HELP!!! USB Card Reader doesn't read SD card openSUSE 11.0

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Newbie question:
My HP desktop has a 8-in-1 card reader. The card reader works fine with Vista, but when I insert the SD Card (4gig) in openSUSE 11.0 (32 bit) nothing happens. Ironically the openSUSE recognizes the hardware but that’s all. The SD card never get mounted.

Below are the results of ‘lsusb’ and ‘fdisk -l’ commands.

#lsusb
Bus 005 Device 004: ID 058f:9360 Alcor Micro Corp. 8-in-1 Media Card Reader
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

#fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x02cc02cb

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 13968 112197928+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 13969 14593 5020312+ f W95 Ext’d (LBA)
/dev/sda5 13969 14593 5020281 82 Linux swap / Solaris

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  • EZputter,

does it mount the card when you reboot with the card inserted? I assume it is an internal reader, right? Else you could just unplug/plug in the reader with card inserted.

Uwe

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Uwe,
This is an internal 8-in-1 card Reader in a HP Pavilion desktop. I tried your suggestion and rebooted the system with SD card inserted. The card still did not mount. I also plugged/unplugged the internal cable several times while the system was running but the OS still did not mount the card. I’m currently at a dead end with this issue.

Thanks,
EZputter

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Hi EZputter,

I’ve had this also with a card reader and all media bigger than 2GB. Don’t know where that limit was coming from but using another (newer) card reader solved it for me. Not saying you are having the same issue though…

Does the output of dmesg give any clues when inserting/removing the SD card?

Cheers,
Wj