Internal SD Card Reader Notebook

Hi there,

I always carry an USB card reader for my sd cards but sometimes I forget it home (like today), giving me a lot of headache. But I do have on my Compaq/HP nc6000 laptop an internal sd card reader.

I'm currently using Suse 10.2 and I ask if someone know how to get it to work. Though I've been using Suse for a while now, I consider myself a newbie because almost every time I face a different problem I can't find a solution by my own. So, please treat me as a newbie! =D

Thank u all!

By the way, this is my lspci result.

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82855PM Processor to I/O Controller (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82855PM Processor to AGP Controller (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 83)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) IDE Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 [Mobility Radeon 9600 M10]
02:06.0 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ711M3/MC3 4-in-1 MemoryCardBus Controller
02:06.1 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ711M3/MC3 4-in-1 MemoryCardBus Controller
02:06.2 System peripheral: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ711Mx 4-in-1 MemoryCardBus Accelerator
02:06.3 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ711M3/MC3 4-in-1 MemoryCardBus Controller
02:0e.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5705M_2 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 03)
05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5005G 802.11abg NIC (rev 01)

Try this from root konsol

# lspci

which gave me a few lines of data, these are the interesting lines


02:06.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCIxx21/x515 Cardbus Controller
02:06.3 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments PCIxx21 Integrated FlashMedia Controller
02:06.4 Generic system peripheral [Class 0805]: Texas Instruments PCI6411/6421/6611/6621/7411/7421/7611/7621 Secure Digital Controller
02:06.5 Communication controller: Texas Instruments PCI6411/6421/6611/6621/7411/7421/7611/7621 Smart Card Controller

I then ran this command.

# setpci -s 02:06 4c.b=02

Insert the card and it was auto detected.
the only thing is that you have to run this at every start up untill someone explains how to add it to the startup sequence.

Credit to mick80234 for this also see this link
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...d.php?t=505888

I am now using 10.2 with no problems on HP Compaq nc6120

funny thing. I was using 9.2 pro on a jewel laptop with internal SD reader. I didn't get my USB ports, wireless or ethernet modem to work but if I insert a SD card it just pops up in the devices tab and works like a dream I'm downing openSUSE 10.2 now to see if that works. good luck

Well, I tried to run
# setpci -s 02:06 4c.b=02

but i got no success... does anyone else knows anything? Unfortunately google isn't helping me at all... =(

I guess I should give up, eh?

Thanks folks

I think that command was from the original post using his pci addresses. You need to use your own from your lspci printout. See man setpci for detailed info.

Hi all,

Can anyone tell me what the 4c.b=02 means? and how you worked out what values to use?

I think that I have a similar problem getting a PCI Bridge to take action when a PCMCIA card is inserted.

Thanks,

J

I can not get mine to worth either under openSUSE 10.2 on a Compaq R3460us

part from lspci that pertains to the card reader
02:04.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1620 PC Card Controller (rev 01)
02:04.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1620 PC Card Controller (rev 01)
02:04.2 System peripheral: Texas Instruments PCI1620 Firmware Loading Function (rev 01)