I also have this issue on my Lenovo N500 as well. The card reader is a all-in-one type of reader that has only one slot to insert the card into.
SD cards work fine, but it does not work for normal Memory Stick (the old plain version). All cards work under windows and under different cards readers in linux. Using 64bit Linux Mint Gloria, based on Ubuntu 9.04. uname -a: ........ 2.6.28-11-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 17 01:58:03 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux lspci -nn: 02:00.0 System peripheral [0880]: JMicron Technologies, Inc. SD/MMC Host Controller [197b:2382] 02:00.2 SD Host controller [0805]: JMicron Technologies, Inc. Standard SD Host Controller [197b:2381] 02:00.3 System peripheral [0880]: JMicron Technologies, Inc. MS Host Controller [197b:2383] lsusb: Bus 002 Device 002: ID 04f2:b090 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0a5c:2150 Broadcom Corp. Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Inserting and removing a SD card twice gives me the following messages. I've inserted a MS card in between these two events, and nothing shows up. dmesg | tail -n 20: [294814.924952] mmcblk0: mmc0:b368 1.91 GiB [294814.925363] mmcblk0: p1 [294929.876234] mmc0: card b368 removed [296325.768852] mmc0: new high speed SD card at address b368 [296325.769704] mmcblk0: mmc0:b368 1.91 GiB [296325.769859] mmcblk0: p1 [296877.284158] mmc0: card b368 removed -- JMicron card reader (152d:2339) in HP Pavilion 2035la doesn't support Memory Stick Pro (MSP) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/237369 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs