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Problems with ricoh memory card reader

Asked by ikeya208

I have a dell laptop Inspiron 6400 and I cant use the ricoh memory card reader. The memory card that I use is a memory stick pro duo.

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mak (iammak) said : 		#1

in what way cant you use your card reader?
u cant install it or cant view its contents or something else?

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ikeya208 (blackstar) said : 		#2

I cant see anything when I put the memory card, cant see anything in the file system neither in the desktop.

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mak (iammak) said : 		#3

check for /media/ folder.
it has all the partitions that are mounted
and could you ever use it?

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ikeya208 (blackstar) said : 		#4

I think that is not possible mount Sony memory cards in ubuntu.

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ikeya208 (blackstar) said : 		#5

I think that is not possible mount Sony memory cards in ubuntu.

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BSOD (lm-bsod) said : 		#6

I have the same problem on Acer 5720 with ricoh card reader.
Who know, when the problem will be solved?...

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mak (iammak) said : 		#7

go to menu>accessories>terminal
type:
sudo su
enter pass

type the following commands one by one in terminal:

fdisk -l

and

blkid
and paste here the results.

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Tyler (dreamcar94) said : 		#8

IM having the same problem running ubuntu satanic 10.04 on my toshiba satellite a305
heres my info for fdisk command:
Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xdd2ad119

   Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 37988 305130497 5 Extended
/dev/sda2 37988 38914 7439360 17 Hidden HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda5 1 36907 296449024 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 36907 37988 8680448 82 Linux swap / Solaris

blkid command:
/dev/ramzswap0: TYPE="swap"
/dev/sda2: LABEL="HDDRECOVERY" UUID="7E8C7E858C7E37AB" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sda5: UUID="bc550cfa-2e3d-4dfa-8204-1467ee5ba1a0" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/sda6: UUID="21a5705f-3835-45d3-b875-71b4eb9aceba" TYPE="swap"

here is some added info of what ricoh i have installed:
04:06.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 05)
04:06.1 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 22)
04:06.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 12)
04:06.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev 12)