirogomes@democracy:~$ uname -v
#1 SMP Debian 4.18.10-2 (2018-10-07)
cirogomes@democracy:~$ uname -r
4.18.0-2-amd64

Unfortunately I didn’t test the sd card reader before today’s update (12/nov/18), so I’m not sure if it’s related.
Anyway, thanks in advance. Let me know if more information is needed.

bh00 · November 12, 2018, 9:09pm

[    0.078691] clocksource: acpi_pm: mask: 0xffffff max_cycles: 0xffffff, max_idle_ns: 2085701024 ns
[    0.078726] pci 0000:00:01.0: PCI bridge to [bus 01]
[    0.078733] pci 0000:00:1c.0: PCI bridge to [bus 02]
[    0.078739] pci 0000:00:1c.0:   bridge window [mem 0xd0500000-0xd05fffff]
[    0.078748] pci 0000:00:1c.2: PCI bridge to [bus 03]
[    0.078754] pci 0000:00:1c.2:   bridge window [mem 0xd0400000-0xd04fffff]
[    0.078763] pci 0000:00:1c.4: PCI bridge to [bus 04]
[    0.078776] pci_bus 0000:00: resource 4 [io  0x0000-0x0cf7 window]
[    0.078777] pci_bus 0000:00: resource 5 [io  0x0d00-0xffff window]
[    0.078778] pci_bus 0000:00: resource 6 [mem 0x000a0000-0x000bffff window]
[    0.078780] pci_bus 0000:00: resource 7 [mem 0xbfa00000-0xfeafffff window]
[    0.078781] pci_bus 0000:00: resource 8 [mem 0xfed40000-0xfed44fff window]
[    0.078782] pci_bus 0000:02: resource 1 [mem 0xd0500000-0xd05fffff]
[    0.078784] pci_bus 0000:03: resource 1 [mem 0xd0400000-0xd04fffff]
[    0.078849] NET: Registered protocol family 2
[    0.078978] tcp_listen_portaddr_hash hash table entries: 4096 (order: 4, 65536 bytes)
[    0.079007] TCP established hash table entries: 65536 (order: 7, 524288 bytes)
[    0.079116] TCP bind hash table entries: 65536 (order: 8, 1048576 bytes)
[    0.079238] TCP: Hash tables configured (established 65536 bind 65536)
[    0.079278] UDP hash table entries: 4096 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
[    0.079303] UDP-Lite hash table entries: 4096 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
[    0.079355] NET: Registered protocol family 1
[    0.079370] pci 0000:00:02.0: Video device with shadowed ROM at [mem 0x000c0000-0x000dffff]
[    0.079776] PCI: CLS 64 bytes, default 64
[    0.079810] Unpacking initramfs...
[    0.641304] Freeing initrd memory: 35788K
[    0.664060] PCI-DMA: Using software bounce buffering for IO (SWIOTLB)
[    0.664075] software IO TLB [mem 0xb6c8f000-0xbac8f000] (64MB) mapped at [(____ptrval____)-(____ptrval____)]
[    0.664658] Initialise system trusted keyrings
[    0.664708] workingset: timestamp_bits=40 max_order=21 bucket_order=0
[    0.665744] zbud: loaded
[    0.665962] pstore: using deflate compression
[    1.001174] Key type asymmetric registered
[    1.001178] Asymmetric key parser 'x509' registered
[    1.001212] Block layer SCSI generic (bsg) driver version 0.4 loaded (major 248)
[    1.001242] io scheduler noop registered
[    1.001244] io scheduler deadline registered
[    1.001280] io scheduler cfq registered (default)
[    1.001283] io scheduler mq-deadline registered
[    1.001712] shpchp: Standard Hot Plug PCI Controller Driver version: 0.4
[    1.001724] vesafb: mode is 1024x768x32, linelength=4096, pages=0
[    1.001726] vesafb: scrolling: redraw
[    1.001729] vesafb: Truecolor: size=8:8:8:8, shift=24:16:8:0
[    1.001741] vesafb: framebuffer at 0xc0000000, mapped to 0x(____ptrval____), using 3072k, total 3072k
[    1.048707] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 128x48
[    1.096179] fb0: VESA VGA frame buffer device
[    1.096578] intel_idle: MWAIT substates: 0x21120
[    1.096578] intel_idle: v0.4.1 model 0x2A
[    1.096710] intel_idle: lapic_timer_reliable_states 0xffffffff
[    1.096934] Serial: 8250/16550 driver, 4 ports, IRQ sharing enabled
[    1.097857] Linux agpgart interface v0.103
[    1.098258] AMD IOMMUv2 driver by Joerg Roedel <jroedel@suse.de>
[    1.098788] AMD IOMMUv2 functionality not available on this system
[    1.099571] i8042: PNP: PS/2 Controller [PNP0303:PS2K,PNP0f13:PS2M] at 0x60,0x64 irq 1,12
[    1.106207] serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
[    1.106650] serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
[    1.107240] mousedev: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
[    1.107763] rtc_cmos 00:01: RTC can wake from S4
[    1.108347] rtc_cmos 00:01: registered as rtc0
[    1.108750] rtc_cmos 00:01: alarms up to one month, y3k, 242 bytes nvram, hpet irqs
[    1.109429] intel_pstate: Intel P-state driver initializing
[    1.110208] ledtrig-cpu: registered to indicate activity on CPUs
[    1.113296] NET: Registered protocol family 10
[    1.115484] input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard as /devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input0
[    1.122933] Segment Routing with IPv6
[    1.123246] mip6: Mobile IPv6
[    1.123634] NET: Registered protocol family 17
[    1.124579] mpls_gso: MPLS GSO support
[    1.126039] microcode: sig=0x206a7, pf=0x10, revision=0x23
[    1.126685] microcode: Microcode Update Driver: v2.2.
[    1.126704] sched_clock: Marking stable (1126674178, 0)->(1116484640, 10189538)
[    1.172877] registered taskstats version 1
[    1.189106] Loading compiled-in X.509 certificates
[    1.247465] Loaded X.509 cert 'secure-boot-test-key-lfaraone: 97c1b25cddf9873ca78a58f3d73bf727d2cf78ff'
[    1.284906] zswap: loaded using pool lzo/zbud
[    1.303507] AppArmor: AppArmor sha1 policy hashing enabled
[    1.320307] rtc_cmos 00:01: setting system clock to 2018-11-12 19:24:42 UTC (1542050682)
[    1.338150] Freeing unused kernel image memory: 1548K
[    1.372109] Write protecting the kernel read-only data: 16384k
[    1.429373] Freeing unused kernel image memory: 2028K
[    1.446164] Freeing unused kernel image memory: 836K
[    1.468612] x86/mm: Checked W+X mappings: passed, no W+X pages found.
[    1.485046] x86/mm: Checking user space page tables
[    1.507309] x86/mm: Checked W+X mappings: passed, no W+X pages found.
[    1.657154] input: Power Button as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0C:00/input/input2
[    1.676035] ACPI: Power Button [PWRB]
[    1.694005] input: Sleep Button as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0E:00/input/input3
[    1.696025] tsc: Refined TSC clocksource calibration: 2790.934 MHz
[    1.712392] ACPI: Sleep Button [SLPB]
[    1.730622] clocksource: tsc: mask: 0xffffffffffffffff max_cycles: 0x283acc80692, max_idle_ns: 440795346123 ns
[    1.768039] input: Lid Switch as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input4
[    1.787280] clocksource: Switched to clocksource tsc
[    1.787292] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID0]
[    1.825059] input: Power Button as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXPWRBN:00/input/input5
[    1.844242] ACPI: Power Button [PWRF]
[    1.864473] i801_smbus 0000:00:1f.3: SMBus using PCI interrupt
[    1.884017] ACPI: bus type USB registered
[    1.903191] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[    1.904793] wmi_bus wmi_bus-PNP0C14:00: WQBC data block query control method not found
[    1.922357] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[    1.960231] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[    1.982138] SCSI subsystem initialized
[    2.001325] ehci_hcd: USB 2.0 'Enhanced' Host Controller (EHCI) Driver
[    2.021959] thermal LNXTHERM:00: registered as thermal_zone0
[    2.041641] ACPI: Thermal Zone [TZ00] (65 C)
[    2.061353] cryptd: max_cpu_qlen set to 1000
[    2.061552] thermal LNXTHERM:01: registered as thermal_zone1
[    2.099838] ACPI: Thermal Zone [TZ01] (65 C)
[    2.119899] ehci-pci: EHCI PCI platform driver
[    2.132046] libata version 3.00 loaded.
[    2.138965] ehci-pci 0000:00:1a.0: EHCI Host Controller
[    2.157813] ehci-pci 0000:00:1a.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
[    2.176837] ehci-pci 0000:00:1a.0: debug port 2
[    2.196427] AVX version of gcm_enc/dec engaged.
[    2.199519] ehci-pci 0000:00:1a.0: cache line size of 64 is not supported
[    2.215205] AES CTR mode by8 optimization enabled
[    2.215215] ehci-pci 0000:00:1a.0: irq 16, io mem 0xd060a000
[    2.253522] alg: No test for pcbc(aes) (pcbc-aes-aesni)
[    2.272283] ehci-pci 0000:00:1a.0: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00
[    2.291078] usb usb1: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002, bcdDevice= 4.18
[    2.309362] usb usb1: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[    2.327356] usb usb1: Product: EHCI Host Controller
[    2.327432] ahci 0000:00:1f.2: version 3.0
[    2.345774] usb usb1: Manufacturer: Linux 4.18.0-2-amd64 ehci_hcd
[    2.345944] ahci 0000:00:1f.2: SSS flag set, parallel bus scan disabled
[    2.364259] usb usb1: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1a.0
[    2.392767] ahci 0000:00:1f.2: AHCI 0001.0300 32 slots 6 ports 6 Gbps 0x13 impl SATA mode
[    2.400961] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[    2.419379] ahci 0000:00:1f.2: flags: 64bit ncq sntf stag pm led clo pio slum part ems sxs apst 
[    2.449101] scsi host0: ahci
[    2.456964] hub 1-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[    2.494586] scsi host1: ahci
[    2.496009] xhci_hcd 0000:03:00.0: xHCI Host Controller
[    2.513378] scsi host2: ahci
[    2.531850] xhci_hcd 0000:03:00.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
[    2.568033] scsi host3: ahci
[    2.569415] xhci_hcd 0000:03:00.0: hcc params 0x014042cb hci version 0x96 quirks 0x0000000000000004
[    2.587856] scsi host4: ahci
[    2.606734] usb usb2: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002, bcdDevice= 4.18
[    2.625264] scsi host5: ahci
[    2.643792] usb usb2: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[    2.643794] usb usb2: Product: xHCI Host Controller
[    2.643795] usb usb2: Manufacturer: Linux 4.18.0-2-amd64 xhci-hcd
[    2.662251] ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m2048@0xd0608000 port 0xd0608100 irq 26
[    2.680645] usb usb2: SerialNumber: 0000:03:00.0
[    2.680649] checking generic (c0000000 300000) vs hw (c0000000 10000000)
[    2.680799] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[    2.680811] hub 2-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[    2.680952] xhci_hcd 0000:03:00.0: xHCI Host Controller
[    2.680955] xhci_hcd 0000:03:00.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
[    2.680959] xhci_hcd 0000:03:00.0: Host supports USB 3.0  SuperSpeed
[    2.680990] usb usb3: We don't know the algorithms for LPM for this host, disabling LPM.
[    2.681020] usb usb3: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0003, bcdDevice= 4.18
[    2.681021] usb usb3: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[    2.681022] usb usb3: Product: xHCI Host Controller
[    2.681023] usb usb3: Manufacturer: Linux 4.18.0-2-amd64 xhci-hcd
[    2.681024] usb usb3: SerialNumber: 0000:03:00.0
[    2.681120] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[    2.681130] hub 3-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[    2.698800] ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m2048@0xd0608000 port 0xd0608180 irq 26
[    2.698805] ehci-pci 0000:00:1d.0: EHCI Host Controller
[    2.698812] ehci-pci 0000:00:1d.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4
[    2.698825] ehci-pci 0000:00:1d.0: debug port 2
[    2.702719] ehci-pci 0000:00:1d.0: cache line size of 64 is not supported
[    2.702733] ehci-pci 0000:00:1d.0: irq 23, io mem 0xd0609000
[    2.717168] fb: switching to inteldrmfb from VESA VGA
[    2.735457] ata3: DUMMY
[    2.735467] ehci-pci 0000:00:1d.0: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00
[    2.735505] usb usb4: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002, bcdDevice= 4.18
[    2.735506] usb usb4: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[    2.735508] usb usb4: Product: EHCI Host Controller
[    2.735509] usb usb4: Manufacturer: Linux 4.18.0-2-amd64 ehci_hcd
[    2.735510] usb usb4: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.0
[    2.735610] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[    2.735615] hub 4-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[    2.864006] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci-pci
[    2.875175] ata4: DUMMY
[    3.048385] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=8087, idProduct=0024, bcdDevice= 0.00
[    3.049488] ata5: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m2048@0xd0608000 port 0xd0608300 irq 26
[    3.056001] usb 2-2: new low-speed USB device number 2 using xhci_hcd
[    3.067176] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0
[    3.084846] ata6: DUMMY
[    3.088004] usb 4-1: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci-pci
[    3.102537] hub 1-1:1.0: USB hub found
[    3.288405] usb 4-1: New USB device found, idVendor=8087, idProduct=0024, bcdDevice= 0.00
[    3.302657] hub 1-1:1.0: 6 ports detected
[    3.319729] usb 4-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0
[    3.320045] hub 4-1:1.0: USB hub found
[    3.402184] ata1: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
[    3.404167] hub 4-1:1.0: 8 ports detected
[    3.425402] ata1.00: ATA-8: WDC WD7500BPVT-75HXZT3, 03.01A03, max UDMA/133
[    3.442054] usb 2-2: New USB device found, idVendor=093a, idProduct=2510, bcdDevice= 1.00
[    3.453876] ata1.00: 1465149168 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 32), AA
[    3.470147] usb 2-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[    3.470157] usb 2-2: Product: USB OPTICAL MOUSE
[    3.490469] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133
[    3.502491] usb 2-2: Manufacturer: PIXART
[    3.519346] scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access     ATA      WDC WD7500BPVT-7 1A03 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[    3.620083] Console: switching to colour dummy device 80x25
[    3.620479] [drm] Replacing VGA console driver
[    3.622446] hidraw: raw HID events driver (C) Jiri Kosina
[    3.626279] [drm] Supports vblank timestamp caching Rev 2 (21.10.2013).
[    3.626286] [drm] Driver supports precise vblank timestamp query.
[    3.627249] i915 0000:00:02.0: vgaarb: changed VGA decodes: olddecodes=io+mem,decodes=io+mem:owns=io+mem
[    3.635285] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
[    3.635293] usbhid: USB HID core driver
[    3.636797] input: PIXART USB OPTICAL MOUSE as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.2/0000:03:00.0/usb2/2-2/2-2:1.0/0003:093A:2510.0001/input/input7
[    3.636895] hid-generic 0003:093A:2510.0001: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [PIXART USB OPTICAL MOUSE] on usb-0000:03:00.0-2/input0
[    3.648154] [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20180514 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
[    3.649394] ACPI: Video Device [GFX0] (multi-head: yes  rom: no  post: no)
[    3.649950] input: Video Bus as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0A08:00/LNXVIDEO:01/input/input8
[    3.663781] fbcon: inteldrmfb (fb0) is primary device
[    3.700090] usb 1-1.1: new high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci-pci
[    3.728236] usb 4-1.5: new full-speed USB device number 3 using ehci-pci
[    3.764591] psmouse serio1: synaptics: queried max coordinates: x [..5798], y [..4992]
[    3.782671] random: fast init done
[    3.835534] psmouse serio1: synaptics: Touchpad model: 1, fw: 7.5, id: 0x1e0b1, caps: 0xd00073/0x240000/0x8a0400/0x0, board id: 1648, fw id: 720989
[    3.837269] usb 4-1.5: New USB device found, idVendor=0cf3, idProduct=3002, bcdDevice= 0.01
[    3.837276] usb 4-1.5: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0
[    3.886113] input: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad as /devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input6
[    3.935335] ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
[    3.938341] ata2.00: ATAPI: HL-DT-ST DVDRW/BDROM CT40N, A101, max UDMA/133
[    3.943345] ata2.00: configured for UDMA/133
[    3.948220] scsi 1:0:0:0: CD-ROM            HL-DT-ST DVDRWBD CT40N    A101 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[    4.291613] ata5: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
[    4.514005] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 170x48
[    4.538533] i915 0000:00:02.0: fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device
[    4.560288] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 1465149168 512-byte logical blocks: (750 GB/699 GiB)
[    4.560339] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 4096-byte physical blocks
[    4.560507] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
[    4.560550] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[    4.560685] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[    4.594179] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] scsi3-mmc drive: 24x/24x writer dvd-ram cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
[    4.594290] cdrom: Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
[    4.595068] sr 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0
[    4.595375]  sda: sda1 sda2 sda3 sda4
[    4.596693] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk
[    5.313657] random: lvm: uninitialized urandom read (4 bytes read)
[    5.424720] random: lvm: uninitialized urandom read (4 bytes read)
[    5.455747] device-mapper: uevent: version 1.0.3
[    5.457089] device-mapper: ioctl: 4.39.0-ioctl (2018-04-03) initialised: dm-devel@redhat.com
[    7.536781] NET: Registered protocol family 38
[    9.004007] usb 1-1.1: device descriptor read/64, error -110
[    9.753880] random: cryptsetup: uninitialized urandom read (2 bytes read)
[    9.907019] PM: Image not found (code -22)
[   10.061650] EXT4-fs (dm-0): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)
[   11.878647] systemd[1]: systemd 239 running in system mode. (+PAM +AUDIT +SELINUX +IMA +APPARMOR +SMACK +SYSVINIT +UTMP +LIBCRYPTSETUP +GCRYPT +GNUTLS +ACL +XZ +LZ4 +SECCOMP +BLKID +ELFUTILS +KMOD -IDN2 +IDN -PCRE2 default-hierarchy=hybrid)
[   11.904562] systemd[1]: Detected architecture x86-64.
[   11.951750] systemd[1]: Set hostname to <democracy>.
[   13.494318] systemd[1]: /etc/systemd/system/rc-local.service:11: Support for option SysVStartPriority= has been removed and it is ignored
[   13.964197] random: systemd: uninitialized urandom read (16 bytes read)
[   13.968733] systemd[1]: Created slice User and Session Slice.
[   13.971634] random: systemd: uninitialized urandom read (16 bytes read)
[   13.974513] systemd[1]: Listening on LVM2 poll daemon socket.
[   13.981161] random: systemd: uninitialized urandom read (16 bytes read)
[   13.981261] systemd[1]: Set up automount Arbitrary Executable File Formats File System Automount Point.
[   13.990344] systemd[1]: Listening on udev Control Socket.
[   13.992504] systemd[1]: Listening on Device-mapper event daemon FIFOs.
[   13.994636] systemd[1]: Reached target User and Group Name Lookups.
[   14.528209] EXT4-fs (dm-0): re-mounted. Opts: (null)
[   14.635281] systemd-journald[355]: Received request to flush runtime journal from PID 1
[   14.678920] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[   14.834412] ppdev: user-space parallel port driver
[   15.412106] usb 1-1.1: device descriptor read/64, error -71
[   15.600041] usb 1-1.1: new high-speed USB device number 4 using ehci-pci
[   15.861987] loop: module loaded
[   16.307696] squashfs: version 4.0 (2009/01/31) Phillip Lougher
[   17.788960] ACPI: Battery Slot [BAT0] (battery present)
[   17.867089] audit: type=1400 audit(1542050699.043:2): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" profile="unconfined" name="klogd" pid=457 comm="apparmor_parser"
[   17.876064] ACPI: AC Adapter [ADP0] (on-line)
[   18.047722] input: PC Speaker as /devices/platform/pcspkr/input/input9
[   18.090411] dcdbas dcdbas: Dell Systems Management Base Driver (version 5.6.0-3.2)
[   18.097851] iTCO_vendor_support: vendor-support=0
[   18.148558] audit: type=1400 audit(1542050699.327:3): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" profile="unconfined" name="syslogd" pid=455 comm="apparmor_parser"
[   18.150048] audit: type=1400 audit(1542050699.327:4): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" profile="unconfined" name="ping" pid=454 comm="apparmor_parser"
[   18.174586] sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
[   18.175730] sr 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 5
[   18.210611] input: Dell WMI hotkeys as /devices/platform/PNP0C14:00/wmi_bus/wmi_bus-PNP0C14:00/9DBB5994-A997-11DA-B012-B622A1EF5492/input/input10
[   18.230853] RAPL PMU: API unit is 2^-32 Joules, 3 fixed counters, 163840 ms ovfl timer
[   18.231799] RAPL PMU: hw unit of domain pp0-core 2^-16 Joules
[   18.232769] RAPL PMU: hw unit of domain package 2^-16 Joules
[   18.233818] RAPL PMU: hw unit of domain pp1-gpu 2^-16 Joules
[   18.278978] audit: type=1400 audit(1542050699.455:5): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" profile="unconfined" name="/usr/bin/man" pid=484 comm="apparmor_parser"
[   18.281472] audit: type=1400 audit(1542050699.455:6): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" profile="unconfined" name="man_filter" pid=484 comm="apparmor_parser"
[   18.282863] audit: type=1400 audit(1542050699.455:7): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" profile="unconfined" name="man_groff" pid=484 comm="apparmor_parser"
[   18.323619] iTCO_wdt: Intel TCO WatchDog Timer Driver v1.11
[   18.325536] iTCO_wdt: Found a Cougar Point TCO device (Version=2, TCOBASE=0x0460)
[   18.326973] iTCO_wdt: initialized. heartbeat=30 sec (nowayout=0)
[   18.372636] audit: type=1400 audit(1542050699.551:8): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" profile="unconfined" name="/usr/lib/dovecot/anvil" pid=493 comm="apparmor_parser"
[   18.426558] audit: type=1400 audit(1542050699.603:9): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" profile="unconfined" name="syslog-ng" pid=456 comm="apparmor_parser"
[   18.471535] audit: type=1400 audit(1542050699.647:10): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" profile="unconfined" name="/usr/lib/dovecot/auth" pid=499 comm="apparmor_parser"
[   18.535496] audit: type=1400 audit(1542050699.711:11): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" profile="unconfined" name="/usr/lib/dovecot/config" pid=507 comm="apparmor_parser"
[   19.664628] intel_rapl: Found RAPL domain package
[   19.666382] intel_rapl: Found RAPL domain core
[   19.666383] intel_rapl: Found RAPL domain uncore
[   19.930611] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1b.0: bound 0000:00:02.0 (ops i915_audio_component_bind_ops [i915])
[   19.931755] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.22
[   19.934015] NET: Registered protocol family 31
[   19.935702] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
[   19.938091] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
[   19.940133] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
[   19.941845] Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized
[   20.071813] ath: phy0: ASPM enabled: 0x42
[   20.073472] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x60
[   20.073473] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a direct regpair map
[   20.073474] ath: Country alpha2 being used: 00
[   20.073475] ath: Regpair used: 0x60
[   20.121242] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC0D0: autoconfig for ALC269VB: line_outs=1 (0x14/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0) type:speaker
[   20.122985] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC0D0:    speaker_outs=0 (0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
[   20.124725] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC0D0:    hp_outs=1 (0x21/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
[   20.126440] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC0D0:    mono: mono_out=0x0
[   20.128146] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC0D0:    inputs:
[   20.136713] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC0D0:      Mic=0x18
[   20.138405] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC0D0:      Internal Mic=0x12
[   20.179819] usbcore: registered new interface driver btusb
[   20.233142] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel_ht'
[   20.233409] ieee80211 phy0: Atheros AR9285 Rev:2 mem=0xffffabcc015e0000, irq=16
[   20.273554] input: HDA Digital PCBeep as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input11
[   20.275480] input: HDA Intel PCH Mic as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input12
[   20.277437] input: HDA Intel PCH Headphone as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input13
[   20.279130] input: HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=3 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input14
[   20.320614] usb 4-1.5: firmware: failed to load ath3k-1.fw (-2)
[   20.322192] firmware_class: See https://wiki.debian.org/Firmware for information about missing firmware
[   20.323752] usb 4-1.5: Direct firmware load for ath3k-1.fw failed with error -2
[   20.325351] Bluetooth: Firmware file "ath3k-1.fw" not found
[   20.326831] ath3k: probe of 4-1.5:1.0 failed with error -2
[   20.328938] usbcore: registered new interface driver ath3k
[   20.780006] usb 1-1.1: device descriptor read/64, error -110
[   20.982861] ath9k 0000:02:00.0 wlp2s0: renamed from wlan0
[   22.704899] random: crng init done
[   22.705940] random: 4 urandom warning(s) missed due to ratelimiting
[   27.160054] usb 1-1.1: device descriptor read/64, error -71
[   27.268151] usb 1-1-port1: attempt power cycle
[   27.872082] usb 1-1.1: new high-speed USB device number 5 using ehci-pci
[   29.490732] kauditd_printk_skb: 54 callbacks suppressed
[   29.490733] audit: type=1400 audit(1542050710.666:66): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_replace" info="same as current profile, skipping" profile="unconfined" name="/snap/core/5742/usr/lib/snapd/snap-confine" pid=981 comm="apparmor_parser"
[   29.492694] audit: type=1400 audit(1542050710.666:67): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_replace" info="same as current profile, skipping" profile="unconfined" name="/snap/core/5742/usr/lib/snapd/snap-confine//mount-namespace-capture-helper" pid=981 comm="apparmor_parser"
[   29.494489] audit: type=1400 audit(1542050710.670:68): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_replace" info="same as current profile, skipping" profile="unconfined" name="snap.core.hook.configure" pid=986 comm="apparmor_parser"
[   30.972232] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlp2s0: link is not ready
[   30.989001] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlp2s0: link is not ready
[   31.011666] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlp2s0: link is not ready
[   31.354419] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlp2s0: link is not ready
[   32.140182] usb 1-1.1: device not accepting address 5, error -71
[   32.428095] usb 1-1.1: new high-speed USB device number 6 using ehci-pci
[   32.456951] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlp2s0: link is not ready
[   33.566711] wlp2s0: authenticate with 00:1a:3f:db:e6:76
[   33.580732] wlp2s0: send auth to 00:1a:3f:db:e6:76 (try 1/3)
[   33.582783] wlp2s0: authenticated
[   33.584146] wlp2s0: associate with 00:1a:3f:db:e6:76 (try 1/3)
[   33.588057] wlp2s0: RX AssocResp from 00:1a:3f:db:e6:76 (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=2)
[   33.588194] wlp2s0: associated
[   33.879958] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlp2s0: link becomes ready
[   43.180498] usb 1-1.1: device not accepting address 6, error -110
[   43.180724] usb 1-1-port1: unable to enumerate USB device
[   43.260511] usb 1-1.4: new high-speed USB device number 7 using ehci-pci
[   43.483395] usb 1-1.4: New USB device found, idVendor=1bcf, idProduct=2880, bcdDevice=15.13
[   43.483409] usb 1-1.4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[   43.483416] usb 1-1.4: Product: Laptop_Integrated_Webcam_HD
[   43.483422] usb 1-1.4: Manufacturer: CN0T3NPC724871AHKMM6A00
[   43.798590] media: Linux media interface: v0.10
[   43.861174] videodev: Linux video capture interface: v2.00
[   44.121070] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device Laptop_Integrated_Webcam_HD (1bcf:2880)
[   44.154489] uvcvideo 1-1.4:1.0: Entity type for entity Extension 4 was not initialized!
[   44.154503] uvcvideo 1-1.4:1.0: Entity type for entity Extension 3 was not initialized!
[   44.154509] uvcvideo 1-1.4:1.0: Entity type for entity Processing 2 was not initialized!
[   44.154515] uvcvideo 1-1.4:1.0: Entity type for entity Camera 1 was not initialized!
[   44.154843] input: Laptop_Integrated_Webcam_HD: In as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.4/1-1.4:1.0/input/input15
[   44.155164] usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
[   44.155173] USB Video Class driver (1.1.1)
[   44.660689] Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3
[   44.660699] Bluetooth: BNEP filters: protocol multicast
[   44.660711] Bluetooth: BNEP socket layer initialized
[   44.677323] input: BRLTTY 5.6 Linux Screen Driver Keyboard as /devices/virtual/input/input16
[   49.824666] usb 1-1.1: new high-speed USB device number 8 using ehci-pci
[   50.428728] usb 1-1.1: device descriptor read/64, error -71
[   60.387383] fuse init (API version 7.27)
[   60.588572] usb 1-1.1: device descriptor read/64, error -71
[   60.776689] usb 1-1.1: new high-speed USB device number 9 using ehci-pci
[   65.297912] rfkill: input handler disabled
[   66.104481] usb 1-1.1: device descriptor read/64, error -110
[   70.638839] usb 1-1.1: device descriptor read/64, error -71
[   70.747120] usb 1-1-port1: attempt power cycle
[   71.351239] usb 1-1.1: new high-speed USB device number 10 using ehci-pci
[   74.976739] usb 1-1.1: device not accepting address 10, error -71
[   75.264871] usb 1-1.1: new high-speed USB device number 11 using ehci-pci
[   83.507644] usb 1-1.1: device not accepting address 11, error -71
[   83.507776] usb 1-1-port1: unable to enumerate USB device
[   83.731723] usb 1-1.1: new high-speed USB device number 12 using ehci-pci
[   88.897052] usb 1-1.1: device descriptor read/64, error -110
[   94.002169] usb 1-1.1: device descriptor read/64, error -71
[   94.190207] usb 1-1.1: new high-speed USB device number 13 using ehci-pci

This is a dmseg after a reboot and without a SD Card inserted. Even after inserting, it keep giving the same errors, like

[  351.299910] usb 1-1-port1: attempt power cycle
[  351.903853] usb 1-1.1: new high-speed USB device number 42 using ehci-pci
[  357.200004] usb 1-1.1: device not accepting address 42, error -71
[  357.488002] usb 1-1.1: new high-speed USB device number 43 using ehci-pci
[  367.784562] usb 1-1.1: device not accepting address 43, error -71
[  367.784698] usb 1-1-port1: unable to enumerate USB device
[  368.008663] usb 1-1.1: new high-speed USB device number 44 using ehci-pci
[  373.312980] usb 1-1.1: device descriptor read/64, error -110

2disbetter · November 13, 2018, 8:55am

Does the card you are trying to use work in another computer?

Have you tried a different card?

To me it looks like either the card reader is not plugged into the mainboard (which wouldn’t be an issue if the card reader used to work), or the card reader itself is failing.

bh00 · November 13, 2018, 4:21pm

Thanks for replying!

Yes, I’ve tried 3 different micro sd cards and several Micro SD Adapter. They’re all working fine within Ubuntu and Windows.

However, I’ve installed firmware-realtek with
sudo apt install firmware-realtek
and the feedbacks have changed.

I’m not getting these “device descriptor” errors anymore, but the SD Card keeps being re-detected within random intervals and some errors sometimes.

This is /var/log/syslog after inserting a SD Card (it keeps looping)

Nov 13 14:08:35 democracy kernel: [ 1250.991953] usb 2-1.1: new high-speed USB device number 35 using ehci-pci
Nov 13 14:08:36 democracy kernel: [ 1251.354043] usb 2-1.1: New USB device found, idVendor=0bda, idProduct=0138, bcdDevice=38.82
Nov 13 14:08:36 democracy kernel: [ 1251.354056] usb 2-1.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
Nov 13 14:08:36 democracy kernel: [ 1251.354063] usb 2-1.1: Product: USB2.0-CRW
Nov 13 14:08:36 democracy kernel: [ 1251.354069] usb 2-1.1: Manufacturer: Generic
Nov 13 14:08:36 democracy kernel: [ 1251.354075] usb 2-1.1: SerialNumber: 20090516388200000
Nov 13 14:08:36 democracy kernel: [ 1251.360297] ums-realtek 2-1.1:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
Nov 13 14:08:36 democracy kernel: [ 1251.376555] scsi host6: usb-storage 2-1.1:1.0
Nov 13 14:08:36 democracy mtp-probe: checking bus 2, device 35: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.1"
Nov 13 14:08:36 democracy mtp-probe: bus: 2, device: 35 was not an MTP device
Nov 13 14:08:37 democracy kernel: [ 1252.406775] scsi 6:0:0:0: Direct-Access     Generic- Multi-Card       1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
Nov 13 14:08:37 democracy kernel: [ 1252.432187] sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
Nov 13 14:08:37 democracy kernel: [ 1252.437961] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
Nov 13 14:08:37 democracy systemd[1]: Reloading.
Nov 13 14:08:55 democracy kernel: [ 1270.624629] usb 2-1.1: USB disconnect, device number 35
Nov 13 14:08:55 democracy kernel: [ 1270.939722] usb 2-1.1: new high-speed USB device number 36 using ehci-pci
Nov 13 14:08:55 democracy kernel: [ 1271.064402] usb 2-1.1: New USB device found, idVendor=0bda, idProduct=0138, bcdDevice=38.82
Nov 13 14:08:55 democracy kernel: [ 1271.064417] usb 2-1.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
Nov 13 14:08:55 democracy kernel: [ 1271.064424] usb 2-1.1: Product: USB2.0-CRW
Nov 13 14:08:55 democracy kernel: [ 1271.064430] usb 2-1.1: Manufacturer: Generic
Nov 13 14:08:55 democracy kernel: [ 1271.064436] usb 2-1.1: SerialNumber: 20090516388200000
Nov 13 14:08:55 democracy kernel: [ 1271.070606] ums-realtek 2-1.1:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
Nov 13 14:08:55 democracy kernel: [ 1271.086152] scsi host6: usb-storage 2-1.1:1.0
Nov 13 14:08:55 democracy mtp-probe: checking bus 2, device 36: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.1"
Nov 13 14:08:55 democracy mtp-probe: bus: 2, device: 36 was not an MTP device
Nov 13 14:08:56 democracy kernel: [ 1272.119631] scsi 6:0:0:0: Direct-Access     Generic- Multi-Card       1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
Nov 13 14:08:56 democracy kernel: [ 1272.135954] sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
Nov 13 14:08:56 democracy kernel: [ 1272.141678] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
Nov 13 14:09:03 democracy systemd[1]: Reloading.
Nov 13 14:09:07 democracy /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[1405]: ConfigBase::load: Unable to open /home/cirogomes/.config/terminator/config ([Errno 2] Arquivo ou diretório inexistente: '/home/cirogomes/.config/terminator/config')
Nov 13 14:09:11 democracy kernel: [ 1287.008575] usb 2-1.1: USB disconnect, device number 36
Nov 13 14:09:12 democracy kernel: [ 1287.319596] usb 2-1.1: new high-speed USB device number 37 using ehci-pci
Nov 13 14:09:12 democracy kernel: [ 1287.687377] usb 2-1.1: New USB device found, idVendor=0bda, idProduct=0138, bcdDevice=38.82
Nov 13 14:09:12 democracy kernel: [ 1287.687385] usb 2-1.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
Nov 13 14:09:12 democracy kernel: [ 1287.687389] usb 2-1.1: Product: USB2.0-CRW
Nov 13 14:09:12 democracy kernel: [ 1287.687391] usb 2-1.1: Manufacturer: Generic
Nov 13 14:09:12 democracy kernel: [ 1287.687394] usb 2-1.1: SerialNumber: 20090516388200000
Nov 13 14:09:12 democracy kernel: [ 1287.693557] ums-realtek 2-1.1:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
Nov 13 14:09:12 democracy kernel: [ 1287.710316] scsi host6: usb-storage 2-1.1:1.0
Nov 13 14:09:12 democracy mtp-probe: checking bus 2, device 37: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.1"
Nov 13 14:09:12 democracy mtp-probe: bus: 2, device: 37 was not an MTP device
Nov 13 14:09:13 democracy kernel: [ 1288.726935] scsi 6:0:0:0: Direct-Access     Generic- Multi-Card       1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
Nov 13 14:09:13 democracy kernel: [ 1288.752168] sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
Nov 13 14:09:13 democracy kernel: [ 1288.758066] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
Nov 13 14:09:16 democracy kernel: [ 1291.872522] usb 2-1.1: USB disconnect, device number 37
Nov 13 14:09:16 democracy kernel: [ 1292.183537] usb 2-1.1: new high-speed USB device number 38 using ehci-pci
Nov 13 14:09:17 democracy kernel: [ 1292.304456] usb 2-1.1: New USB device found, idVendor=0bda, idProduct=0138, bcdDevice=38.82
Nov 13 14:09:17 democracy kernel: [ 1292.304470] usb 2-1.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
Nov 13 14:09:17 democracy kernel: [ 1292.304476] usb 2-1.1: Product: USB2.0-CRW
Nov 13 14:09:17 democracy kernel: [ 1292.304482] usb 2-1.1: Manufacturer: Generic
Nov 13 14:09:17 democracy kernel: [ 1292.304488] usb 2-1.1: SerialNumber: 20090516388200000
Nov 13 14:09:17 democracy kernel: [ 1292.310716] ums-realtek 2-1.1:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
Nov 13 14:09:17 democracy kernel: [ 1292.327120] scsi host6: usb-storage 2-1.1:1.0
Nov 13 14:09:17 democracy mtp-probe: checking bus 2, device 38: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.1"
Nov 13 14:09:17 democracy mtp-probe: bus: 2, device: 38 was not an MTP device
Nov 13 14:09:18 democracy kernel: [ 1293.334744] scsi 6:0:0:0: Direct-Access     Generic- Multi-Card       1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
Nov 13 14:09:18 democracy kernel: [ 1293.348252] sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
Nov 13 14:09:18 democracy kernel: [ 1293.354035] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
Nov 13 14:09:51 democracy kernel: [ 1326.688256] usb 2-1.1: USB disconnect, device number 38
Nov 13 14:09:51 democracy kernel: [ 1327.047185] usb 2-1.1: new high-speed USB device number 39 using ehci-pci
Nov 13 14:09:51 democracy kernel: [ 1327.168252] usb 2-1.1: New USB device found, idVendor=0bda, idProduct=0138, bcdDevice=38.82
Nov 13 14:09:51 democracy kernel: [ 1327.168267] usb 2-1.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
Nov 13 14:09:51 democracy kernel: [ 1327.168274] usb 2-1.1: Product: USB2.0-CRW
Nov 13 14:09:51 democracy kernel: [ 1327.168280] usb 2-1.1: Manufacturer: Generic
Nov 13 14:09:51 democracy kernel: [ 1327.168286] usb 2-1.1: SerialNumber: 20090516388200000
Nov 13 14:09:51 democracy kernel: [ 1327.177940] ums-realtek 2-1.1:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
Nov 13 14:09:51 democracy kernel: [ 1327.193875] scsi host6: usb-storage 2-1.1:1.0
Nov 13 14:09:51 democracy mtp-probe: checking bus 2, device 39: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.1"
Nov 13 14:09:51 democracy mtp-probe: bus: 2, device: 39 was not an MTP device
Nov 13 14:09:52 democracy kernel: [ 1328.214444] scsi 6:0:0:0: Direct-Access     Generic- Multi-Card       1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
Nov 13 14:09:52 democracy kernel: [ 1328.227934] sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
Nov 13 14:09:52 democracy kernel: [ 1328.233877] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
Nov 13 14:10:11 democracy kernel: [ 1346.912118] usb 2-1.1: USB disconnect, device number 39
Nov 13 14:10:11 democracy kernel: [ 1347.235029] usb 2-1.1: new high-speed USB device number 40 using ehci-pci
Nov 13 14:10:12 democracy kernel: [ 1347.355750] usb 2-1.1: New USB device found, idVendor=0bda, idProduct=0138, bcdDevice=38.82
Nov 13 14:10:12 democracy kernel: [ 1347.355764] usb 2-1.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
Nov 13 14:10:12 democracy kernel: [ 1347.355771] usb 2-1.1: Product: USB2.0-CRW
Nov 13 14:10:12 democracy kernel: [ 1347.355777] usb 2-1.1: Manufacturer: Generic
Nov 13 14:10:12 democracy kernel: [ 1347.355782] usb 2-1.1: SerialNumber: 20090516388200000
Nov 13 14:10:12 democracy kernel: [ 1347.362012] ums-realtek 2-1.1:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
Nov 13 14:10:12 democracy kernel: [ 1347.377931] scsi host6: usb-storage 2-1.1:1.0
Nov 13 14:10:12 democracy mtp-probe: checking bus 2, device 40: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.1"
Nov 13 14:10:12 democracy mtp-probe: bus: 2, device: 40 was not an MTP device
Nov 13 14:10:13 democracy kernel: [ 1348.406219] scsi 6:0:0:0: Direct-Access     Generic- Multi-Card       1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
Nov 13 14:10:13 democracy kernel: [ 1348.419740] sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
Nov 13 14:10:13 democracy kernel: [ 1348.426630] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk

These lines sound suspicious

Nov 13 14:09:17 democracy mtp-probe: checking bus 2, device 38: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.1"
Nov 13 14:09:17 democracy mtp-probe: bus: 2, device: 38 was not an MTP device

By the way, Realtek Card Reader Controller is now appearing on lsusb (but only with sd card inserted)
Bus 002 Device 050: ID 0bda:0138 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTS5138 Card Reader Controller

Any hints?