T400 & T500 Express Card Adapter Malfunction

I purchased an express card to compact flash adapter for use with my T400 running Windows 7. My machine will not recognize the express card or the compact flash and sometimes the machine will hang up when I insert the express card. I also tried the express card adapter in a T500 running Windows 7 with the same result. Has any one had this problem and how did you resolve it? I have looked for new drivers and haven't found any.

Re: Reading SDHC drives on the T400/T500.
Isn't there a separate slot specifically for SD drives right below the express card slot on your machine? If so, you don't need to use an express adapter to read the SDHC drive, just plug the SD drive. My T400 works fine when I use that slot with an SD drive. The laptop just doesn't recognize an express card. Since my Canon EOS 7 camera uses compact flash drives, I need to either use an express card adapter or a USB adapter. The USB to compact flash adapter works fine, but I hate to have a dongle hanging out of the computer that can break off. It would be so much better to use the express card adapter which mostly fits into the laptop.
Until Lenovo eliminated the PCMCIA slot, I used to use a PCMCIA adapter with a compact flash drive. This combination completely fit inside the laptop and funtioned well on these laptops: A21p, T40, and T60. But computer people can't ever leave things that work well alone. Now that I have the more advanced T400, I can't use the PCMCIA adapter and the express card adapter card doesn't work. PROGRESS.

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There are reports where no dock was involved and the external monitor was connected directly to the notebook's VGA port.
Furthermore, there are reports where the notebook was docked and an external monitor was connected to the DVI port.
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There are a few reports where neither a dock nor an external monitor was involved.
Playing certain games reliably triggers the crash.
Steps to reproduce
While intially (around September 2008 - October 2008) the crash could be triggered easily, the situation is now (December 2008) more complex. The crashes do still occur, though there is no clear pattern anymore. According to various reports, the display driver crash can be triggered as follows:
Resuming from standby
Watching a DVD.
Playing one of these games: Fallout 3, Bioshock, Team Fortress 2, Knights of the Old Republic.
Arbitrarily during normal work. On a normal working day, the problem occurs at least once.
Further issues
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"Is there any chance this will be fixed, or should I just get used to my "workstation-class" machine crashing regularly?"
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"Unfortunately for Lenovo, our IT Manager is at the point of a awarding a new and rather substantial Enterprise Agreement for our whole organization's PC's, which included a rollout of many new PC's for 2009. The contract was going to go to Lenovo. He mumbled something about HP when I asked him about the state of affairs with my PC... [O]ur firm's IT Manager decided to return all the faulty Lenovo's for a refund and would replace them with HP's."
"Is someone from Lenovo paying attention[?]"
"i'm getting angry with ati and lenovo."
"there are no new drivers and no ETA for a fix."
"ThinkPads are supposed to be good, so you'd think there wouldn't be a problem like this."
"honestly it is completely unacceptable for lenovo to have done nothing this long. I paid extra to get the ATI card, and now I can't hook up my laptop to an external monitor without it crashing. I will probably end up selling the laptop soon since using an external monitor is extremely important to me and lenovo doesn't seem to care about fixing the situation."
Update:
- Lenovo support has informed me today (2008-10-24) that they are working on the problem.- changed subject (was: Major troubles with DVI-port and a T400) to reflect new information.- changed message body to reflect new information
- See MIGR-70490 (dated 2008-09-21) for an official statement from Lenovo.
- 2008-11-15: The problems are still present and there is still no ETA for a fix.
- As expected, also R400 models are affected. See below for reports.
- 2008-11-26: Still no word from Lenovo when the problem will be fixed. Added information on (partial) workarounds.
- 2008-12-03: Lenovo updated MIGR-70490. Though, problems persist.
- 2008-12-13: Updated problem description on the basis of new reports.
- 2008-12-16: Updated problem description on the basis of new reports.
- 2009-01-07: Updated problem description on the basis of new reports. Still no word from Lenovo. I called Lenovo's customer service in the Netherlands and was promised to receive a callback. Though, so far they didn't (want to) get back to me.
- 2009-01-08: Updated workaround description on the basis of new reports.
- 2009-01-10: Updated executive summary on the basis of new reports.
- 2009-01-14: Updated problem description on the basis of new reports (movie).
- 2009-01-19: Updated workaround section.
- 2009-01-21: Happy birthday MIGR-70490! It's now 4 months. Updated workaround section. I called Lenovo's customer service in the Netherlands again.
- 2009-01-22: Added section "User opinions"
- 2009-01-23: Updated problem description on the basis of new reports.
- 2009-01-24: Small updates.
- 2009-02-02: Small updates.
- 2009-02-03: Changes to section "Executive summary". Added section "Important information for affected users".
- 2009-02-04: Update to section "Credits".
- 2009-02-19: Update to section "Credits".
- 2009-02-27: Quick update to "Executive summary" and "Workarounds".
- 2009-03-10: Quick updates to section "Executive summary" and "Important information for affected users".
- 2009-03-21: Quick update to "Executive summary"
Credits
Workaround "Aero off": Bubbi, TonyK
Workaround "Modded ATI drivers": jtull89, zilla
Thanks to Mark_Lenovo and Confederate for their work behind the scenes
Thanks to feedback from: ajgiordano, Andy_7575, ben2e, brettgri, bri0831, Brimstar, Bubbi, CodeNameSly, cpueschner, dandill, diablo2man, ewilansky, gaccounts, gan, gandalf7, golffreaksi, Homer, hubertlam, Jiraiya, johnsonjf, jordan_moss, jmark, jtull89, kbarina, lenardg, lukest, misitmichaelf, mlb, MMetts, ojisan, pendaluent, Qot, rmccallen, sarnil, shaofengsd, Snakecharmed, StephanK, tarzan23, Texas1040, TheNewNumber2, TonyK, trickyDick, vedman, Vitalus, Waschbecken, xpnet, xrafx, zilla, ZPrime
(Please don't expect that this list is complete. I am not paid to keep it accurate and complete and, actually, I have a life besides writing about Lenovo's problems. )
Original post
Hi there!
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1. Attach a Dell 2709W via DVI to an Advanced Mini Dock which is connected to a T40
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Expected result: The Dell monitor is activated and the Windows desktop is shown on it.
Actual result: It takes 1-3 seconds for the Dell monitor to display something. The monitor shows the Windows desktop for a short period. Then it's black again and the monitor returns to the power saving mode .
Analysis: It seems that the Presentation Director, Windows, or the ATI tools (or more aptly, I guess, the ATI driver) expect a quick response from the DVI-port that a monitor is present. If they do not receive the response, the DVI-port is deactivated again. Since the monitor is too slow to respond and enters the power saving mode too quickly, the monitor can hardly ever be activated.
Suggested change: Change these tools (or the ATI driver) so that they wait longer for a response on the DVI-port.
B. Resuming from monitor sleep causes Windows to fall back to a low resolution if the Dell monitor was activated before
Steps to reproduce:
1. Attach a Dell 2709W via DVI to an Advanced Mini Dock which is connected to a T400
2. Start Windows and make sure that the T400 is running on the ATI card.
3. Select the Energy Star profile
4. Activate the Dell monitor
5. Don't use Windows until the notebook display and the Dell monitor are set to sleep by Windows.
6. Wake up the displays (e.g. by pressing some keys)
Expected result: Both displays are run in the display mode as before.
Actual result: The Dell monitor still sleeps. The notebook displays is run at a lower resolution (I guess 800x600). The Windows login prompt is not visible and it has to be guessed that it is shown. Though the typical Windows login background is visible. If the password is entered, then Windows can be used again. Though, the resolution is still low and the Dell monitor still sleeps.
Analysis: It seems that by sending the Dell monitor to sleep, the monitor deactivates the DVI-interface or enters a low-power interface mode. This seems to disturb some component in Windows (the Presentation Director, Windows, the ATI tools, the ATI driver) in a way that Windows only activates the notebook display when it resumes from "monitor sleep".
Suggested change: Change these tools (or the ATI driver) so that they can cope with the situation that the DVI-interface is deactivated and wait longer for the interface to be in a useable state. Reactivate an external monitor even if it "sleeps very deeply".
Relevant system information
- T400 2767-CTO (T9400, 2x2GB RAM, ATI, WXGA+ LED)
- Advanced Mini Dock
- Vista 32 Business (German) - fully updated
- All Lenovo updates via System Update are installed- Dell 2709W
- The system runs the ATI graphic card in the described scenarios
Message Edited by Izmi on 05-21-2009 10:34 AM
Message Edited by Izmi on 06-29-2009 03:13 PM
Solved!
Go to Solution.

Lenovo support made me reinstall presentation director to rule out this component as a factor. After the reinstallation, the amdkmdap-problem is still present. Letting Windows go to standby and waking the system up afterwards, is a reliable method in my case to reproduce the problem on condition that an external monitor was active. The problem does not occur if no external monitor is present.
A web search for "amdkmdap", "atikmpag","BSOD" with one of the ThinkPad-series names (like "T400") shows that other persons also have this problem with R400s, T400s, T500s, and W500s:
- t400: Display driver crashes
- W500 Display Driver
- My W500
- T400 Display driver stopped working...
- T500 Video/Video Driver Issues (2056-4SU)
- NUS T400 issues
- T400 Display Driver Issue
- Vista64 + 4GB RAM + External Display = BSOD
- R400 problem report (in Chinese)
- T500 problem report (in Chinese)
- Bioshock keeps crashing (seems related)
- Vista x64, ATI graphics, dock + external LCD = bluescreens? (a report by a W500 user)
- many problems with lenovo w500
- another R400 problem report (in Chinese)
- Vista BSOD on Lenovo T500 with new Switchable Graphics
- switchable graphics and external monitor through port replic
- Problem with Lenovo T500 notebook & external LCD
- Lenovo ThinkPad T400 - some impressions.
- T400 freezes with graphics Intense programes
- Standard Laptop mit ein paar Macken (in German)
Some possibly related Non-Lenovo cases:
- Why Vista crashes so often when dual display is enabled?
- Vista and 7.3 Display driver atikmdag stopped responding error
- 4870 vista x64 multi-mon = atikdmag BOOM
In the cases in which people observe the "amdkmdap"-problem and describe the circumstances, the use of an external monitor is always a factor. These other reports also indicate that it is likely not an issue with the hardware of my notebook (or then a general problem for many batches of these machine types). For it happens a) on many systems and b) on different kinds of systems.
If others want to contribute to the problem solution, then we should provide Lenovo and ATI a good problem description. So, please add your description.
Message Edited by Izmi on 02-03-2009 11:53 AM

USB/eSata express card not working on stock kernel

Hello everyone,
I have a weird problem and I don't seem to find any solution by myself. Let me give you some background info on what I plan to do.
I purchased an express card to eSata/USB 3.0 adapter and want to make it work on my laptops. Precisely, it is this card: http://www.amazon.de/Notebook-Express-C … B007F8TXZ8
1: Lenovo X200s (1,6GHz) running Ubuntu 14.04 amd64
2: Lenovo X200s (1,6GHz) running Debian 7 amd64
3: Lenovo X200T (1,6GHz) running ArchLinux amd64
The card does work fine only on the Ubuntu machine. I would like to make it run on the two other ones as well. I thought I might get help here getting it to work on machine 3 and then transfer the results to machine 2. What really matters to me is eSata, btw, I do not even have a USB 3.0 device to test with.
First of all, here's what happens when I plug the card into machine 1:
user@1-ubuntu:~$ uname -r
3.13.0-39-generic
user@1-ubuntu:~$ dmesg | tail -n 44 # that's where it begins
[ 1953.576472] pciehp 0000:00:1c.3:pcie04: Card present on Slot(3)
[ 1953.728077] pci 0000:05:00.0: [1b21:1042] type 00 class 0x0c0330
[ 1953.728119] pci 0000:05:00.0: reg 0x10: [mem 0x00000000-0x00007fff 64bit]
[ 1953.728304] pci 0000:05:00.0: PME# supported from D3hot
[ 1953.736062] pci 0000:05:00.0: BAR 0: assigned [mem 0xf0000000-0xf0007fff 64bit]
[ 1953.736087] pcieport 0000:00:1c.3: PCI bridge to [bus 05-0c]
[ 1953.736092] pcieport 0000:00:1c.3: bridge window [io 0x2000-0x2fff]
[ 1953.736098] pcieport 0000:00:1c.3: bridge window [mem 0xf0000000-0xf1ffffff]
[ 1953.736104] pcieport 0000:00:1c.3: bridge window [mem 0xf2900000-0xf29fffff 64bit pref]
[ 1953.736133] pci 0000:05:00.0: no hotplug settings from platform
[ 1953.736143] pci 0000:05:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
[ 1953.736398] xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: xHCI Host Controller
[ 1953.736406] xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 9
[ 1953.743621] xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: irq 46 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 1953.743629] xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: irq 49 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 1953.743635] xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: irq 50 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 1953.743784] usb usb9: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002
[ 1953.743788] usb usb9: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 1953.743791] usb usb9: Product: xHCI Host Controller
[ 1953.743794] usb usb9: Manufacturer: Linux 3.13.0-39-generic xhci_hcd
[ 1953.743796] usb usb9: SerialNumber: 0000:05:00.0
[ 1953.743973] hub 9-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1953.743990] hub 9-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[ 1953.744147] xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: xHCI Host Controller
[ 1953.744153] xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 10
[ 1953.744218] usb usb10: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0003
[ 1953.744221] usb usb10: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 1953.744224] usb usb10: Product: xHCI Host Controller
[ 1953.744227] usb usb10: Manufacturer: Linux 3.13.0-39-generic xhci_hcd
[ 1953.744229] usb usb10: SerialNumber: 0000:05:00.0
[ 1953.744366] hub 10-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1953.744383] hub 10-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[ 1954.447851] usb 10-1: new SuperSpeed USB device number 2 using xhci_hcd
[ 1954.460505] usb 10-1: Parent hub missing LPM exit latency info. Power management will be impacted.
[ 1954.461215] usb 10-1: New USB device found, idVendor=174c, idProduct=5106
[ 1954.461219] usb 10-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=2, Product=3, SerialNumber=1
[ 1954.461222] usb 10-1: Product: AS2105
[ 1954.461225] usb 10-1: Manufacturer: ASMedia
[ 1954.461228] usb 10-1: SerialNumber: 00000000000000000000
[ 1954.463146] usb-storage 10-1:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
[ 1954.463279] scsi7 : usb-storage 10-1:1.0
[ 1955.460385] scsi 7:0:0:0: Direct-Access ASMT 2105 0 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[ 1955.465099] sd 7:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0
[ 1955.466483] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
I wouldn't know of any attached disks, and neither does it show up. Note that it is only the card I plugged in, no hard drive attached to it.
hburg1234@packrehsel:~$ lspci -k
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub (rev 07)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20e0
Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20e4
Kernel driver in use: i915
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20e4
00:03.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset MEI Controller (rev 07)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20e6
Kernel driver in use: mei_me
00:03.3 Serial controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset AMT SOL Redirection (rev 07)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20ec
Kernel driver in use: serial
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82567LM Gigabit Network Connection (rev 03)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20ee
Kernel driver in use: e1000e
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20f0
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1a.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20f0
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1a.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 03)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20f0
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1a.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20f1
Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20f2
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 03)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20f0
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20f0
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20f0
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20f1
Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ICH9M-E LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20f5
Kernel driver in use: lpc_ich
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801IBM/IEM (ICH9M/ICH9M-E) 4 port SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20f8
Kernel driver in use: ahci
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20f9
03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 5100 AGN [Shiloh] Network Connection
Subsystem: Intel Corporation WiFi Link 5100 AGN
Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi
05:00.0 USB controller: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1042 SuperSpeed USB Host Controller
Subsystem: Device 174c:2104
Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
The last one seems to be important to me, so here's a verbose output on that one.
user@1-ubuntu:~$ lspci -v | tail -n 8
05:00.0 USB controller: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1042 SuperSpeed USB Host Controller (prog-if 30 [XHCI])
Subsystem: Device 174c:2104
Physical Slot: 3
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
Memory at f0000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
user@1-ubuntu:~$ sudo udevadm monitor -k
monitor will print the received events for:
KERNEL - the kernel uevent
KERNEL[2585.956558] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.3/0000:05:00.0 (pci)
KERNEL[2585.972086] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.3/0000:05:00.0/usb9 (usb)
KERNEL[2585.972116] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.3/0000:05:00.0/usb9/9-0:1.0 (usb)
KERNEL[2585.975736] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.3/0000:05:00.0/usb10 (usb)
KERNEL[2585.975763] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.3/0000:05:00.0/usb10/10-0:1.0 (usb)
KERNEL[2586.689218] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.3/0000:05:00.0/usb10/10-1 (usb)
KERNEL[2586.690935] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.3/0000:05:00.0/usb10/10-1/10-1:1.0 (usb)
KERNEL[2586.695723] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.3/0000:05:00.0/usb10/10-1/10-1:1.0/host9 (scsi)
KERNEL[2586.695757] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.3/0000:05:00.0/usb10/10-1/10-1:1.0/host9/scsi_host/host9 (scsi_host)
KERNEL[2587.692633] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.3/0000:05:00.0/usb10/10-1/10-1:1.0/host9/target9:0:0 (scsi)
KERNEL[2587.692667] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.3/0000:05:00.0/usb10/10-1/10-1:1.0/host9/target9:0:0/9:0:0:0 (scsi)
KERNEL[2587.692691] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.3/0000:05:00.0/usb10/10-1/10-1:1.0/host9/target9:0:0/9:0:0:0/scsi_disk/9:0:0:0 (scsi_disk)
KERNEL[2587.692708] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.3/0000:05:00.0/usb10/10-1/10-1:1.0/host9/target9:0:0/9:0:0:0/scsi_device/9:0:0:0 (scsi_device)
KERNEL[2587.692824] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.3/0000:05:00.0/usb10/10-1/10-1:1.0/host9/target9:0:0/9:0:0:0/scsi_generic/sg1 (scsi_generic)
KERNEL[2587.692898] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.3/0000:05:00.0/usb10/10-1/10-1:1.0/host9/target9:0:0/9:0:0:0/bsg/9:0:0:0 (bsg)
KERNEL[2587.699636] add /devices/virtual/bdi/8:16 (bdi)
KERNEL[2587.699771] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.3/0000:05:00.0/usb10/10-1/10-1:1.0/host9/target9:0:0/9:0:0:0/block/sdb (block)
KERNEL[2587.703694] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.3/0000:05:00.0/usb10/10-1/10-1:1.0/host9/target9:0:0/9:0:0:0/block/sdb (block)
KERNEL[2587.709178] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.3/0000:05:00.0/usb10/10-1/10-1:1.0/host9/target9:0:0/9:0:0:0/block/sdb (block)
Apart from the supposedly found block device (can't judge) I am not sure if there is anything that is really eSata specific and not USB 3.0 related.
So far what I think I can tell from the output is that the modules
pciehp pci pcieport
seem to be dealing with the express card as such whereas
xhci_hcd
takes care of USB 3.0. I cannot see any clear reference to the eSata connector, which might not be surprising if the bus is just passed through (again: not sure).
For completeness' sake here comes the output of
user@1-ubuntu:~$ lsmod | tee before
Module Size Used by
ctr 13049 1
ccm 17773 1
pci_stub 12622 1
vboxpci 23194 0
vboxnetadp 25670 0
vboxnetflt 27613 0
vboxdrv 339502 3 vboxnetadp,vboxnetflt,vboxpci
cuse 13445 3
dm_crypt 23177 1
btusb 32412 0
cdc_ether 14351 0
usbnet 43913 1 cdc_ether
cdc_acm 28803 0
mii 13934 1 usbnet
cdc_wdm 19053 0
rfcomm 69160 8
bnep 19624 2
bluetooth 391136 22 bnep,btusb,rfcomm
binfmt_misc 17468 1
coretemp 13435 0
kvm_intel 143148 0
kvm 451729 1 kvm_intel
thinkpad_acpi 81013 0
nvram 14411 1 thinkpad_acpi
serio_raw 13462 0
arc4 12608 2
snd_seq_midi 13324 0
snd_seq_midi_event 14899 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_hda_codec_conexant 57441 1
iwldvm 232285 0
snd_hda_intel 56451 3
mac80211 630653 1 iwldvm
snd_hda_codec 192906 2 snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 13602 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_rawmidi 30144 1 snd_seq_midi
lpc_ich 21080 0
iwlwifi 169932 1 iwldvm
snd_seq 61560 2 snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq_midi
snd_pcm 102099 2 snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
mei_me 18627 0
cfg80211 484040 3 iwlwifi,mac80211,iwldvm
snd_page_alloc 18710 2 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel
mei 82276 1 mei_me
snd_seq_device 14497 3 snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_midi
snd_timer 29482 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd 69322 17 snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,thinkpad_acpi,snd_seq_device,snd_seq_midi
soundcore 12680 1 snd
parport_pc 32701 0
ppdev 17671 0
mac_hid 13205 0
tp_smapi 28367 0
thinkpad_ec 14449 1 tp_smapi
lp 17759 0
parport 42348 3 lp,ppdev,parport_pc
i915 783961 2
psmouse 106714 0
ahci 25819 3
libahci 32716 1 ahci
i2c_algo_bit 13413 1 i915
e1000e 254433 0
drm_kms_helper 55071 1 i915
drm 303102 3 i915,drm_kms_helper
ptp 18933 1 e1000e
pps_core 19382 1 ptp
video 19476 1 i915
wmi 19177 0
and a list of the newly loaded modules:
user@1-ubuntu:~$ diff before <(lsmod)
1a2
> usb_storage 62209 0
Now, on my Arch machine the situation is as follows when the card is plugged in:
user@3-arch:~$ uname -r
3.17.2-1-ARCH
user@3-arch:~$ sudo udevadm monitor -k
monitor will print the received events for:
KERNEL - the kernel uevent
user@3-arch:~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
sr_mod 21903 0
cdrom 47479 1 sr_mod
hid_generic 12393 0
usbhid 48603 0
hid 102220 2 hid_generic,usbhid
cdc_ether 12564 0
usbnet 34978 1 cdc_ether
cdc_acm 30362 0
cdc_wdm 17427 0
mii 12675 1 usbnet
ctr 12927 0
ccm 17534 0
fuse 87410 3
joydev 17063 0
wacom_w8001 12706 0
serport 12842 1
mousedev 17272 0
iTCO_wdt 12831 0
iTCO_vendor_support 12649 1 iTCO_wdt
coretemp 12820 0
kvm 417429 0
pcspkr 12595 0
psmouse 107214 0
evdev 21544 20
mac_hid 12633 0
serio_raw 12849 0
i2c_i801 16965 0
snd_hda_codec_conexant 21835 1
snd_hda_codec_generic 63126 1 snd_hda_codec_conexant
arc4 12536 2
iwldvm 184847 0
mac80211 604456 1 iwldvm
i915 905750 2
lpc_ich 20768 0
iwlwifi 156837 1 iwldvm
snd_hda_intel 26387 0
snd_hda_controller 26938 1 snd_hda_intel
cfg80211 445286 3 iwlwifi,mac80211,iwldvm
thinkpad_acpi 69074 0
e1000e 215686 0
snd_hda_codec 108536 4 snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_controller
drm_kms_helper 80934 1 i915
shpchp 35210 0
snd_hwdep 17244 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 88487 3 snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_controller
ptp 17692 1 e1000e
pps_core 17225 1 ptp
snd_timer 26614 1 snd_pcm
wmi 17339 0
drm 259106 4 i915,drm_kms_helper
nvram 13034 1 thinkpad_acpi
thermal 17559 0
snd 73436 8 snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_pcm,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,thinkpad_acpi
soundcore 13031 2 snd,snd_hda_codec
led_class 12859 2 iwldvm,thinkpad_acpi
rfkill 18867 3 cfg80211,thinkpad_acpi
ac 12715 0
hwmon 12930 2 coretemp,thinkpad_acpi
acpi_cpufreq 17218 1
battery 17452 0
i2c_algo_bit 12744 1 i915
mei_me 17900 0
tpm_tis 17182 0
i2c_core 50152 5 drm,i915,i2c_i801,drm_kms_helper,i2c_algo_bit
tpm 31467 1 tpm_tis
mei 75079 1 mei_me
intel_agp 17432 0
intel_gtt 17848 3 i915,intel_agp
video 18043 1 i915
processor 27777 3 acpi_cpufreq
button 12953 1 i915
sch_fq_codel 17343 6
tp_smapi 27621 0
thinkpad_ec 12813 1 tp_smapi
ext4 497696 3
crc16 12343 1 ext4
mbcache 17171 1 ext4
jbd2 86417 1 ext4
sha256_ssse3 25692 2
sha256_generic 16804 1 sha256_ssse3
ecb 12737 0
cbc 12696 1
algif_skcipher 17051 0
af_alg 12988 1 algif_skcipher
dm_crypt 22551 1
dm_mod 93490 15 dm_crypt
sd_mod 44398 3
crct10dif_generic 12581 1
crc_t10dif 12431 1 sd_mod
crct10dif_common 12356 2 crct10dif_generic,crc_t10dif
atkbd 22254 0
libps2 12739 2 atkbd,psmouse
ata_generic 12490 0
ahci 33291 2
libahci 27158 1 ahci
pata_acpi 12771 0
uhci_hcd 43507 0
ehci_pci 12512 0
ehci_hcd 69939 1 ehci_pci
libata 181518 4 ahci,pata_acpi,libahci,ata_generic
usbcore 199381 9 uhci_hcd,ehci_hcd,ehci_pci,usbhid,usbnet,cdc_acm,cdc_wdm,cdc_ether
usb_common 12440 1 usbcore
scsi_mod 147543 3 libata,sd_mod,sr_mod
i8042 18002 1 libps2
serio 18282 9 serio_raw,atkbd,i8042,serport,wacom_w8001,psmouse
Sticking to my suspicion that this might just be a USB related issue and eSata might still work due to some sort of passthrough, I attached the very eSata drive that I could mount on Ubuntu. It did not work.
I then researched and found this blog post: http://okomestudio.net/biboroku/?p=1360
So I downloaded the pkgbuild for the arch linux core kernel and checked the config. It matched the recommendations.
Another hint I found was to unload acpiphp and force-reload it. However, this tip does not seem to apply to the arch kernel:
[user@3-arch:~$ sudo rmmod acpiphp
rmmod: ERROR: Module acpiphp is builtin.
Anyone any idea on how to make the card work?
Thank you!
Last edited by archery1234 (2014-11-15 10:46:35)

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