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    SD card reader

    I've never needed my SD card reader up until now.
    And I've been forced to conclude it simply doesn't work.
    Sadly enough, the driver (available for download at RealTek) does not compile due to errors.

    Kind regards,
    Joris

    ps: I've included the output of sudo lshw, to give a fair indication of the exact hardware.

    Code:
    joris-hp-pavilion-g7-notebook-pc
        description: Notebook
        product: HP Pavilion g7 Notebook PC (D8Q20EA#UUG)
        vendor: Hewlett-Packard
        version: 088A120000305910000620100
        serial: 5CD3101SY1
        width: 64 bits
        capabilities: smbios-2.7 dmi-2.7 vsyscall32
        configuration: boot=normal chassis=notebook family=103C_5335KV G=N L=CON B=HP S=PAV sku=D8Q20EA#UUG uuid=35434433-3130-3153-5931-7446A07C0953
      *-core
           description: Motherboard
           product: 184C
           vendor: Hewlett-Packard
           physical id: 0
           version: 57.35
           serial: PCTXB028J4FAEB
           slot: Base Board Chassis Location
         *-firmware
              description: BIOS
              vendor: Insyde
              physical id: 0
              version: F.27
              date: 04/12/2013
              size: 1MiB
              capacity: 4032KiB
              capabilities: pci upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppynec int13floppytoshiba int13floppy360 int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int9keyboard int10video acpi usb biosbootspecification uefi
         *-memory
              description: System Memory
              physical id: 1e
              slot: System board or motherboard
              size: 8GiB
            *-bank:0
                 description: SODIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1600 MHz (0.6 ns)
                 product: AM1U16BC4P2-B19H
                 vendor: A-DATA Technology
                 physical id: 0
                 serial: 000058AD
                 slot: Bottom-Slot 1(top)
                 size: 4GiB
                 width: 64 bits
                 clock: 1600MHz (0.6ns)
            *-bank:1
                 description: SODIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1600 MHz (0.6 ns)
                 product: AM1U16BC4P2-B19H
                 vendor: A-DATA Technology
                 physical id: 1
                 serial: 0000587A
                 slot: Bottom-Slot 2(under)
                 size: 4GiB
                 width: 64 bits
                 clock: 1600MHz (0.6ns)
         *-cpu
              description: CPU
              product: AMD A6-4400M APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics
              vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
              physical id: 27
              bus info: cpu@0
              version: AMD A6-4400M APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics
              serial: NotSupport
              slot: Socket FT1
              size: 1400MHz
              capacity: 2700MHz
              width: 64 bits
              clock: 100MHz
              capabilities: x86-64 fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp constant_tsc rep_good nopl nonstop_tsc extd_apicid aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq monitor ssse3 fma cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt aes xsave avx f16c lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs xop skinit wdt lwp fma4 tce nodeid_msr tbm topoext perfctr_core arat cpb hw_pstate npt lbrv svm_lock nrip_save tsc_scale vmcb_clean flushbyasid decodeassists pausefilter pfthreshold bmi1 cpufreq
              configuration: cores=2 enabledcores=2 threads=2
            *-cache:0
                 description: L1 cache
                 physical id: 28
                 slot: L1 Cache
                 size: 96KiB
                 capacity: 96KiB
                 clock: 1GHz (1.0ns)
                 capabilities: pipeline-burst internal write-back unified
            *-cache:1
                 description: L2 cache
                 physical id: 29
                 slot: L2 Cache
                 size: 1MiB
                 capacity: 1MiB
                 clock: 1GHz (1.0ns)
                 capabilities: pipeline-burst internal write-back unified
         *-pci:0
              description: Host bridge
              product: Family 15h (Models 10h-1fh) Processor Root Complex
              vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
              physical id: 100
              bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
              version: 00
              width: 32 bits
              clock: 66MHz
              configuration: latency=32
            *-display
                 description: VGA compatible controller
                 product: Trinity [Radeon HD 7520G]
                 vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI
                 physical id: 1
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0
                 version: 00
                 width: 32 bits
                 clock: 33MHz
                 capabilities: pm pciexpress msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
                 configuration: driver=fglrx_pci latency=0
                 resources: irq:51 memory:d0000000-dfffffff ioport:4000(size=256) memory:f0400000-f043ffff
            *-multimedia:0
                 description: Audio device
                 product: Trinity HDMI Audio Controller
                 vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI
                 physical id: 1.1
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:01.1
                 version: 00
                 width: 32 bits
                 clock: 33MHz
                 capabilities: pm pciexpress msi bus_master cap_list
                 configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0
                 resources: irq:50 memory:f0444000-f0447fff
            *-pci:0
                 description: PCI bridge
                 product: Family 15h (Models 10h-1fh) Processor Root Port
                 vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
                 physical id: 2
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
                 version: 00
                 width: 32 bits
                 clock: 33MHz
                 capabilities: pci pm pciexpress msi ht normal_decode bus_master cap_list
                 configuration: driver=pcieport
                 resources: irq:40 ioport:3000(size=4096) memory:f0300000-f03fffff ioport:e0000000(size=268435456)
               *-display
                    description: VGA compatible controller
                    product: Thames XT [Radeon HD 7670M]
                    vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI
                    physical id: 0
                    bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
                    version: 00
                    width: 64 bits
                    clock: 33MHz
                    capabilities: pm pciexpress msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
                    configuration: driver=fglrx_pci latency=0
                    resources: irq:52 memory:e0000000-efffffff memory:f0300000-f031ffff ioport:3000(size=256) memory:f0320000-f033ffff
            *-pci:1
                 description: PCI bridge
                 product: Family 15h (Models 10h-1fh) Processor Root Port
                 vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
                 physical id: 4
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:04.0
                 version: 00
                 width: 32 bits
                 clock: 33MHz
                 capabilities: pci pm pciexpress msi ht normal_decode bus_master cap_list
                 configuration: driver=pcieport
                 resources: irq:16 memory:f0200000-f02fffff
               *-network
                    description: Wireless interface
                    product: RT3290 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe
                    vendor: Ralink corp.
                    physical id: 0
                    bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
                    logical name: wlan0
                    version: 00
                    serial: b8:76:3f:29:36:45
                    width: 32 bits
                    clock: 33MHz
                    capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
                    configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rt2800pci driverversion=3.8.0-29-generic firmware=0.37 ip=192.168.0.135 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn
                    resources: irq:16 memory:f0210000-f021ffff
               *-generic UNCLAIMED
                    description: Bluetooth
                    product: RT3290 Bluetooth
                    vendor: Ralink corp.
                    physical id: 0.1
                    bus info: pci@0000:02:00.1
                    version: 00
                    width: 32 bits
                    clock: 33MHz
                    capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
                    configuration: latency=0
                    resources: memory:f0200000-f020ffff
            *-usb:0
                 description: USB controller
                 product: FCH USB XHCI Controller
                 vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
                 physical id: 10
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:10.0
                 version: 03
                 width: 64 bits
                 clock: 33MHz
                 capabilities: pm msi msix pciexpress xhci bus_master cap_list
                 configuration: driver=xhci_hcd latency=0
                 resources: irq:18 memory:f0448000-f0449fff
            *-usb:1
                 description: USB controller
                 product: FCH USB XHCI Controller
                 vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
                 physical id: 10.1
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:10.1
                 version: 03
                 width: 64 bits
                 clock: 33MHz
                 capabilities: pm msi msix pciexpress xhci bus_master cap_list
                 configuration: driver=xhci_hcd latency=0
                 resources: irq:17 memory:f044a000-f044bfff
            *-storage
                 description: SATA controller
                 product: FCH SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
                 vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
                 physical id: 11
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:11.0
                 version: 00
                 width: 32 bits
                 clock: 66MHz
                 capabilities: storage msi ahci_1.0 bus_master cap_list
                 configuration: driver=ahci latency=64
                 resources: irq:48 ioport:4118(size=8) ioport:4124(size=4) ioport:4110(size=8) ioport:4120(size=4) ioport:4100(size=16) memory:f0450000-f04507ff
            *-usb:2
                 description: USB controller
                 product: FCH USB OHCI Controller
                 vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
                 physical id: 12
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:12.0
                 version: 11
                 width: 32 bits
                 clock: 66MHz
                 capabilities: ohci bus_master
                 configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=32
                 resources: irq:18 memory:f044f000-f044ffff
            *-usb:3
                 description: USB controller
                 product: FCH USB EHCI Controller
                 vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
                 physical id: 12.2
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:12.2
                 version: 11
                 width: 32 bits
                 clock: 66MHz
                 capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list
                 configuration: driver=ehci-pci latency=32
                 resources: irq:17 memory:f044e000-f044e0ff
            *-usb:4
                 description: USB controller
                 product: FCH USB OHCI Controller
                 vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
                 physical id: 13
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:13.0
                 version: 11
                 width: 32 bits
                 clock: 66MHz
                 capabilities: ohci bus_master
                 configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=32
                 resources: irq:18 memory:f044d000-f044dfff
            *-usb:5
                 description: USB controller
                 product: FCH USB EHCI Controller
                 vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
                 physical id: 13.2
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:13.2
                 version: 11
                 width: 32 bits
                 clock: 66MHz
                 capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list
                 configuration: driver=ehci-pci latency=32
                 resources: irq:17 memory:f044c000-f044c0ff
            *-serial UNCLAIMED
                 description: SMBus
                 product: FCH SMBus Controller
                 vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
                 physical id: 14
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:14.0
                 version: 14
                 width: 32 bits
                 clock: 66MHz
                 configuration: latency=0
            *-multimedia:1
                 description: Audio device
                 product: FCH Azalia Controller
                 vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
                 physical id: 14.2
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:14.2
                 version: 01
                 width: 64 bits
                 clock: 33MHz
                 capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
                 configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=32
                 resources: irq:16 memory:f0440000-f0443fff
            *-isa
                 description: ISA bridge
                 product: FCH LPC Bridge
                 vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
                 physical id: 14.3
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:14.3
                 version: 11
                 width: 32 bits
                 clock: 66MHz
                 capabilities: isa bus_master
                 configuration: latency=0
            *-pci:2
                 description: PCI bridge
                 product: FCH PCI Bridge
                 vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
                 physical id: 14.4
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:14.4
                 version: 40
                 width: 32 bits
                 clock: 66MHz
                 capabilities: pci subtractive_decode bus_master
            *-pci:3
                 description: PCI bridge
                 product: Hudson PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 0)
                 vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
                 physical id: 15
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:15.0
                 version: 00
                 width: 32 bits
                 clock: 33MHz
                 capabilities: pci pm pciexpress msi ht normal_decode bus_master cap_list
                 configuration: driver=pcieport
                 resources: irq:16 memory:f0100000-f01fffff
               *-generic
                    description: Unassigned class
                    product: RTS5229 PCI Express Card Reader
                    vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
                    physical id: 0
                    bus info: pci@0000:04:00.0
                    version: 01
                    width: 32 bits
                    clock: 33MHz
                    capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
                    configuration: driver=rtsx_pci latency=0
                    resources: irq:49 memory:f0100000-f0100fff
            *-pci:4
                 description: PCI bridge
                 product: Hudson PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 1)
                 vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
                 physical id: 15.1
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:15.1
                 version: 00
                 width: 32 bits
                 clock: 33MHz
                 capabilities: pci pm pciexpress msi ht normal_decode bus_master cap_list
                 configuration: driver=pcieport
                 resources: irq:16 ioport:2000(size=4096) memory:f0000000-f00fffff
               *-network
                    description: Ethernet interface
                    product: RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
                    vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
                    physical id: 0
                    bus info: pci@0000:05:00.0
                    logical name: eth0
                    version: 05
                    serial: 74:46:a0:7c:09:53
                    size: 10Mbit/s
                    capacity: 100Mbit/s
                    width: 64 bits
                    clock: 33MHz
                    capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
                    configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=half firmware=rtl_nic/rtl8105e-1.fw latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=MII speed=10Mbit/s
                    resources: irq:47 ioport:2000(size=256) memory:f0004000-f0004fff memory:f0000000-f0003fff
         *-pci:1
              description: Host bridge
              product: Family 15h (Models 10h-1fh) Processor Function 0
              vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
              physical id: 101
              bus info: pci@0000:00:18.0
              version: 00
              width: 32 bits
              clock: 33MHz
         *-pci:2
              description: Host bridge
              product: Family 15h (Models 10h-1fh) Processor Function 1
              vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
              physical id: 102
              bus info: pci@0000:00:18.1
              version: 00
              width: 32 bits
              clock: 33MHz
         *-pci:3
              description: Host bridge
              product: Family 15h (Models 10h-1fh) Processor Function 2
              vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
              physical id: 103
              bus info: pci@0000:00:18.2
              version: 00
              width: 32 bits
              clock: 33MHz
         *-pci:4
              description: Host bridge
              product: Family 15h (Models 10h-1fh) Processor Function 3
              vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
              physical id: 104
              bus info: pci@0000:00:18.3
              version: 00
              width: 32 bits
              clock: 33MHz
              configuration: driver=k10temp
              resources: irq:0
         *-pci:5
              description: Host bridge
              product: Family 15h (Models 10h-1fh) Processor Function 4
              vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
              physical id: 105
              bus info: pci@0000:00:18.4
              version: 00
              width: 32 bits
              clock: 33MHz
         *-pci:6
              description: Host bridge
              product: Family 15h (Models 10h-1fh) Processor Function 5
              vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
              physical id: 106
              bus info: pci@0000:00:18.5
              version: 00
              width: 32 bits
              clock: 33MHz
         *-scsi:0
              physical id: 1
              logical name: scsi0
              capabilities: emulated
            *-disk
                 description: ATA Disk
                 product: ST1000LM024 HN-M
                 vendor: Seagate
                 physical id: 0.0.0
                 bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
                 logical name: /dev/sda
                 version: 2AR1
                 serial: S2SWJ9KCC01810
                 size: 931GiB (1TB)
                 capabilities: gpt-1.00 partitioned partitioned:gpt
                 configuration: ansiversion=5 guid=1a12cec4-0606-4f49-a1d4-69629f24b606 sectorsize=4096
               *-volume:0
                    description: Windows FAT volume
                    vendor: mkdosfs
                    physical id: 1
                    bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,1
                    logical name: /dev/sda1
                    logical name: /boot/efi
                    version: FAT32
                    serial: d8d5-2393
                    size: 93MiB
                    capacity: 93MiB
                    capabilities: boot fat initialized
                    configuration: FATs=2 filesystem=fat mount.fstype=vfat mount.options=rw,relatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro state=mounted
               *-volume:1
                    description: EXT4 volume
                    vendor: Linux
                    physical id: 2
                    bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,2
                    logical name: /dev/sda2
                    logical name: /
                    version: 1.0
                    serial: d71afcdb-fb6a-479d-a872-e00ae632b818
                    size: 923GiB
                    capabilities: journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink recover extents ext4 ext2 initialized
                    configuration: created=2013-06-19 23:46:21 filesystem=ext4 lastmountpoint=/ modified=2013-08-24 18:44:14 mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered mounted=2013-08-24 18:44:14 state=mounted
               *-volume:2
                    description: Linux swap volume
                    vendor: Linux
                    physical id: 3
                    bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,3
                    logical name: /dev/sda3
                    version: 1
                    serial: a88c812c-f3b9-4d7e-8fc4-d91daafac3f5
                    size: 7648MiB
                    capacity: 7649MiB
                    capabilities: nofs swap initialized
                    configuration: filesystem=swap pagesize=4095
         *-scsi:1
              physical id: 2
              logical name: scsi1
              capabilities: emulated
            *-cdrom
                 description: DVD-RAM writer
                 product: DVDRAM GT80N
                 vendor: hp
                 physical id: 0.0.0
                 bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0
                 logical name: /dev/cdrom
                 logical name: /dev/cdrw
                 logical name: /dev/dvd
                 logical name: /dev/dvdrw
                 logical name: /dev/sr0
                 version: R102
                 capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram
                 configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc
      *-battery
           description: Lithium Ion Battery
           product: MU06047
           vendor: 13-12
           physical id: 1
           slot: Primary
           capacity: 47520mWh
           configuration: voltage=10.8V

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    Re: SD card reader

    Mine (the built-in one) won't work either on one computer we have. Solution: bought a USB Targus SD (and related formats) card reader for about $5. It has never failed to work. Plug in and use. Wal*Mart (in U.S.A.) and other shops.

    Probably not the solution you are looking for, however.

  3. #3
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    Re: SD card reader

    That's the one thing I generally dislike about these fora, peoply trying to modify your original question :-p
    It is indeed, not quite the solution I'm after.

    Thank you for putting in the time and effort to reply though.

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    Re: SD card reader

    What is the output from
    Code:
    lsusb

  5. #5
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    Re: SD card reader

    output of sudo lsusb, as requested:

    Code:
    Bus 001 Device 002: ID 04f2:b34f Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd 
    Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
    Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
    Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
    Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
    Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
    Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
    Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
    Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
    This command was executed without any medium inserted in the card reader.

    Kind regards,
    Joris

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