I recently switched from fedora core 6 to Ubuntu and over the past few weeks have had no problems with the installation except with the SD slot. I found a link on the Ubuntu forum that has a small script that would enable the SD slot.
Here is how to enable the SD slot on any laptop that has an SD slot based on the Texas Instruments PCI6411/6421/6611/6621/7411/7421/7611/7621 chip-sets.
1. Create a file name sdhci.sh on your desktop with the following code
#!/bin/sh# from:#http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1614392#post1614392## Get lsb functions
. /lib/lsb/init-functions
LSPCI_ADDRESS=`lspci | grep "FlashMedia" | cut -d " " -f 1`
case "$1" in
start)
log_begin_msg "Configuring card reader"
modprobe fakephp || return 1
setpci -s ${LSPCI_ADDRESS} 86.b=90
setpci -s ${LSPCI_ADDRESS} 4c.b=02 # FlashMedia SD disable
setpci -s ${LSPCI_ADDRESS} 04.b=06 # SDHCI Mem+ BusMaster+
setpci -s ${LSPCI_ADDRESS} 88.b=01 # SDHCI DMA enable
modprobe sdhci || return 1
log_end_msg $?
;;
stop)
log_begin_msg "Shutting down card reader"
modprobe -r sdhci
lsmod | grep -q sdhci && return 1
setpci -s ${LSPCI_ADDRESS} 88.b=00 # SDHCI DMA disable
setpci -s ${LSPCI_ADDRESS} 04.b=07 # SDHCI Mem- BusMaster-
setpci -s ${LSPCI_ADDRESS} 4c.b=00 # FlashMedia SD enable
setpci -s ${LSPCI_ADDRESS} 86.b=d0
modprobe -r fakephp
log_end_msg $?
;;
*)
log_success_msg "Usage: /etc/init.d/sdhci start|stop"
exit 1
;;
esac
exit 0
2. make the file executable using the following command
chmod +x sdhci
3. Execute the file in a terminal using the following command
sudo ./sdhci.sh start
If every thing works fine and you will see a message " * Configuring card reader [ OK ]"
4. To start this script automatically move the script into /etc/init.d use the following command to accomplish this
sudo mv sdhci.sh /etc/init.d
5. finally add the script to be executed during boot sequence by executing the following command
sudo update-rc.d sdhci.sh defaults
you should see the following message on screen
Adding system startup for /etc/init.d/sdhci.sh ...
/etc/rc0.d/K20sdhci.sh -> ../init.d/sdhci.sh
/etc/rc1.d/K20sdhci.sh -> ../init.d/sdhci.sh
/etc/rc6.d/K20sdhci.sh -> ../init.d/sdhci.sh
/etc/rc2.d/S20sdhci.sh -> ../init.d/sdhci.sh
/etc/rc3.d/S20sdhci.sh -> ../init.d/sdhci.sh
/etc/rc4.d/S20sdhci.sh -> ../init.d/sdhci.sh
/etc/rc5.d/S20sdhci.sh -> ../init.d/sdhci.sh
That's it you are done :) , you can now start fooling around with the card reader.