[gentoo-amd64] Re: Internal Card Reader detection [SOLVED]

[gentoo-amd64] Re: Internal Card Reader detection [SOLVED]

[Jonathan Schaeffer]

Well, I let this problem aside for a while. But my card reader works
pretty well now.

I compiled usb_core, usb_ohci, usb_storage as module and this way,
lsusb reports about my card reader.

great.

Jo

2005/6/20, Jonathan Schaeffer <joschaeffer@gmail.com>:
> Hi all,
>
> this could be off topic on this list, sorry if you think so.
>
> It's about my card reader (8 in 1 Flash, SD etc.) buit-in on my shuttle
> SN85G4 V3 box , and my unability to make it work with my Gentoo.
>
>
> It worked out of the box with Ubuntu, so I know it's feasable but I was
> really unable to find any doc about this feature.
>
> The Specs of the box
> (http://www.shuttle.com/share/product_data/spec/SN85G4_V3_DM.pdf) says
> it's USB2.0 interface, but, having USB mass storage working (I can plug
> my camera through USB), dmesg doesn't show anything when I insert some
> card in the reader.
>
> If someone knows about this, I'd be gratefull for the help :)
>
> PS : Of course, it's an amd64 box, so it's not as off topic as it seems...
>
>
>
>
>
>
-- 
gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-amd64] Re: Internal Card Reader detection [SOLVED]

[Duncan]

"Jonathan Schaeffer" <joschaeffer@gmail.com> posted
d60596f50606290227m4132d133t79b551fdd693d3b1@mail.gmail.com, excerpted
below, on  Thu, 29 Jun 2006 11:27:46 +0200:

> I compiled usb_core, usb_ohci, usb_storage as module and this way,
> lsusb reports about my card reader.

Ahh...  You probably got bit by the infamous
no-usb-unless-the-usb-stuff-is-compiled-as-modules bug.  I puzzled over
that for awhile with my scanner.  Turns out that for those with the bug,
all that shows up on the usb is the host-controllers, if the usb stuff is
compiled into the kernel.

Too bad I didn't remember that soon enough to help you, but maybe this
will help someone else struggling with the issue.  It's apparently fairly
well known, tho I'm not sure of the cause or implications in terms of
kernel hacking and why the issue continues to exist.



-- 
Duncan - List replies preferred.   No HTML msgs.
"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master --
and if you use the program, he is your master."  Richard Stallman

-- 
gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list