Problems with Memory Stick on Vaio

[gfrangia]

My internal Memory Stick reader on Vaio VGN-SZ4M has problems to mount memory stick card. I use Ubuntu 8.04. The card is visible to the system but a problem occurs. Can anyone help me?

Following the dmesg log:

[ 540.769608] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] 16220160 512-byte hardware sectors (8305 MB)
[ 540.773378] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[ 540.773384] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00
[ 540.773387] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 540.775452] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] 16220160 512-byte hardware sectors (8305 MB)
[ 540.776952] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[ 540.776957] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00
[ 540.776959] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 540.776966] sdb: sdb1
[ 542.235596] VMBlock warning: DentryOpRevalidate: invalid args from kernel
[ 542.235618] VMBlock warning: DentryOpRevalidate: invalid args from kernel
[ 542.284648] VMBlock warning: DentryOpRevalidate: invalid args from kernel
[ 542.284914] VMBlock warning: DentryOpRevalidate: invalid args from kernel
[ 676.904975] VMBlock warning: DentryOpRevalidate: invalid args from kernel
[ 676.905002] VMBlock warning: DentryOpRevalidate: invalid args from kernel
[ 676.940315] VMBlock warning: DentryOpRevalidate: invalid args from kernel
[ 676.940342] VMBlock warning: DentryOpRevalidate: invalid args from kernel
[ 723.433160] VMBlock warning: DentryOpRevalidate: invalid args from kernel
[ 723.433188] VMBlock warning: DentryOpRevalidate: invalid args from kernel
[ 739.053334] VMBlock warning: DentryOpRevalidate: invalid args from kernel
[ 739.053362] VMBlock warning: DentryOpRevalidate: invalid args from kernel
[ 740.317262] VMBlock warning: DentryOpRevalidate: invalid args from kernel
[ 740.317299] VMBlock warning: DentryOpRevalidate: invalid args from kernel
[ 740.320519] VMBlock warning: DentryOpRevalidate: invalid args from kernel
[ 740.320750] VMBlock warning: DentryOpRevalidate: invalid args from kernel
[ 759.295721] tifm_core: MemoryStick card detected in socket 0:0
[ 1387.812321] ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:09:04.2 disabled
[ 1404.344399] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:09:04.2[C] -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 23
[ 1624.870316] tifm_core: MemoryStick card detected in socket 0:0
[ 2090.469704] /dev/vmmon[6463]: host clock rate change request 83 -> 1043
[ 2100.460388] /dev/vmmon[6463]: host clock rate change request 1043 -> 83
[ 2106.380495] /dev/vmmon[6463]: host clock rate change request 83 -> 1043
[ 2116.381826] /dev/vmmon[6463]: host clock rate change request 1043 -> 83
[ 2602.285067] tifm0 : demand removing card from socket 0:0
[ 2606.420005] tifm_core: MemoryStick card detected in socket 0:0

[kmilosol1]

You can try it:

svn co -r155 http://svn.berlios.de/svnroot/repos/.../trunk/driver/
cd driver/
wget http://www.sw83.de/misc/tifm_ms.patch
patch -p0 < tifm_ms.patch
make
sudo make install

Make sure if you have install subversion if not:

apt-get intall subversion,

Resource: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...ux/+bug/222557

Note: It's work for vaio VGN-NR120E

[core]

I digged around and didn't find that launchpad bug, that was exactly my issue for weeks now.

It works perfectly now, thanks a lot!

[mattboschetti]

hey kmilosol1,
thank you, i ve tried these steps and they worked perfectly...
note that i have a vaio fz21s...

thanks

[_Jo_]

I also had the same problem. Thank kmilosol1 for helping!
(Sony Vaio PCG-9W4M)

[waitcursor]

Whenever I try the make install command I always receive errors that it cannot stat: file ...................... I used sudo make but same could it be that the drivers location under the kernel needs a specific user account for accessing/creating the drivers?
Hope somebody can help me with this one.
regards,
waitcursor

[danmiddle2]

You can try it:

svn co -r155 http://svn.berlios.de/svnroot/repos/.../trunk/driver/
cd driver/
wget http://www.sw83.de/misc/tifm_ms.patch
patch -p0 < tifm_ms.patch
make
sudo make install

Make sure if you have install subversion if not:

apt-get intall subversion,

Resource: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...ux/+bug/222557

Note: It's work for vaio VGN-NR120E

Thanks kmilosol1 - the fixed the problem on my UX1XN.

[IagainstI]

You can try it:

svn co -r155 http://svn.berlios.de/svnroot/repos/.../trunk/driver/
cd driver/
wget http://www.sw83.de/misc/tifm_ms.patch
patch -p0 < tifm_ms.patch
make
sudo make install

Make sure if you have install subversion if not:

apt-get intall subversion,

Resource: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...ux/+bug/222557

Note: It's work for vaio VGN-NR120E

Sweet!! This worked for my Toshiba Satellite M55-S325. Many thanks!

[tobimat]

Is this still supposed to work on 8.10?

I tried the steps above, but during "make" I get a ton of error messages, starting with

"/memstick.h:279: error: field ‘cdev’ has incomplete type"

and eventually ending on

"make: *** [all] Error 2"

I am on a Vaio FE-21M.

[sugardeath]

Yeah, I get the same error when I try to make it. Any ideas? I would REALLY love to be able to use my memory stick reader.