Problem reading SD cards and Bluetooth not detected

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Hi, I’ve ben using OpenSUSE since November n I’m lovin it!! I’ve also got completely rid of Vista from my system as it irritated me with a virus!!
So I run Windows through VirtualBox now!!

Well, my problem is that I inserted one of my SD cards and I could read the data on it for a while…but when I tried copying data from it…it was suddenly unreadable according to SUSE…
After that, whenever I insert my card…just 4 files with weird filenames are shown!! And the surprising part is linux detects that the overall size of the 4 files as 7.9GB even tho the card is just 4GB…the filenames are comprised of wierd symbols…

For your info…I’m talkin bout a 4GB SanDisk microSDHC card.
Its not a problem with my card reader or the card…I’m sure bout it!! The card read fine on my friend’s Windows based PC…

I dont hav an idea how to post screenshots over here…if u guys could tell me how, I’d post a couple of shots!

And my internal bluetooh of my Toshiba Satellite A100 isn’t detected!! What to do?? I tried everything I could!! Don’t tell me to switch it on through windows coz as I said before I dont have Windows installed and dont want to take the pain of installing it again!! Please help!! I’m running OpenSUSE 11.1 Gnome

I’m just startin to get used to linux…learnt many new stuff!! Itz an excitin journey…hope I dont have to install windows again!!Its been a month since I’m on OpenSUSE

So can anybody please help me???

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Hi
Not sure about the SD card, sounds like it is corrupted somehow. Can
you do a filesystem check on it with it unmounted? To check which one
run the df -k command to see the mmc device name for example


df -k |grep mmc
/dev/mmcblk0p1          991616      3440    988176   1% /media/disk-4
sudo umount /dev/mmcblk0p1
sudo /sbin/fsck -t vfat /dev/mmcblk0p1

fsck 1.41.1 (01-Sep-2008)
dosfsck 2.11, 12 Mar 2005, FAT32, LFN
/dev/mmcblk0p1: 7 files, 215/61976 clusters
[/CODDE]

For the bluetooth, can you check if you running toshiba_acpi, from the
console/konsole and your kernel version;

lsmod |grep tosh
uname -a


and post the output of both commands. I have pre-built modules with a
bluetooth patch toshiba_acpi for some kernels on the build service, so
may need to add for your system.

You could also check via dmesg command to make sure your bluetooth is
being recognized.

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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
openSUSE 11.1 x86 Kernel 2.6.27.7-9-pae
up 22:04, 1 user, load average: 0.18, 0.21, 0.15
GPU GeForce 6600 TE/6200 TE - Driver Version: 180.22
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Thanx for the quick reply…hope I font hav to install Windows for anything…
Ok for the card check, here is the output:

fsck 1.41.1 (01-Sep-2008)
dosfsck 2.11, 12 Mar 2005, FAT32, LFN
Currently, only 1 or 2 FATs are supported, not 35.

Well, the card isnt corrupted…this problem is only on linux…as I said before the card read fine on the Windows PC…

for the acpi check, I got this output:

**Linux linux-gw1b 2.6.27.7-9-pae #1 SMP 2008-12-04 18:10:04 +0100 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
**

and with the dmesg command…this is all I found on bluetooth in it…no idea what all that means…check it out!!

Bluetooth: Core ver 2.13
NET: Registered protocol family 31
Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
Bluetooth: L2CAP ver 2.11
Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
Bluetooth: RFCOMM socket layer initialized
Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized
Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.10
CPU0 attaching NULL sched-domain.
CPU1 attaching NULL sched-domain.
CPU0 attaching sched-domain:
domain 0: span 0-1 level MC
groups: 0 1
domain 1: span 0-1 level NODE
groups: 0-1
CPU1 attaching sched-domain:
domain 0: span 0-1 level MC
groups: 1 0
domain 1: span 0-1 level NODE
groups: 0-1
Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3
Bluetooth: BNEP filters: protocol multicast
Bridge firewalling registered
pan0: Dropping NETIF_F_UFO since no NETIF_F_HW_CSUM feature.
Bluetooth: SCO (Voice Link) ver 0.6
Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized

any help??

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Hi
Hmmm, not sure about the card… :frowning: So you can read/write to ok on
another windows machine? If so can you backup the data, then on the
linux machine re-format (WITH CAUTION) it via the YaST partitioner?

So is the toshiba_acpi module listed (lsmod | grep toshiba)? Also what
about the output from the following commands;


hwinfo --bluetooth
ls /proc/acpi/toshiba/

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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
openSUSE 11.1 x86 Kernel 2.6.27.7-9-pae
up 23:30, 1 user, load average: 0.33, 0.43, 0.38
GPU GeForce 6600 TE/6200 TE - Driver Version: 180.22

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No output for the grep toshiba command!
So I guess that means no toshiba acpi installed on my system

and no output either for hwinfo --bluetooth

and the last one :

ls: cannot access /proc/acpi/toshiba/: No such file or directory

I tried with root priveleges…so that means the toshiba acpi isnt installed after all…any help on how to do that???

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Hi
No, it just may mean your system isn’t using it, what about the command
hciconfig, any output? I’m also assuming the bluetooth is built-in?
What is the output from;


lsmod |grep bt

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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
openSUSE 11.1 x86 Kernel 2.6.27.7-9-pae
up 1 day 0:19, 1 user, load average: 0.15, 0.06, 0.08
GPU GeForce 6600 TE/6200 TE - Driver Version: 180.22

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Wow!! Thanx for ur quick response!!

Yes my bluetooth is built in…

For your info, my system specs are

Intel i945PM motherboard
Intel Core 2 Duo T7200 @ 2GHz
2GB 533Mhz DDR2 Ram
(Well, but OpenSUSE only detects 1986MB of the 2GB…Windows used to detect 2048MB…do u know whats the problem here??)

256MB nVidia Geforce go 7600
160GB 5400rpm Hitachi travelstar HDD
Intel Pro Wireless 3945abg card
Intel ethernet card

Well, no output for hciconfig

no output for lsmod |grep bt either…

But for lsmod |grep bluetooth, I got the following output

bluetooth 54100 6 sco,bnep,rfcomm,l2cap

If the Toshiba acpi is installed afterall, how to I enable it??

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Hi
So have you started the bluetooth service, have the bluetooth programs
installed etc? Or am I asking too much :slight_smile:

Also you need to confirm you actually have hardware installed;


sudo lsusb -v |grep Blue

If you get output saying there is a module, you could try installing
the btusb module and see if things kick into life.


sudo /sbin/modprobe btusb
lsmod |grep bt
hwinfo --bluetooth

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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
openSUSE 11.1 x86 Kernel 2.6.27.7-9-pae
up 1 day 1:10, 1 user, load average: 0.37, 0.28, 0.37
GPU GeForce 6600 TE/6200 TE - Driver Version: 180.22

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The output for lsmod | grep bt

**btusb 10768 0
bluetooth 54100 7 btusb,sco,bnep,rfcomm,l2cap
usbcore 167604 5 btusb,usbhid,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
**

I didnt get any output for hwinfo --bluetooth

for sudo /sbin/modprobe bt
the output was FATAL: Module bt not found.

n thanks bro, no you arent confusing me…I’m learning…I hope u can help me…I’m countin on u!! Thanx again!!

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Hi
No the modules is installed already which is good :slight_smile:

What about the output from;


sudo lsusb -v |grep Blue

Just need to see now if you have the bluez files installed;


zypper se -i blue

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openSUSE 11.1 x86 Kernel 2.6.27.7-9-pae
up 1 day 6:46, 1 user, load average: 0.52, 0.17, 0.08
GPU GeForce 6600 TE/6200 TE - Driver Version: 180.22

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Hi
I’ve been helping another user over in the 64-bit forum, please also
have a read of this link, specifically the last few posts and a link to
Ubuntu forum.
Problem
enabling bluetooth

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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
openSUSE 11.1 x86 Kernel 2.6.27.7-9-pae
up 1 day 7:47, 1 user, load average: 0.55, 0.98, 0.53
GPU GeForce 6600 TE/6200 TE - Driver Version: 180.22

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Hi
No the modules is installed already which is good :slight_smile:

What about the output from;


sudo lsusb -v |grep Blue

Just need to see now if you have the bluez files installed;


zypper se -i blue

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Hi
I’ve been helping another user over in the 64-bit forum, please also
have a read of this link, specifically the last few posts and a link to
Ubuntu forum.
Problem
enabling bluetooth
[/QUOTE]
Hi
The module is already available for 11.1 as a kernel module. So you
could try installing that it’s called omnibook-kmp-pae

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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
openSUSE 11.1 x86 Kernel 2.6.27.7-9-pae
up 1 day 10:55, 2 users, load average: 0.11, 0.12, 0.13
GPU GeForce 6600 TE/6200 TE - Driver Version: 180.22

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S | Name | Summary | Type
–±----------------------------±-------------------------------------±-------
i | bluez | Bluetooth Stack for Linux | package
i | bluez-compat | Bluetooth Stack for Linux. | package
i | bluez-gnome | Bluetooth helpers for GNOME | package
i | bluez-test | Tools for testing of various Bluet-> | package
i | gnome-bluetooth | GNOME Bluetooth Support | package
i | libbluetooth3 | Bluetooth Libraries | package
i | pulseaudio-module-bluetooth | Bluetooth proximity support for th-> | package

Yes…the bluez file is installed…
and no out put for lsusb -v |grep Blue

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n yea I installed omnibook kmp-pae
what to do next??

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Hi
See if things exist :slight_smile: Run the following commands and post the output;


sudo /sbin/modprobe omnibook
dmesg
ls /proc/omnibook
cat /proc/omnibook/dmi
sudo lsusb -v |grep Blue

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openSUSE 11.1 x86 Kernel 2.6.27.7-9-pae
up 1 day 12:30, 2 users, load average: 0.21, 0.08, 0.05
GPU GeForce 6600 TE/6200 TE - Driver Version: 180.22

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No output for the 1st one

Output for dmesg…I found this about omnibook

**omnibook: Driver version 2.20080627.
omnibook: Unknown model.
omnibook: Enabled features: dmi version.
**

For ls /proc/omnibook

dmi version

For cat /proc/omnibook/dmi

**BIOS Vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD
BIOS Version: 6.00
BIOS Release: 07/12/2007
System Vendor: TOSHIBA
Product Name: SATELLITE A100
Version: PSAARE-01W013AR
Board Vendor: Intel Corporation
Board Name: Not Applicable
**

and no output for Grep BLue

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Hi
Ok, we are making progress :slight_smile: Can you now run the following commands;


sudo /sbin/rmmod omnibook
sudo /sbin/modprobe omnibook userset=1 ectype=12
dmesg
ls /proc/omnibook
sudo lsusb -v |grep Blue

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openSUSE 11.1 x86 Kernel 2.6.27.7-9-pae
up 0:20, 1 user, load average: 0.50, 0.22, 0.23
GPU GeForce 6600 TE/6200 TE - Driver Version: 180.22

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Hi
UPDATE ectype=14 not 12 :slight_smile:

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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
openSUSE 11.1 x86 Kernel 2.6.27.7-9-pae
up 1:04, 2 users, load average: 0.24, 0.21, 0.18
GPU GeForce 6600 TE/6200 TE - Driver Version: 180.22

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omnibook: Module is unloaded.
omnibook: Driver version 2.20080627.
omnibook: Forced load with EC type 14.
omnibook: Enabled features: bluetooth dmi version lcd.
usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usb 2-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0930, idProduct=0508
usb 2-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0
Bluetooth: Generic Bluetooth USB driver ver 0.3
usbcore: registered new interface driver btusb

For ls /proc/omnibook

bluetooth dmi lcd version

For sudo lsusb -v |grep Blue
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0930:0508 Toshiba Corp. Integrated Bluetooth HCI
bDeviceProtocol 1 Bluetooth
idProduct 0x0508 Integrated Bluetooth HCI
bInterfaceProtocol 1 Bluetooth
bInterfaceProtocol 1 Bluetooth
bInterfaceProtocol 1 Bluetooth
bInterfaceProtocol 1 Bluetooth
bInterfaceProtocol 1 Bluetooth
bInterfaceProtocol 1 Bluetooth
bInterfaceProtocol 1 Bluetooth

Wow!! A Bluetooth icon appeared in my panel…
and it detected my phone!!
I had googled a lot before regarding this problem but in vain.

Thanx a million!! I couldnt hav done this without you…you r a genious!! I dont hav to install Windows anymore… lol!
Is there a way to backup these settings so that I dont have to start all over incase I happen to re-install or anythin??

Thanks again!! :slight_smile:

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Hi.

I came across this thread searching for omnibook…

I really hope the original poster gets through… this has been a little nightmare for me but I got it working :).

Just a comment to enrich what Malcolm has been writing and in the hope that everything will turn just right.

Modprobing omnibook will not make bluetooth startup automatically, there is still the need of a “startup script” So I hope there is a way to integrate Malcolm’s “bt-adaptor” with omnibook. In the meantime I’m using my own script (same as the one in ubuntuforums)

Good luck and kind regards

Luis

PS. @Satish… don’t get desperate… you are only taking a few hours to solve this… It took me years (2) of trial and error until yesterday to get it going.

EDIT: I just read that you have solved it… Excellent!!!

EDIT2: What about making this post “Sticky”