Laptop not mounting SD chip

[wilcal]

I have a Dell Vostro 1015 that has been happily running Mageia 2
since release. This laptop, as do many others, features an SD
slot. Plug in the SD chip and Mageia 2 recognizes ths chip and
offers to open Dolphin displaying the data contained. This has
been working successfully since the Mageia 2 install.

For testing I have replaced Mageia 2 with M3B1. M3B1 does not
recongnize the plugged in SD chip. Leaving M3B1 installed on
the HD I booted an M2 Live-CD and sure enough the Live-CD
recognizes the plugged in SD chip.

Both OS's recongnize, and open in Dolphin, a memory device plugged
into the USB port.

What report should I be posting here?

[tom_]

What report should I be posting here?

you should insert the chip, then check the last part of dmesg
and maybe journalctl

[wilcal]

you should insert the chip, then check the last part of dmesg
and maybe journalctl

Here's the results:

dmesg:

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[ 1889.499331] mmc0: new SDHC card at address 0001
[ 1889.500662] mmcblk0: mmc0:0001 00000 7.46 GiB
[ 1889.502550]  mmcblk0: p1
[ 1942.335127] mmc0: card 0001 removed
[ 1975.332642] mmc0: new SD card at address 0007
[ 1975.334183] mmcblk0: mmc0:0007 SD02G 1.84 GiB
[ 1975.336241]  mmcblk0: p1
[ 1991.638121] mmc0: card 0007 removed
[ 2083.108624] mmc0: new SD card at address 0007
[ 2083.109883] mmcblk0: mmc0:0007 SD02G 1.84 GiB
[ 2083.112050]  mmcblk0: p1
[ 2097.525108] mmc0: card 0007 removed


journlctl:

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[root@localhost wilcal]# journalctl -a --since="13-01-02 08:40:00"
-- Logs begin at Sat, 2012-12-29 15:07:32 PST, end at Sat, 2012-12-29 16:23:49 PST. --
Jan 02 08:42:14 localhost smartd[607]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], SMART Usage Attribute: 190 Airflow_Temperatu
Jan 02 08:42:14 localhost smartd[607]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], SMART Usage Attribute: 194 Temperature_Celsi
Jan 02 08:43:26 localhost kernel: mmc0: new SDHC card at address 0001
Jan 02 08:43:26 localhost kernel: mmcblk0: mmc0:0001 00000 7.46 GiB
Jan 02 08:43:26 localhost kernel:  mmcblk0: p1
Jan 02 08:44:19 localhost kernel: mmc0: card 0001 removed
Jan 02 08:44:52 localhost kernel: mmc0: new SD card at address 0007
Jan 02 08:44:52 localhost kernel: mmcblk0: mmc0:0007 SD02G 1.84 GiB
Jan 02 08:44:52 localhost kernel:  mmcblk0: p1
Jan 02 08:45:08 localhost kernel: mmc0: card 0007 removed
(END)


Interestingly enough a normal standard 8GB SD chips works fine. But the 1.84GB microSD
chip does not get reported. At least as far as the testing I have done. You can see the
7.46GB standard SD chip in the above code. Both chips, the standard and the micro
in an adapter, appear to have the same effect on both dmseg and journalctl.

I'm not quite ready to post a bug yet as I don't think I understand the situation enough.
Feel free to make any recommendations.