Built in Realtek card reader in Asus laptop doesn't work

[delca85]

****2.6.37-rc2 tested****

I own Asus G73JW-A1 with Windows 7 and Ubuntu 10.10. My notebook has an 8 in 1 Realtek slot card reader, which works perfectly in Windows but not in Ubuntu.
These are identifier and vendor and device id: 05:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device [10ec:5209] (rev 01)
10ec:5209.
I have tried make it work adding usb-storage, tifm_core, tifm_mode and pciehp pciehp-force=1 to /etc/modules file but nothing has changed.
Reading the difference between dmesg output with an sd card inside or not, this hotplug issue compares:
[ 56.991564] pci 0000:05:00.0: no hotplug settings from platform.

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AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23.
Architecture: amd64
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC269VB Analog [ALC269VB Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 Cannot stat file /proc/3831/fd/41: Stale NFS file handle
                      USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: ubuntu 3824 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xdc600000 irq 53'
   Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC269VB'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0269,10431a13,00100100'
   Controls : 18
   Simple ctrls : 10
Card1.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:1 'NVidia'/'HDA NVidia at 0xd6080000 irq 17'
   Mixer name : 'Nvidia GPU 11 HDMI/DP'
   Components : 'HDA:10de0011,10de0101,00100100'
   Controls : 16
   Simple ctrls : 4
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha amd64 (20110118)
MachineType: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. G73Jw
Package: linux (not installed)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8:en
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 LC_MESSAGES=en_AG.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: initrd=/ubninit file=/cdrom/preseed/hostname.seed boot=casper quiet splash -- BOOT_IMAGE=/ubnkern
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.37-12.26-generic 2.6.37
Regression: No
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-2.6.37-12-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-2.6.37-12-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.45
Reproducible: Yes
Tags: natty kernel-uncat needs-upstream-testing
Uname: Linux 2.6.37-12-generic x86_64
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
dmi.bios.date: 08/05/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: G73Jw.202
dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567
dmi.board.name: G73Jw
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
dmi.board.version: 1.0
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: 1.0
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrG73Jw.202:bd08/05/2010:svnASUSTeKComputerInc.:pnG73Jw:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:rnG73Jw:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:ct10:cvr1.0:
dmi.product.name: G73Jw
dmi.product.version: 1.0
dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.

[Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi)]

Hello
can you please install the latest mainline kernel
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.37-rc2-maverick/
Thanks
Fabio

[delca85 (delca85)]

I have installed the latest mainline kernel but it doesn't work yet.

[Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi)]

Hello
Do you want to try the latest kernel shipped in Natty from a live session ?
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/20101216/
Thanks
Fabio

[delca85 (delca85)]

Ok! I'll try your way, Fabio!

[delca85 (delca85)]

I have just tried the latest kernel shipped in Natty but the sd card doesn't work yet.
I think the system recognize it because this is dmesg output:
[ 303.254362] pciehp 0000:00:1c.4:pcie04: Card not present on Slot(4)
[ 303.269559] pciehp 0000:00:1c.4:pcie04: Card present on Slot(4)
[ 303.391682] pci 0000:05:00.0: [10ec:5209] type 0 class 0x00ff00
[ 303.391745] pci 0000:05:00.0: reg 10: [mem 0x00000000-0x00000fff]
[ 303.392087] pci 0000:05:00.0: supports D1 D2
[ 303.392091] pci 0000:05:00.0: PME# supported from D1 D2 D3hot
[ 303.392108] pci 0000:05:00.0: PME# disabled
[ 303.392209] pci 0000:05:00.0: BAR 0: assigned [mem 0xd89ff000-0xd89fffff]
[ 303.392227] pci 0000:05:00.0: BAR 0: set to [mem 0xd89ff000-0xd89fffff] (PCI address [0xd89ff000-0xd89fffff])
[ 303.392234] pcieport 0000:00:1c.4: PCI bridge to [bus 05-05]
[ 303.392245] pcieport 0000:00:1c.4: bridge window [io 0x9000-0x9fff]
[ 303.392267] pcieport 0000:00:1c.4: bridge window [mem 0xd7600000-0xd89fffff]
[ 303.392285] pcieport 0000:00:1c.4: bridge window [mem 0xfe300000-0xfe4fffff 64bit pref]
[ 303.392329] pcieport 0000:00:1c.4: setting latency timer to 64
[ 303.392356] pci 0000:05:00.0: no hotplug settings from platform

Anybody can help me?

[Jeremy Foshee (jeremyfoshee)]

Hi delca85,

Please be sure to confirm this issue exists with the latest development release of Ubuntu. ISO CD images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily/current/ . If the issue remains, please run the following command from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal). It will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report.

apport-collect -p linux 687993

Also, if you could test the latest upstream kernel available that would be great. It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please remove the 'needs-upstream-testing' tag. This can be done by clicking on the yellow pencil icon next to the tag located at the bottom of the bug description and deleting the 'needs-upstream-testing' text. Please let us know your results.

Thanks in advance.

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[Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi)]

Hello delca85
can you please point the situation with the new 2.6.38-5 kernel running a natty's live session downloading the latest build from
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/
Thanks
Fabio

[delca85 (delca85)]

Hello!
Sorry for the delay.
I am running the latest kernel, 2.6.38-7 but sd reader keep on not working!
I am very disappointed with this situation.

[Victor Tuson Palau (vtuson)]

This is impacting L420 (see duplicates)

[Chris Van Hoof (vanhoof)]

Marking this bug as a duplicate of: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/698006 ... The realtek driver recently added in staging, has now been added to the natty kernel (not yet released). This driver supports the 5209 card as well as 5208

[mauricio (mauricio-rpinto)]

Same thing is happening with me. I have a ASUS G73SW, with an internal Realtek card reader. I have tried Ubuntu 10.10 32bit, 10.10 64 bit, 11.04 32 bit, 11.04 64 bit, and last I went back to the LTS version, and nothing make it work. If I boot from Windows, it works perfectly. I tried to install the linux driver given by the manufacturer, but also not luck.
Let me know when you guys find a cure for this problem. I have researched INTERNET and it seems that Ubuntu is not really friendly with SD card readers.