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On Sunday 30 Sep 2012 17:47:45 David Relson wrote: |
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> On Sun, 30 Sep 2012 10:58:42 -0500 |
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> |
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> Dale wrote: |
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> > David Relson wrote: |
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> > > Good morning! |
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> > > |
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> > > I have a Rosewill 75 in 1 card reader with slots for USB, SATA, SD, |
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> > > microSD, etc. udev recognizes USB devices and mounts them |
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> > > as /media/<whatever>. |
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> > > |
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> > > However, when SD and microSD cards are inserted, /var/log/messages |
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> > > doesn't report anything and the cards aren't mounted. |
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> > > |
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> > > Any suggestions where to look? what to fix? |
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> > > |
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> > > I'm running kernel 3.2.11 on an AMD64 with udev-171. |
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> > > |
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> > > Here's a link to the card reader |
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> > > http://rosewill.com/products/1610/ProductDetail_Overview.htm |
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> > > |
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> > > Regards, |
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> > > |
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> > > David |
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> > |
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> > Have you tried those cards on a different system to see if they work? |
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> > If they do, then the reader may be bad. May want to look for dust but |
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> > if it is new, surely not. ;-) Packing peanut maybe? o_O |
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> > |
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> > I have bought a couple thinks made by Rosewill. Neither of them |
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> > worked for long. I sent one back for repair/replacement and got a |
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> > new one with about the same problem. I didn't send it back again |
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> > because it wasn't worth shipping back again plus I was expecting it |
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> > to work at least for a little while. It lasted overnight My new |
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> > policy, don't buy Rosewill products. They may work fine for someone |
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> > else but they don't for me. |
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> > |
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> > Dale |
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> Actually what I've got is a SanDisk 16GB microSD with an SD adapter. |
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> Using my wife's windoze laptop, the SD/microSD combo works fine. |
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> My initial use of the card is for Ubuntu linux for a MK802+ mini-pc. |
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> The MK802+ boots Android off its internal storage or Ubuntu off of the |
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> microSD. So, yes, the card appears to work. |
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> David |
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Have you enabled the necessary drivers in your kernel? |
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Boot off a live CD that detects the USB controller and your MicroSD drive and |
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then check what kernel drivers are being used. When you boot back into Gentoo |
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you can enable the same and roll a new kernel. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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