So, um, this forum has helped me get SuSE10 64 installed and configured(thanks, yo!). I have to say SuSE has made me forget about that other OS, win something...so much so, that I'm no longer dual booting...don't need the winblow$ crutch anymore...strickly linux for me...everything works fine including wireless internet, sound, video, USB flash stick, but the damn built in memory card reader won't work. Honestly, maybe it does and I just don't know how to access it thru the OS. So if this is an easy fix please don't clown me....still very new to Linux, but learning.

It's an HP DV5000 laptop, AMD Turion64 ML-34. I think the card reader is:

06:04.3 Unknown mass storage controller: Texas Instruments PCIxx21 Integrated Fl
ashMedia Controller
06:04.4 Class 0805: Texas Instruments PCI6411, PCI6421, PCI6611, PCI6621, PCI741
1, PCI7421, PCI7611, PCI7621 Secure Digital (SD) Controller

which I got from the command # lspci.


Uhhh, I remembered something else that just won't work. The translucency...Composite Manager Failure at start up when it is on. I tried adding some extensions and such to some file somewhere...who knows, just saw it on a post but it didn't work (I've reinstalled SuSE since that change). The actual error says Xorg> 6.8 needed and suggests adding some lines. Then it says Composite manager crashed twice and was ended. I can get the full info if needed. I'm running KDE3.4. and it's SuSE10 64.

I'm guessing there are a bunch of you just eager to show off your linux expertise to me and all the other newbies out there... So i'll just thank y'all well in advance.

Y'all have a blessed one!

http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:...ient=firefox-a
This it? Pretty sharp. You may want to query hp about the "appropriate OS" bit since linux is listed as appropriate... but which one?

I see others with this problem with SuSE10 and different notebooks:
i.e. http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...d.php?t=431820

Maybe it is a SuSE problem?

Yea Bro, It's that machine you have on that link. I've still been looking around for some info on the reader but to no avail.

So based on the fact that so many people are having trouble with these card readers and SuSE I should give up, right?

Hell no. Quitting is for winblow$ users...I know there's someone out there who can help me troubleshoot this thing.
I'm reminded of a Pink Floyd song with the line "Hello... is there anybody in there?" By the way, Marge used that line in a Simpsons episode...

One more thing, does anyone find it peculiar that most of the posts regarding memory card readers are initially made by newbies(myself included), but have very few replies?

hmmm...interesting...I'd appreciate any help i can get

thanks again.

Y'all have a blessed one!

As far as I can tell, the reader is supposed to be a USB thing ... right after you boot, do a dmesg | grep storage (or just a simple dmesg and hunt through it) to see what messages, if any, come up about the controller.

However, given that "Linux" is listed by hp as a proper OS to run on this lappy, I still think you should be asking hp support about it directly. I've found them quite forthcoming for folk who ask intellegent questions.

State the lappy type, then the linux type and kernel version. Give the lspci output, then ask to be pointed in the right direction.

Old - no success but interesting reading. Some indication this uses an integrated PCI/PCMCIA socket...
http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/foru...hread.php?t=55
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...d.php?t=320968
http://www.linux-laptop.net/hosted/f...slackware.html

Support:
http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/support.html

I've been asking around, here's some things to try:

rmmod usb-storage
modprobe usb-storage

check usb-ohci and usb-ehci modules are loaded

check for multiple scsi luns stuff in your kernel - it is under scsi support in xconfig(this may need a recompile).

Ckradjia:

Your card reader is not supported under Linux - it uses a proprietary Texas Instruments controller that TI won't release the specs to. There is some work under way to try and reverse engineer the Windows driver, but progress is slow as there's only one developer at the moment who's mostly working on trying to get SD/MMC support.

http://tifmxx.berlios.de