REALTEK SD card reader 5209 - help

[ranjan_mg]

I am using ubuntu 12.10 - My SD card reader does not work at all. When I insert SD card nothing happens.

Here is the lspci output
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 06)
04:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTS5209 PCI Express Card Reader (rev 01)
05:00.0 USB controller: Etron Technology, Inc. EJ168 USB 3.0 Host Controller (rev 01)
06:00.0 Network controller: Ralink corp. RT3090 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe


It looks I am using rts_pstor module ..

lsmod | grep rts
rts_pstor 433804 0



modinfo rts_pstor
filename: /lib/modules/3.5.0-17-generic/kernel/drivers/staging/rts_pstor/rts_pstor.ko
version: v1.10
license: GPL
description: Realtek PCI-Express card reader driver
srcversion: 9C23B27E4677E61398C0251
alias: pci:v000010ECd00005288sv*sd*bcFFsc*i*
alias: pci:v000010ECd00005209sv*sd*bcFFsc*i*
alias: pci:v000010ECd00005208sv*sd*bcFFsc*i*
depends:
staging: Y
intree: Y
vermagic: 3.5.0-17-generic SMP mod_unload modversions
parm: delay_use:seconds to delay before using a new device (uint)
parm: ss_en:enable selective suspend (int)
parm: ss_interval:Interval to enter ss state in seconds (int)
parm: auto_delink_en:enable auto delink (int)
parm: aspm_l0s_l1_en:enable device aspm (byte)
parm: msi_en:enable msi (int)



From kernel log

Jan 3 11:24:22 ubuntu kernel: [ 1445.939271] rtsx_acquire_irq: chip->msi_en = 0, pci->irq = 17
Jan 3 11:24:22 ubuntu kernel: [ 1446.137688] scsi11 : SCSI emulation for PCI-Express Mass Storage devices
Jan 3 11:24:22 ubuntu kernel: [ 1446.137847] rts_pstor: waiting for device to settle before scanning
Jan 3 11:24:23 ubuntu kernel: [ 1447.132633] rts_pstor: device scan complete
Jan 3 11:24:23 ubuntu kernel: [ 1447.132832] scsi 11:0:0:0: >Direct-Access Generic- xD/SD/M.S. 1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
Jan 3 11:24:23 ubuntu kernel: [ 1447.133103] sd 11:0:0:0: >Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
Jan 3 11:24:23 ubuntu kernel: [ 1447.134752] sd 11:0:0:0: >[sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk


It is as if the card was not insterted correctly but works fine on windows


Any help is greatly appreciated..

thanks

[cptncatholic]

I had this exact same problem.

Found this solution: http://askubuntu.com/questions/25853.../261504#261504

Piece of cake!

TC