USB card reader: "just works" or not ?

[Chris G]

On Thu, Mar 05, 2009 at 10:51:24PM +0100, Vincent Trouilliez wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am going to need an internal USB card reader, to read SD cards,
> something like that:
> 
> http://www.ldlc.com/fiche/PB00072490.html
> 
> Are these kind of devices "just work", or are there some readers that
> don't work on Linux ? If so, where can I find a "white list". 
> The problem is that there are no technical details about these products,
> so it's impossible to know what chip/controller they use...
> 
> Presently I have a old (eternal not internal) card reader, which works
> perfectly, but I don't if it was just good luck or not !
> 
My Sweex one "just works" in xubuntu 8.10.

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Chris Green