Install CardReader?

[lyim]

I've installed ubuntu 9.1 to eeepc 4G with an internal cardreader
Can see cardreader inside Computer-File Browser as USB2.0 CardReader SD0.
But cannot open SD memory card inside cardreader.
http://www.cs.sfu.ca/~ggbaker/personal/cf-linux explained how to.
It is too hard for me, a beginner, to install sg3-utils. Please help.
Because it cannot be done from Ubuntu Software Centre.
I've already downloaded from
http://packages.ubuntu.com/source/dapper-backports/sg3-utils
sg3-utils_1.21-1ubuntu1~dapper1.dsc
sg3-utils_1.21.orig.tar.gz
sg3-utils_1.21-1ubuntu1~dapper1.diff.gz

[dstew]

It might already be installed. Open a terminal (Applications --> Accessories --> Terminal) and enter on the command line
sg_scan -iIf you get no response, try
sudo sg_scan -i If it tells you that the command is not available, you should be able to install it using Synaptic. Or, from the command line,
sudo apt-get install sg3-utils

[lyim]

Thanks for replying.
All tried. sg3-utils not found!
Download sg3-utils.rpm from debian, cannot install with rpm.
It will be good if Ubuntu Software Centre has this package???

[lyim]

Pity! I've tried ubuntu, eeepcbuntu, pclinuxos etc... more than 10 distributions. None can handle CardReader.

[dstew]

The Software Center is a new program, it may have some problems. Try the command line
sudo apt-get install sg3-utilsIf it does not work, post the command output to the forum.

[lyim]

Outputs. Thanks
user01@user01-laptop:~$ sg_scan -i
The program 'sg_scan' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install sg3-utils
sg_scan: command not found
user01@user01-laptop:~$
user01@user01-laptop:~$ sudo sg_scan -i
sudo: sg_scan: command not found
user01@user01-laptop:~$
user01@user01-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install sg3-utils
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package sg3-utils is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package sg3-utils has no installation candidate
user01@user01-laptop:~$

[dstew]

This probably means your repository list is not correct. Post to the forum the output of the command
cat /etc/apt/sources.list

[lyim]

user01@user01-laptop:~$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list
#deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 9.10 _Karmic Koala_ - Release i386 (20091028.5)]/ karmic main restricted
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic main restricted
deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates main restricted
deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic universe
deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic universe
deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates universe
deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic multiverse
deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic multiverse
deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates multiverse
deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
# deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-backports main restricted universe multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository.
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
# deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu karmic partner
# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu karmic partner

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic-security multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic-security multiverse
user01@user01-laptop:~$

[lyim]

user01@user01-laptop:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 9.10
Release: 9.10
Codename: karmic

This is a new installation of Ubuntu 9.10 to eeepc 4g from USB stick
CardReader was visible but content of SD memory could not be open
I´ve used Update Manager.(it has taken 10 hours)
After updating, CardReader is now invisible.
(but visible from Palimpsest Disk Utility; cannot see content)
[CardReader always works with WinXP, SD or HD SD
because I repeatly installing XP or Linux for testing
ie CardReader hardware is ok]

[dstew]

Try this:
sudo apt-get install libsgutils2-2I found this package in your archives that is supposed to contain sg3-utils. But, I also found sg3-utils in the archive, so I guess I don't know why it won't install on your system. Can you install other packages?

[lyim]

Thank you dstew, appreciate very much your patience and assistance. It works now. I will follow http://www.cs.sfu.ca/~ggbaker/personal/cf-linux (http://www.cs.sfu.ca/%7Eggbaker/personal/cf-linux) and see how things go. I´ll let you know.

The followings are outputs of your instructions, for your info. Thanks again.
user01@user01-laptop:~$ sudo -i
[sudo] password for user01:
root@user01-laptop:~# sudo apt-get install libsgutils2-2
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
libsgutils2-2 is already the newest version.
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
linux-headers-2.6.31-14 linux-headers-2.6.31-14-generic
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
root@user01-laptop:~# sg_scan -i
The program 'sg_scan' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
apt-get install sg3-utils
sg_scan: command not found
root@user01-laptop:~# apt-get install sg3-utils
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
linux-headers-2.6.31-14 linux-headers-2.6.31-14-generic
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following NEW packages will be installed:
sg3-utils
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 527kB of archives.
After this operation, 1,638kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main sg3-utils 1.27-0.1 [527kB]
Fetched 527kB in 45s (11.7kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package sg3-utils.
(Reading database ... 135155 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking sg3-utils (from .../sg3-utils_1.27-0.1_i386.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up sg3-utils (1.27-0.1) ...
root@user01-laptop:~# sg_scan -i
/dev/sg0: scsi1 channel=0 id=0 lun=0 [em]
ATA SILICONMOTION SM n/a [rmb=0 cmdq=0 pqual=0 pdev=0x0]
/dev/sg1: scsi2 channel=0 id=0 lun=0 [em]
USB2.0 CardReader SD0 0100 [rmb=1 cmdq=0 pqual=0 pdev=0x0]
root@user01-laptop:~#

[lyim]

root@user01-laptop:~# sg_scan -i
/dev/sg0: scsi1 channel=0 id=0 lun=0 [em]
ATA SILICONMOTION SM n/a [rmb=0 cmdq=0 pqual=0 pdev=0x0]
/dev/sg1: scsi2 channel=0 id=0 lun=0 [em]
USB2.0 CardReader SD0 0100 [rmb=1 cmdq=0 pqual=0 pdev=0x0]
root@user01-laptop:~# sg_map
/dev/sg0 /dev/sda
/dev/sg1 /dev/sdb
root@user01-laptop:~#

It is too hard for me, a beginner, to make the card reader working; shall give up!