Fresh install of Gutsy, SD card reader detected, not seeing cards

[Preston Kutzner]

On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 20:51:19 +0900
Dave M G <martin at autotelic.com> wrote:

> Ubuntu list,
> 
> I have a Panasonic laptop, with a built in SD card reader. I just 
> installed Gutsy, and did a complete update.
> 
> So far as I can tell, it sees the SD card reader:
> 
> $ lspci
> CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c475 (rev 88)
> System Peripheral: Ricoh Ltd RL5c475 SD Bus Host Adapter

Ricoh card readers have very poor support under Linux.  You can check
here to see if it might be supported:
http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/panasonic.html

However, I have a Fujitsu laptop with a slightly different model Ricoh
SD / Memory Stick reader that is not supported... at all.  Best place
to search would be with your favorite search-engine.  Someone *might*
have gotten it working under Linux, but most likely it will not work.
Unfortunately, Ricoh lets manufacturers pretty much customize their
readers to their liking, and most laptop manufacturers do not release
specs or Linux drivers for their devices.  As a result of the heavy
customization, it's not really worth anyone's while to try to
reverse-engineer drivers for the readers, as each one (and it can
differ between models from the same manufacturer) is different.

> 
> But, when I put in an SD card, there nothing comes up on the Desktop, 
> there is no directory mounted in /media, and dmesg reports absolutely 
> nothing to do with any cards being inserted or removed.
> 
> In short, the laptop seems to know there's an SD card reader there, but 
> doesn't know what to do with it.
> 
> Is there some additional configuration I need to get my SD card reader 
> working?
> 
> Thank you for any advice.
> 
> -- 
> Dave M G
> 
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