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Maybe it is something else you are plugging the card into - a camera perhaps?
Perhaps there is something strange about the cardreader - have you tried another type?
Third thought, for my external cardreader I have to plug the card into the reader, then the reader into USB for it to work properly.
Distribution: Slackware 12.1, AND IM LOVIN EVERY MINUTE OF IT, JERRY! :D
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Ive only got the one card reader.I dont think its my phone thats affecting the card either, because I cant remember having this problem in the past with Slack 12.
I need to reformat my HD, so Ill reinstall and see if that makes a difference. the one thing I think *may* have influenced it, is that I didnt enable HAL by default on set up. I had to enable it afterwards.
tredegar, you got HAL installed on your distro? I think it should recognise the card once plugged into the reader (while the reader is plugged into the computer). that was a problem I had before, but HAL seems to have solved that for me.
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