Realtek Card Reader on HP laptop not working

[fumblejack]

My SD card doesn't read any SD card. When I put it in, it doesn't mount, doesn't show up anywhere. I have spent the last two days trying everything that I have found on-line. I have upgraded my kernel, I have restarted multiple times, I have added lines to /etc/modules, and nothing is working. I type in:

su -l
echo 1 > /sys/bus/pci/rescan

and it still doesn't work. What else is there for me to do?

Adam

[gtsfer]

Is there data on it you're trying to get at? The commands you refer to worked for me, but this SD is formatted for a Kodak camera.

Can you see it with gparted (just to take a peek, not to format it)?. Other cards work for me np (such as blanks which I've formatted for a Raspberry Pi).

If I remember correctly, when I switched to Linux I had to find and upgrade the firmware on my card reader for it to work at all. That might be worth investigating.

[fumblejack]

No it doesn't appear in gparted.

I'm actually trying to format it for a pi. I can't get the Linux to see the sd card.The card reader shows up under lspci command, just never reads/notices/mounts any card that I install. I figure it's a firmware issue as well. I looked for firmware and instructions but didn't have much luck. I will try again.

[JeremyB]

Have you tried an external usb card reader?

[fumblejack]

I haven't tried that, but it would probably work. Most of my USB devices work fine. I don't have a USB card reader though, and would like to use the onboard card reader.

[gtsfer]

First, find the card reader. It sounds like yours is on the PCI bus from what you posted. Just in case, run both of these commands.

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lsusb
lspci

Mine for instance shows up on USB as "Bus 004 Device 002: ID 0644:0200 TEAC Corp. All-In-One Multi-Card Reader CA200/B/S". So let's find the card first and see about looking for a firmware update. I am really sure I went through this little process a long time ago when formatting my first Pi SD cards. Nothing showed up no matter what until I did a FW update on Linux. I returned 2 brand new cards until I figured it out.

[fumblejack]

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08:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTS5229 PCI Express Card Reader (rev 01)

This is what shows up on the PCI bus.

[fumblejack]

So I found the driver through this link http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=100596 and the install insrtuctions are quite simple, But I am getting the following errors no matter what I do. How do I get this working? All of my linux-headers are installed.

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dad-laptop rts5229 # make
cp -f ./define.release ./define.h
make -C /lib/modules/3.14.1-031401-generic/build/ SUBDIRS=/home/adam/rts5229 modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.14.1-031401-generic'
  CC [M]  /home/adam/rts5229/rtsx.o
/home/adam/rts5229/rtsx.c:266:2: error: unknown field ‘proc_info’ specified in initializer
/home/adam/rts5229/rtsx.c:266:2: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default]
/home/adam/rts5229/rtsx.c:266:2: warning: (near initialization for ‘rtsx_host_template.proc_dir’) [enabled by default]
/home/adam/rts5229/rtsx.c:914:22: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘rtsx_probe’
/home/adam/rts5229/rtsx.c:1069:23: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘rtsx_remove’
/home/adam/rts5229/rtsx.c:1094:11: error: ‘rtsx_probe’ undeclared here (not in a function)
/home/adam/rts5229/rtsx.c:1095:2: error: implicit declaration of function ‘__devexit_p’ [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
/home/adam/rts5229/rtsx.c:1095:24: error: ‘rtsx_remove’ undeclared here (not in a function)
/home/adam/rts5229/rtsx.c:262:34: warning: ‘rtsx_host_template’ defined but not used [-Wunused-variable]
/home/adam/rts5229/rtsx.c:476:12: warning: ‘rtsx_control_thread’ defined but not used [-Wunused-function]
/home/adam/rts5229/rtsx.c:585:12: warning: ‘rtsx_polling_thread’ defined but not used [-Wunused-function]
/home/adam/rts5229/rtsx.c:739:13: warning: ‘quiesce_and_remove_host’ defined but not used [-Wunused-function]
/home/adam/rts5229/rtsx.c:775:13: warning: ‘release_everything’ defined but not used [-Wunused-function]
/home/adam/rts5229/rtsx.c:785:12: warning: ‘rtsx_scan_thread’ defined but not used [-Wunused-function]
/home/adam/rts5229/rtsx.c:810:13: warning: ‘rtsx_init_options’ defined but not used [-Wunused-function]
cc1: some warnings being treated as errors
make[2]: *** [/home/adam/rts5229/rtsx.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/adam/rts5229] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.14.1-031401-generic'
make: *** [default] Error 2

[gtsfer]

This is along the lines of what you need to do to do to get that card reader working. http://www.amazon.com/Passport-Portable ... hard+drive

Take a look at it, if you need help I'll try and delve back into my memory more. What kind of PC/laptop are you working with there? Can you post this as well (if your get stuck that is, it's not easy if you do it first time).

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inxi -Fx

[gtsfer]

Wait, let's back up a bit. It was firmware for the card. Not the driver. I have to look again. It was a year ago, but I'm sure it was the firmware. (aka updating the ROM chip in the card itself, like a BIOS update). Sorry, been out for a few hours doing Sunday stuff.

[fumblejack]

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adam@dad-laptop ~ $ inxi -Fx
System:    Host: dad-laptop Kernel: 3.14.1-031401-generic x86_64 (64 bit, gcc: 4.6.3) 
           Desktop: N/A Distro: Linux Mint 15 Olivia
Machine:   System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP 2000 Notebook PC version: 088A120000305910000620100
           Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 188B version: KBC Version 69.14 Bios: Insyde version: F.22 date: 10/25/2012
CPU:       Dual core AMD E1-1200 APU with Radeon HD Graphics (-MCP-) cache: 1024 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4a ssse3 svm) bmips: 5589.82 
           Clock Speeds: 1: 777.00 MHz 2: 777.00 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Wrestler [Radeon HD 7310] bus-ID: 00:01.0 
           X.Org: 1.13.3 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1366x768@60.0hz 
           GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on AMD PALM GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 9.1.7 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio:     Card-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] FCH Azalia Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:14.2
           Card-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Wrestler HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 6250/6310] driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:01.1
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: k3.14.1-031401-generic
Network:   Card-1: Realtek RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller 
           driver: r8169 ver: 2.3LK-NAPI port: 2000 bus-ID: 03:00.0
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: 74:46:a0:cb:5c:ed
           Card-2: Atheros AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter driver: ath9k bus-ID: 07:00.0
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: 2c:d0:5a:56:e9:ea
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 320.1GB (31.3% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: WDC_WD3200BPVT size: 320.1GB 
Partition: ID: / size: 193G used: 94G (52%) fs: ext4 ID: swap-1 size: 3.87GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap 
RAID:      No RAID devices detected - /proc/mdstat and md_mod kernel raid module present
Sensors:   None detected - is lm-sensors installed and configured?
Info:      Processes: 181 Uptime: 1:06 Memory: 920.2/3551.6MB Runlevel: 2 Gcc sys: 4.7.3 Client: Shell inxi: 1.8.4 
adam@dad-laptop ~ $