Lenovo V570 SD card reader

[dot-borg]

Hi, my SD card reader isn't working and I'd like to fix that. Unfortunately, I'm not sure which device it is. Here's the output from lspci:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller (rev 09)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 05)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 05)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev b5)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev b5)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev b5)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 05)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation HM65 Express Chipset Family LPC Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family 6 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 05)
02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N + WiMAX 6150 (rev 67)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 06)

And here's the output from lsusb:

Bus 002 Device 004: ID 0bda:0139 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. 
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 1c7a:0603 LighTuning Technology Inc. 
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 5986:0364 Acer, Inc 
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 8087:07d7 Intel Corp. 
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

I suspect that it might be the Realtek USB device. Anyone have an idea?

[jvgeli]

Have the same issue on a Lenovo G475 with Realtek Multi Card reader running maverick. Anyone figured this out yet pleasE?

[Amorget]

Same SD Card reader, same problem. This is in a MSI 16F2 whitebook

[freechelmi]

Hi !

Same probleme here with a Lenovo B570 , at least it's not 1c7a:0603 which is the fingerprint reader certified by ubuntu : http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/.../make/usb:1C7A .

It seems to be 0bda:0139 then ...

[gseward]

Same SD Card reader, same problem. This also is in a MSI 16F2 whitebook. Ub 11.04. I have been unable to identify the card reader.
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gil@UbZNb:~$ lsusb
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 047d:1043 Kensington
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0bda:0139 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching HubID 0bda:0139 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 1770:ff00
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
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I think it is the ID 0bda:0139 Realtek Semiconductor Corp..
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

[freechelmi]

I think it is the ID 0bda:0139 Realtek Semiconductor Corp..
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

It is . RealTek sent me a driver for this Vid/pid but I haven't tested it yet.

It's available here : http://ubuntuone.com/p/153B/

[Amorget]

It is . RealTek sent me a driver for this Vid/pid but I haven't tested it yet.

It's available here : http://ubuntuone.com/p/153B/

Works perfectly on the 16F2!

Really simple install, just read the readme

extract to HDD, open terminal and navigate to folder.

make
sudo make install
sudo depmod

reboot

Thank you so much!

[gseward]

Works perfectly on my MSI 16f2 (16F231-004) with Ubuntu 11.04. Only hitch is that I had to go root to do make, not just sudo make.

Thanks a whole lot. Now everything works.

[friv_livs]

realtek driver download worked for me. Thanks.

[freechelmi]

realtek driver download worked for me. Thanks.

Great thanks for the feedback. We still have to roduce a DKMS package then to ease the installation now