Guest reetta Posted October 22, 2006 Report Share Posted October 22, 2006 I have a HP Compaq NX6125 laptop. It has an internal SD-MS/Pro-MMC-SM-XD card reader. Is there a way to make that card reader to work under mandriva 2007? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwardp Posted October 28, 2006 Report Share Posted October 28, 2006 Welcome to Mandrivausers.org! I've never actually used an internal card reader, but external card readers connected via USB, work perfectly with Mandriva. They can be plugged directly into a USB port or into a USB hub. It is possible that your hardware is so new, that it's not (yet) supported/recognized by Linux. In which case, purchasing an external card reader would be the way to go. I've seen them selling for less than $25 in most places. To see if your hardware is actually recognized, open up Konqueror and in the address bar, type: system:/media If it's recognized, the device will be listed there. Hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted October 28, 2006 Report Share Posted October 28, 2006 A friend of mine has a HP laptop which uses the same card controller (I believe the same controller chip is used for both the cardbus controller and the card reader) and he never managed to make it work (he's using Gentoo). I cannot say for sure though if it can work or not, because I have stopped using any HP/Compaq hardware since ages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coverup Posted October 28, 2006 Report Share Posted October 28, 2006 A friend of mine has a HP laptop which uses the same card controller (I believe the same controller chip is used for both the cardbus controller and the card reader) and he never managed to make it work (he's using Gentoo). I cannot say for sure though if it can work or not, because I have stopped using any HP/Compaq hardware since ages. Try putting a card into the reader and run harddrake or reboot with the card inserted. See if harddrake recognizes the hew file storage device. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest reetta Posted October 29, 2006 Report Share Posted October 29, 2006 (edited) Running harddrake gives me these errors: Warning: skip "sysfs_device" field => "/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:14.1" Warning: skip "sysfs_device" field => "/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:02:04.3" Warning: skip "sysfs_device" field => "/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:02:04.4" and more lines like these, only numbers keep changing. and there is no new file storage device, but card reader is on the section 'unrecognised/others' Texas Instruments PCI6411, PCI6421, PCI6611, PCI6621, PCI7411, PCI7421, PCI7611, PCI7621 Secure Digital (SD) Controller and on the section '(E)ide/ata controllers' there is '?Texas Instruments PCIxx21 Integrated FlashMedia Controller' So, the reader isn't workink but mandriva 'knows' that there is one. I just have to find a way make it work. Edited October 29, 2006 by reetta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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