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Lagrange

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Registered: 2011-05-15

Posts: 6

Peripheral Device Extension

I have purchased an internal SD card reader. I have plugged the internal usb cord into the third usb slot on my motherboard, and when I power on the computer, the red power light on the device is bright. However, when I put cards into the device, the access light does not turn on, as it did when I ran Ubuntu linux. Hence, I suspect the problem is a software issue. How can I force the kernel to recognize the device?

nixscripter

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Registered: 2011-06-08

Posts: 9

Re: Peripheral Device Extension

If you had it working on Ubuntu, then it is probably a missing kernel driver.

Do you know what driver it used? You can plug it into the Ubuntu machine and check /var/log/messages for information.