camera card reader

[Raquel]

On Sun, 12 Apr 2009 16:50:16 +0100
laptop <laptop at littletank.org> wrote:

> On Sun, 2009-04-12 at 11:11 -0400, Brian McKee wrote:
> > On Sun, 2009-04-12 at 15:25 +0100, laptop wrote:
> > > On Sun, 2009-04-12 at 09:27 -0400, Brian McKee wrote:
> > > > On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 7:51 AM, laptop
> > > > <laptop at littletank.org> wrote:
> > > > > I have an Inspiron 1525 running Ubuntu 8.10 and would like
> > > > > to be able to use the camera card reader. However, when a
> > > > > XD H1 card is plugged in, nothing seems to happen. I have
> > > > > looked in Google but could find nothing helpful. Is there
> > > > > any way round this problem because the 4 USB sockets are in
> > > > > use most of the time.
> 
> > > > First up, let's see if the system sees it at all.
> > > > Try System -> Administration -> System Log and watch the
> > > > syslog log while you plug it in.  Compare that to what
> > > > happens when you plug in a USB stick.
> > > 
> > > I did as suggested. Plugging in a USB device gave some
> > > readings, the card from the camera gave nothing.
> > 
> > Hmmm - did some googling.  Looks like the problem may be with xd
> > cards. See
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/202490 for
> > more info.  On the bright side, an SD card should work in same
> > slot....
> 
> Thanks, the not so bright news is that my camera only takes XD
> cards. Ah well some sort of USB hub I suppose.
> 
> Norman
> 

... or a 12-in-1 card reader
http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-SDDR-89-A15-ImageMate-Reader-Silver/dp/B00064V6RG/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1239559112&sr=8-11

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