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My laptop has a built-in SD Card reader but it cannot detect one when inserted. Here is the result when I type lspci from the terminal:

00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 Host Bridge (rev 10)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:06.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:07.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:12.0 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 Serial ATA Controller (rev 80)
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller (rev 80)
00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller (rev 80)
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB2 Host Controller (rev 80)
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 SMBus Controller (rev 83)
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 IDE Controller (rev 80)
00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB4x0 High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-ISA Bridge (rev 80)
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-PCI Bridge (rev 80)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS482 [Radeon Xpress 200M]
04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 01)
05:04.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): O2 Micro, Inc. Firewire (IEEE 1394) (rev 02)
05:04.2 SD Host controller: O2 Micro, Inc. Integrated MMC/SD Controller (rev 01)
05:04.3 Mass storage controller: O2 Micro, Inc. Integrated MS/xD Controller (rev 01)
05:09.0 Network controller: Ralink corp. RT2561/RT61 rev B 802.11g
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  • You should specify your Ubuntu version first and which type od SD card you are using (SD, SDHC, ecc. and how many gigabytes it contains)
    – heiko81
    Jan 10, 2012 at 15:17
  • @Candelight : could you post the dmesg output after you insert a SD card in the reader. Jan 10, 2012 at 15:31
  • Maybe the following link can be applied to this question too, askubuntu.com/questions/144852/…
    – sudodus
    Jul 28, 2017 at 15:28
  • @sudodus OP hasn't signed on since Jan 2012. As such unlikely to follow the link you posted. Nonetheless VTC to close as dupe you suggested to remove this question off unanswered list. Jul 29, 2017 at 0:11

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Try this without your SD card inserted on boot.

From a post by PseudoPsyche at fedoraforums

  1. You must add the following lines to one of the .conf files in etc/modprobe.d folder. I believe it would be dist.conf*
  2. Do this, by typing the following into konsole/terminal. (substitute gedit with text editor of choice)

    sudo -H gedit /etc/modprobe.d/dist.conf  
    alias mmc_core tifm_core  
    alias mmc_card tifm_sd
    
  3. Save the file.

*If this is the wrong .conf file, someone please correct me.

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  • This has no effect for me.
    – Cerin
    Feb 6, 2015 at 18:45
  • The file name doesn't actually matter, but the directory does and it's correct. To avoid issues with packaged and generated files in the same directory, it would help to create a new file for this. Apr 19, 2015 at 18:03

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