[GRLUG] internal sd card reader

[topher at t1kdevelopment.com]

On Tue, 25 May 2010, L. V. Lammert wrote:

> On Tue, 25 May 2010 topher at t1kdevelopment.com wrote:
>
>> I have a dell e6400 running arch linux.  It has a built in SD card reader,
>> but I can't figure out how to use it.  I don't see it in /dev/sd*, I don't
>> see any events in dmesg or /var/log/messages when I plug something in, and
>> I don't see it listed in lsusb.
>>
>> Where would I look for this thing?
>>
> Plug in a card and most distros will pop up an icon on your desktop, ..

I'm not running a Desktop Environment, so I don't get that sort of thing.

> if not, check dmesg before & afer - if the h/w is working, it will show 
> the inserted card.

dmesg doesn't change at all when I put it in and out.

> After insertion, an fdisk -l will also give details if it has been 
> detected properly.

fdisk -l doesn't show me anything at all.

topher