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Old 03-25-2010, 12:09 PM   #1
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Question problem with my 5-in-1 Media card Reader on acer aspire 4730z


the problem is that is not reading anything i already select the option in the kernel configuration but it does not work anyway.
i already find something in google an it says that i should use Ndiswraper, but some people in college told me that Ndiswraper should be my last resource, so i want to now my other resources ;D.

this is a list of the lspci command:


00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub (rev 07)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 03)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ICH9M LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E 2 port SATA IDE Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.5 IDE interface: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E 2 port SATA IDE Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.6 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) Thermal Subsystem (rev 03)
04:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR928X Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)
05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 02)
07:00.0 System peripheral: JMicron Technology Corp. SD/MMC Host Controller
07:00.2 SD Host controller: JMicron Technology Corp. Standard SD Host Controller
07:00.3 System peripheral: JMicron Technology Corp. MS Host Controller
07:00.4 System peripheral: JMicron Technology Corp. xD Host Controller

if it's needed more info please let me know. thanks for any suggestions or solution, and have a nice day
 
Old 03-26-2010, 03:37 AM   #2
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Please post;
lspci -nn | grep JMicron
 
Old 03-26-2010, 10:28 PM   #3
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lspci -nn | grep JMicron
07:00.0 System peripheral [0880]: JMicron Technology Corp. SD/MMC Host Controller [197b:2382]
07:00.2 SD Host controller [0805]: JMicron Technology Corp. Standard SD Host Controller [197b:2381]
07:00.3 System peripheral [0880]: JMicron Technology Corp. MS Host Controller [197b:2383]
07:00.4 System peripheral [0880]: JMicron Technology Corp. xD Host Controller [197b:2384]
 
Old 03-27-2010, 03:14 AM   #4
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what happens when you load the pciehp module ?
 
Old 03-27-2010, 01:41 PM   #5
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what happens when you load the pciehp module ?
based on what i read in google the pciehp module need to be loaded at boot time, but for load this as a modules it's necessary to select pciehp option in the kernel configuration, can you please tell me where is located pciehp in kernel configuration, and what is the funtion of pciehp module?

and thanks for your help
 
Old 03-27-2010, 01:58 PM   #6
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did you use genkernel or make menuconfig ?
http://nooone.info/downloads/pciehp.png
http://www.gentoo-wiki.info/ExpressCard
 
Old 03-27-2010, 02:40 PM   #7
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did you use genkernel or make menuconfig ?
i use make menuconfig.

and i have load the pciehp, this way <*> and obviously not as a module, its necessary to load it as a module??

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Old 03-27-2010, 02:55 PM   #8
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You may have to;
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=6139238
 
Old 03-30-2010, 08:32 PM   #9
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i read the thread, but my problem is that the card reader does not recognize any card even when i put it before turn on the computer, but thanks for the suggestion.
 
  


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