[Discuss] external drive not showing such as sdcard

[Eric Chadbourne]

On 7/10/21 10:54 AM, Eric Chadbourne wrote:
> On 7/9/21 10:52 PM, Eyal Sawady wrote:
>> On Sat Jul 10, 2021 at 1:01 AM UTC, Eric Chadbourne wrote:
>>> As a workaround I have a neat little Vivitar sdcard to USB A & C
>>> adapter. Using this I have no issues.
>>
>> If you're connecting an SD card directly to your computer, it'll show up
>> as /dev/mmcblkX rather than /dev/sdX, with partitions as /dev/mmcblkXpY.
>> If you can't find anything there, you should check dmesg(1) to see what
>> errors, if any, the mmcblk driver is reporting.
>>
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Nothing in /var/log/dmesg on startup or when inserting / removing the 
> sdcard.  Also nothing in /dev starting 'mm' when inserted.
> 
> I suspect the driver is not functional.  Currently having a cup of tea 
> and searching around to see if one exists.
> 
> Great suggestion though.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Eric C
> 

Actually I think the issue has something to do with which kernel modules 
are being used.  Might take me a while to figure it out as I rarely play 
with those.

Fun side note, I just did man lsmod and see Jon Masters is one of the 
authors.  We know him!  He gave a great talk at a BLU meeting.  Small world.

Thanks,

Eric C