6 in 1 card reader

wael_nasreddine · 05-07-2005, 05:31 AM

Hello,
i have HP pavilion dv1071ea and i use ubuntu hoary linux
and actually i couldn't get my 6 in 1 card reader working, did anyone succeded to get it working???
here's lspci output:

Code:

0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82852/855GM Host Bridge (rev 02)
0000:00:00.1 System peripheral: Intel Corp. 855GM/GME GMCH Memory I/O Control Registers (rev 02)
0000:00:00.3 System peripheral: Intel Corp. 855GM/GME GMCH Configuration Process Registers (rev 02)
0000:00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corp. 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02)
0000:00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corp. 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
0000:00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
0000:00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
0000:00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB 2.0 EHCI Controller (rev 03)
0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 83)
0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801DBM LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801DBM (ICH4) Ultra ATA Storage Controller (rev 03)
0000:00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
0000:00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03)
0000:00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 03)
0000:02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
0000:02:06.0 Network controller: Intel Corp. PRO/Wireless 2200BG (rev 05)
0000:02:09.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments: Unknown device 8031
0000:02:09.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments: Unknown device 8032
0000:02:09.3 Unknown mass storage controller: Texas Instruments: Unknown device 8033
0000:02:09.4 0805: Texas Instruments: Unknown device 8034

as you can see it's Texas Instruments chipset
any ideas????
thanks

FF103 · 05-08-2005, 03:05 PM

after boot up, plug it in and run dmesg to see what it calls it, look for something like sda1 or sdb1 and see if its showing up. if so you cane mount it manually.

wael_nasreddine · 05-08-2005, 11:52 PM

unfortunately, nothing comes up i already tried this, when i plug an MMC card nothing will be in dmesg

marsques · 05-10-2005, 05:32 PM

post the output of "lsusb" as root...

wael_nasreddine · 05-11-2005, 04:35 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by marsques
post the output of "lsusb" as root...

here you go

Code:

wael@nasreddine:~$ sudo lsusb
Password:
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 045e:0040 Microsoft Corp. Wheel Mouse Optical
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

nothing usefull it's on pci

Code:

wael@nasreddine:~$ sudo lspci
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82852/855GM Host Bridge (rev 02)
0000:00:00.1 System peripheral: Intel Corp. 855GM/GME GMCH Memory I/O Control Registers (rev 02)
0000:00:00.3 System peripheral: Intel Corp. 855GM/GME GMCH Configuration Process Registers (rev 02)
0000:00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corp. 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02)
0000:00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corp. 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
0000:00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
0000:00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
0000:00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB 2.0 EHCI Controller (rev 03)
0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 83)
0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801DBM LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801DBM (ICH4) Ultra ATA Storage Controller (rev 03)
0000:00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
0000:00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03)
0000:00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 03)
0000:02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
0000:02:06.0 Network controller: Intel Corp. PRO/Wireless 2200BG (rev 05)
0000:02:09.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments: Unknown device 8031
0000:02:09.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments: Unknown device 8032
0000:02:09.3 Unknown mass storage controller: Texas Instruments: Unknown device 8033
0000:02:09.4 0805: Texas Instruments: Unknown device 8034

phen · 05-11-2005, 04:05 PM

Got a similar problem with my HP COmpaq nc6120! the same ti card reader.... was looking for this ws... thing, but it does not support our card reader. Any help would be very useful :-)

thanks in advance!

Kai

wael_nasreddine · 05-14-2005, 07:02 AM

no one else can suggest anything please???? it is really annoying to have materials that don't function, and to return to windows is nearly impossible i don't beleive the day i get rid of it!!!

FF103 · 05-14-2005, 08:42 AM

What brand of card reader is it? I have a Lexar 12 in 1 card reader and it works on every distro I've tried it on.On some of them I had to mount it manually, but on mandrake 10.1 it mounts it automatically when I plug it in.

wael_nasreddine · 05-14-2005, 08:46 AM

Texas Instruments

phen · 05-14-2005, 08:47 AM

It is a Texas Instruments device:

0000:02:09.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments: Unknown device 8031

unfortunately, we are not that lucky like you with our card reader :-(

hw-tph · 05-14-2005, 06:37 PM

With the risk of coming across as lazy, I'll just copy and paste from another post I just made in response to a similar card reader:

Quote:

It seems to be a solution similar to the Texas Instruments PCI1620 PCMCIA/Cardbus kit that also has a piggyback card reader (like the 5-in-1 readers on Compaq/HP R3000 series laptops). This TI device requires a special firmware in order for the card reader to work - the firmware uploader works just fine, but it requires unencrypted firmware. This firmware is not available in its unencrypted form (the Windows driver takes care of decrypting the firmware and uploading it to the device).

Håkan

phen · 05-15-2005, 03:44 AM

This sounds promising! But I'm not sure whether i've understood you right: I have to install unencrypted firmware under windows, and thereafter it should work under linux?

hw-tph · 05-15-2005, 04:41 AM

No. The memory in the card reader is volatile - everytime you start the computer you will need to decrypt the firmware on disk and then upload it to the device. It is verified that this works, but one cannot get ahold of unencrypted firmware. Even if someone did it would be questionable legally because of TI's license.

Håkan

phen · 05-15-2005, 04:48 AM

:-( hmpf, thanks for your help anyway! what the hell are encrypted firmware drivers for a CARDREADER good for???

My cardreader doesnt work under windows either (I just recognized it, because i was looking for the win drivers..)

wael_nasreddine · 05-15-2005, 07:40 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by hw-tph
No. The memory in the card reader is volatile - everytime you start the computer you will need to decrypt the firmware on disk and then upload it to the device. It is verified that this works, but one cannot get ahold of unencrypted firmware. Even if someone did it would be questionable legally because of TI's license.

Håkan

Hi,
tell us how to do it please.... we can do a script on the Desktop to load it and use it, it would be usefull, but just how to do it??? please???