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I've tried to format my sd card with no luck so far. Everytime I put it in my card reader, Ubuntu throws back at me this error:

Error mounting /dev/sdb1 at /media/haunted/FC30-3DA9: Command-line `mount -t "vfat" -o "uhelper=udisks2,nodev,nosuid,uid=1000,gid=1000,shortname=mixed,dmask=0077,utf8=1,showexec,flush" "/dev/sdb1" "/media/haunted/FC30-3DA9"' exited with non-zero exit status 32: mount: /dev/sdb1: can't read superblock

also I have installed gparted to see if it was detected at least, but apparently no. I can safely rule out a card reader issue: Windows 7 and the digital camera also have problems reading the memory card. Is there anything I can do?

Edit (dmsg output):

[  467.145226]  sdb: sdb1
[  468.618376] FAT-fs (sdb1): error, invalid access to FAT (entry 0x0d9025b8)
[  468.618381] FAT-fs (sdb1): Filesystem has been set read-only
[14525.007780] FAT-fs (sdb1): error, invalid access to FAT (entry 0x0d9025b8)
[14525.007784] FAT-fs (sdb1): Filesystem has been set read-only
[14528.686295] FAT-fs (sdb1): error, invalid access to FAT (entry 0x0d9025b8)
[14528.686304] FAT-fs (sdb1): Filesystem has been set read-only
[14532.642288] FAT-fs (sdb1): error, invalid access to FAT (entry 0x0d9025b8)
[14532.642297] FAT-fs (sdb1): Filesystem has been set read-only
[14549.438700]  sdb: sdb1
[14549.846281] FAT-fs (sdb1): error, invalid access to FAT (entry 0x0d9025b8)
[14549.846286] FAT-fs (sdb1): Filesystem has been set read-only
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What's in dmesg? – jippie Nov 17 '12 at 14:38
@jippie added to my question. – haunted85 Nov 17 '12 at 14:52

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