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Squee22

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Registered: 2012-12-13

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[SOLVED] Aspire One JMicron Card reader won't work

Ok so a bit of backstory. I decided to throw linux on my old aspire one netbook (aoa 150 160gb hard drive atom processor), because xp was slow, my android phone reintroduced me to linux, and windows 8 scares the crap out of me.

Last time I used linux I used ubuntu, back when they used gnome... prob about 7 years ago... so I am a bit rusty, and this is my first time messing with a bare bones distribution..... I'm telling you this so you know, to dumb it down for me... haha

I've installed arch linux using the beginners guide, a video, and this wiki: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Acer_Aspire_One. I'm running kde on it.

I've got mostly everything working, including the left SD card reader. It all went a lot smoother than I anticipated... but...

The Problem: The right sd card does not work. The right sd card is the jmicron card.

I've tried googling and can not find the sollution. help me....

lspci shows the card reader.
dmesg does not show me insert the card.

Thanks

Last edited by Squee22 (2012-12-13 15:55:01)

Gusar

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Registered: 2009-08-25

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Re: [SOLVED] Aspire One JMicron Card reader won't work

Getting the card reader to work is part of that wiki page you linked to. Just one thing - the page still describes the initscripts method of loading modules at boot, you instead need to use the systemd method. But other than that, do what the wiki page says.

Squee22

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Registered: 2012-12-13

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Re: [SOLVED] Aspire One JMicron Card reader won't work

this I did:
"
Card Reader
Note: For some people, this is not needed with the most recent BIOS v3309

To enable hotplugging for the card readers, add the following to /etc/modprobe.d/pciehp:

options pciehp pciehp_force=1

Then add pciehp to the modules array in /etc/rc.conf:

MODULES=( ... pciehp ... )
"

from the wiki, and it did get the left card working. The right card though will not work. (this laptop has two card readers.)

I will move it over to the systemd method, once I find the time to figure out how to do that.

Originally the aspire one was designed for SSD then upgraded to larger HD. The SSD was very small, so the idea was that the customer would use the left SD card, mounted into the file structure for all the personal information, and a second SD card slot on the right for camera's and the like. I don't really need the second card reader to work, but it would be nice to have everything working.

Last edited by Squee22 (2012-12-13 12:38:33)

Gusar

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Re: [SOLVED] Aspire One JMicron Card reader won't work

I know all about the two card readers, I have an AOA110 (and use it as intended, my /home is on a SD card in the left reader). You missed one step from the instructions - the pcie_ports=native option.

Squee22

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Re: [SOLVED] Aspire One JMicron Card reader won't work

OK. Thanks for the help.

I have moved over to the systemd method... figured that out. Admittedly, took longer to figure out than it should have.
there is no directory  .../grub/menu.lst
I figure this has also changed, and is now somewhere else

I may have to update the wiki file after this

Squee22

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Re: [SOLVED] Aspire One JMicron Card reader won't work

ok I added the line to "/etc/default/grub"
then grub-mkconfig in terminal but it doesn't work

Squee22

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Re: [SOLVED] Aspire One JMicron Card reader won't work

ok... I figured it out... I will update the wiki sometime to clarify that a bit for systemd and grub 2 users

There were a few steps to inputting that into grub 2

Thanks for all your help