I saved pictures on an SD card with my Nokia phone (1 GB). Now, I'm trying to use the card on my Acer Aspire 3680 (laptop) running 5.3 and gnome. Popping the card in (until it clicks) evokes nothing from the system log or dmesg, and I don't see anything relevant in /dev. (What is the device for this?) lspci has this entry: 0a:09.2 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments 5-in-1 Multimedia Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO/xD) I couldn't find anything in Cent's wiki (searching for "card reader"), so I tired Google's linux SE, and found this: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=64974 I tried all 3 modprobe lines (as root) - "FATAL ... not found." So, one problem seems to be that I'm unfamiliar with modprobe; what's wrong? Do I need to install something? I should note that I'm not at all familiar with setting up new stuff like this. If I'm going at it wrong, please inform!
Michael Klinosky wrote:> So, one problem seems to be that I'm unfamiliar with modprobe; what's > wrong? Do I need to install something?In my experience at least many card readers that are integrated into laptops have compatibility issues with linux. It may be possible to get them working but often it is more difficult than it's worth and your better off with an external USB reader. In this case the FATAL messages mean the drivers aren't there. CentOS isn't really made to be a desktop OS, though it certainly can be used as one. The downside is that it's drivers are often much older or not available compared to systems like Ubuntu and Fedora. Though in general CentOS should be more stable, in part because it does not have those types of drivers, it'll get them when they are (hopefully) really solid and tested. You can try to find the drivers yourself and compile them from source but I think for you is probably more trouble than it's worth given my impression of your linux experience. I suggest just getting a compact USB SD card reader. Some phones like my Sanyo can present themselves as USB storage to a computer as well when connected. I'm not sure if your phone can, if so that could be another option. nate
On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 6:51 AM, Michael Klinosky<mpk2 at enter.net> wrote:> I saved pictures on an SD card with my Nokia phone (1 GB). Now, I'm > trying to use the card on my Acer Aspire 3680 (laptop) running 5.3 and > gnome. > > Popping the card in (until it clicks) evokes nothing from the system log > or dmesg, and I don't see anything relevant in /dev. (What is the device > for this?) > > lspci has this entry: > 0a:09.2 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments 5-in-1 Multimedia > Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO/xD) > > I couldn't find anything in Cent's wiki (searching for "card reader"), > so I tired Google's linux SE, and found this: > http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=64974You might want to try the kernel drivers Alan Bartlett built about half an hour ago and released from the ELRepo site ( http://elrepo.org ). The details are in this CentOS forum thread: http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?viewmode=flat&topic_id=14578&forum=39 Akemi