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    Acer 5920 card reader

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by Telkwa, Oct 20, 2008.

  1. Telkwa

    Telkwa Notebook Consultant

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    When running in Vista, the card reader on the front edge of our Acer 5920 recognizes an XD card out of the digital camera. When in Ubuntu 8.04 it does not. Has anyone had any luck getting Acer card readers to wake up and smell the coffee?
     
    Telkwa, Oct 20, 2008
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    Emor Notebook Consultant

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    I'd check for you, but I've got an Sony MS Pro lodged in, and I think it's broken :p. I'm pretty sure it works. I recommend picking up a cheap USB one, like me :p.
    EMZ=]
     
    Emor, Oct 20, 2008
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    you might want to try the command:
    Code: 
    sudo modprobe tifm_sd
     
    Ayle, Oct 21, 2008
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  4. Telkwa

    Telkwa Notebook Consultant

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    Didn't appear to do anything. I typed that in, entered password, got fresh input line. You know how that goes; it's not like terminal commands announce "problem solved!"
    Plugged in the SD card, nothing shows up on desktop nor in "Places">"Computer".
    Opened Picasa for Linux, it doesn't see a device either.

    This is not a crisis. I can plug the camera in and it's picked up. It'd just be cool to have the card reader work if you know what I mean.

    lspci shows two entries that seem to be related to the reader:
    "SD Host Controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 22)"
    "System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (revff)"

    found these entries in dmesg:
    26.772791] ricoh-mmc: Ricoh MMC Controller disabling driver
    [ 26.772795] ricoh-mmc: Copyright(c) Philip Langdale
    [ 26.773254] ricoh-mmc: Ricoh MMC controller found at 0000:0a:09.2 [1180:0843] (rev 12)
    [ 26.773268] ricoh-mmc: Controller is now disabled.
    [ 26.783573] sdhci: Secure Digital Host Controller Interface driver
    [ 26.783576] sdhci: Copyright(c) Pierre Ossman

    seems a little odd that the devices are being disabled, doesn't it?
     
    Telkwa, Oct 21, 2008
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