Ok, I've spent hours searching here, and google trying to find an answer with no success. I have a Toshiba laptop running Suse 10.1. The laptop has a 5 in 1 bridge media adapter built in. It works fine under Winblows, but it does absolutely nothing in Suse. I've seen a few "fixes" that helped others but they didn't work for me. I'm not all that linux savvy so the easiest solution would be great! But if I have to compile and edit config files, then I'll need step by step instructions. I've done it before, but I don't know what many of the config files are, nor what they do. I'm a KDE gui user.

Does anyone know how I can get the card reader to work? I'd prefer it to automount when I pop a card in like everything else does when I put in a medium. It sux to have to load Winblows just to copy some photos from my camera card.

I'm running Suse 10.1 on a Toshiba Satellite model M55-S3292, and I normally use Smart Gui for package management and upgrades if that means anything.

Thanx for any help anyone can provide.

Please post the output of lspci.

You bet, here it is...

linux:~ # lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express Processor to DRAM Controller (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev d3)
00:1e.2 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1e.3 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 03)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) SATA Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8036 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller (rev 10)
06:02.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection (rev 05)
06:04.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCIxx21/x515 Cardbus Controller
06:04.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
06:04.3 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments PCIxx21 Integrated FlashMedia Controller
06:04.4 Class 0805: Texas Instruments PCI6411, PCI6421, PCI6611, PCI6621, PCI7411, PCI7421, PCI7611, PCI7621 Secure Digital (SD) Controller

The driver for that controller should be in the 2.6.17 kernel, according to this web site. If your kernel is at that level or above, then your distro may not have enabled the functionality (or you may need the setpci command shown on the above web site). If you are using an older kernel, it's time to upgrade.

Hmmm. I'll look into that, but according to that site, it doesn't work with XD cards. That's unfortunately what I'm trying to read from. My slot supports them, but if that driver doesn't, it won't help. But I do not have that version of the kernel. Mine is 2.6.16.21-0.13, and I don't see a newer one listed in my Smart updates. Is there an optional smart update source that has the latest kernel, or has Suse not released one yet?

Thanx for the help!

It looks like later kernels are available, though they may not be stable. I don't know if there's a better source for these, as I don't have SuSE installed at the moment.

As far as support for other types of flash, the problem is that these internal chipsets (those that don't interface to the USB bus) are proprietary. If there are no open docs, there's no driver possible. I suggest you pick up a cheap (typically under $20) USB flash reader.

The chipset in question is being reverse engineered here: tifmxx

Unfortunately, the driver isn't completely stable and only supports SD cards at the moment.