card reader

[Liam Proven]

On 27/09/2007, norman <norman at littletank.org> wrote:
> < snip >
>
> > Try it the other way round.
> >
> > Disconnect both. Reboot.
> >
> > Open the system log viewer. It's under the System | Administration menu.
> > Open the kernel view (kern.log). This will tell you if the system
> > recognises the reader.
> >
> > *Now* plug the *empty* card reader.
> >
> > Did the system log indicate that a new device had been detected?
>
> Not that I could see.

Hmmm. That's not a good sign.

The other, perhaps slightly simpler, way to see what the kernel is
detecting is to open a Terminal (Applications|Accessories|Terminal)
and type

tail -f /var/log/kern.log

Then try inserting your storage card. Here's what mine says when I do it:

Sep 27 23:47:44 blackbox kernel: [1718005.166594] SCSI device sdd:
499712 512-byte hdwr sectors (256 MB)
Sep 27 23:47:44 blackbox kernel: [1718005.169591] sdd: Write Protect is off
Sep 27 23:47:44 blackbox kernel: [1718005.169594] sdd: Mode Sense: 43 00 00 08
Sep 27 23:47:44 blackbox kernel: [1718005.169595] sdd: assuming drive
cache: write through
Sep 27 23:47:44 blackbox kernel: [1718005.169598]  sdd: sdd1


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