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From: Joost Roeleveld <joost@××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] usb media reader
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 07:55:05
Message-Id: 20110331075429.9014C292F@data.antarean.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] usb media reader by Florian Philipp
1 On Wednesday 30 March 2011 20:07:31 Florian Philipp wrote:
2 > Am 30.03.2011 19:52, schrieb James:
3 > > Hello,
4 > >
5 > > lsusb shows:
6 > > Bus 001 Device 035: ID 05e3:0710 Genesys Logic, Inc. USB 2.0 33-in-1
7 > > Card Reader
8 > >
9 > > OK, so I plug in a CF card and run fdisk -l
10 > >
11 > > Disk /dev/sdb: 4110 MB, 4110188544 bytes
12 > > 128 heads, 63 sectors/track, 995 cylinders, total 8027712 sectors
13 > > Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
14 > > Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
15 > > I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
16 > > Disk identifier: 0x00000000
17 > >
18 > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
19 > >
20 > > /dev/sdb1 * 63 201599 100768+ 83 Linux
21 > > /dev/sdb2 201600 709631 254016 82 Linux swap /
22 > > Solaris /dev/sdb3 709632 8023679 3657024 83 Linux
23 > >
24 > >
25 > > Very nice....
26 > >
27 > > Now I remove the CF card an put in a SD card.
28 > > Tried several SD cards.
29 > > Nothing.....
30 > >
31 > > Knotify (I guess) pops up just fine with CF.
32 > > SD... nothing.
33 >
34 > SD is another kernel module. There are different categories for SD and
35 > Memory Stick drivers in the kernel config. Look in the Device Drivers
36 > section.
37
38 I have a USB-media reader and only need the USB-storage drivers.
39 Never did figure out what the SD-drivers are really for.
40
41 Are you certain the USB-reader can actually handle the SD-cards? Especially
42 the newer "High Capacity" ones can be a bit tricky as not all readers can
43 handle those.
44
45 Did you also try an "older" SD-card of "small" capacity, like 512MB?
46
47 --
48 Joost

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