Cannot read CD Card Karmic 32-bit

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I have several SD cards. On both my 32-bit karmic machines, with very different hardware, I cannot read any SD card that is >= 4GB. I can see it in lsusb output (Alcor Micro Corp.) but not in fdisk output. What might be the problem?

Others seem to have the same problem
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1136196

# dmesg && fdisk -l && lsusb
[510668.428012] usb 1-5: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 24
[510668.565934] usb 1-5: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[510668.566225] scsi13 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
[510668.566325] usb-storage: device found at 24
[510668.566328] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
[510673.564217] usb-storage: device scan complete
[510673.565825] scsi 13:0:0:0: Direct-Access Multi Flash Reader 1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
[510673.566152] sd 13:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
[510704.104025] usb 1-5: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 24
[510714.356013] usb 1-5: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 24
[510730.600024] usb 1-5: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 24
[510730.852041] usb 1-5: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 24
[510741.096013] usb 1-5: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 24
[510741.230002] sd 13:0:0:0: Device offlined - not ready after error recovery
[510741.230039] sd 13:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to offline device
[510741.230050] sd 13:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to offline device
[510741.230055] sd 13:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to offline device
[510741.230058] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdb] READ CAPACITY failed
[510741.230060] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdb] Result: hostbyte=DID_NO_CONNECT driverbyte=DRIVER_OK
[510741.230063] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdb] Sense not available.
[510741.230068] sd 13:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to offline device
[510741.230071] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[510741.230073] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 00 00 00 00
[510741.230075] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[510741.230184] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk

Disk /dev/sda: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0007d92f

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 21986 176602513+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 29880 30401 4192965 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda3 21987 29879 63400522+ 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 21987 29551 60765831 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 29552 29879 2634628+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Partition table entries are not in disk order
Bus 002 Device 009: ID 046d:0a12 Logitech, Inc.
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 045e:00f9 Microsoft Corp.
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 024: ID 058f:6331 Alcor Micro Corp.
Bus 001 Device 018: ID 05ac:1292 Apple, Inc. iPhone 3G
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub