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Well then thank the linux gods that it was the lock on the card!<br>
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Sorry for all the tempest in a teapot. I started using the card
reader because of a few pix that imported into Shotwell without
metadata. The Shotwell gurus said I should use the reader instead of
the USB cable so there I am! Again, luckily it was just locked and
now works like normal but I will keep this info handy and thanks
again all.<br>
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Brian<br>
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On 02/09/2012 10:56 PM, Nick Frost wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Check this out <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://activerain.com/blogsview/1239207/memory-card-is-locked-error-message">http://activerain.com/blogsview/1239207/memory-card-is-locked-error-message</a>, this is what has given me the same situation...if the camera won't write to it then this is the thing to check first. The switch sometimes gets activated taking the card in/out of a device.
On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 12:42 AM, BrianO'Keefe <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:okeefe@cybermesa.com"><okeefe@cybermesa.com></a> wrote:
It is fat32 according to disk utility and I can't alter it in anyway without getting a "read-only" error. I tried with GParted and disk utility. In disk utility I get the read-only or "the daemon is inhibited". I cannot format it in the camera without getting the read-only message.
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As Nick P. suggested…..if the write-protect tab on the SD card is not the culprit the card will likely have to be formatted in the camera once the pictures have been downloaded. The problem with accessing SD cards directly (via a reader as opposed to the camera being attached to the computer via USB) is that if a write occurs the file system can be altered or damaged causing problems. Cameras usually use FAT16 or 32 but they are not what I would call "normal" FAT16/32 file systems if one looks at them with a disk editor. I've seen this (SD card file system problems after direct access) many times. Usually I recover the photos with PhotoRec (CGSecurity) on the nearest Linux box and re-format the SD card in the camera…..and if that doesn't work it's usually the SD that's gone bad and replacement has solved the issue.
-Nick
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