I was emailed a fix by Mackenzie Morgan which worked for my SD card, I haven't tried any other cards yet.
Open the terminal and type in lspci -vvvv | grep CardBus Mine is 8039 and this fix is also reported to work for 803b. Now in the terminal type the following three lines to force start these kernel modules: sudo modprobe tifm_7xx1 sudo modprobe tifm_core sudo modprobe tifm_sd See if the card reader works now. To make these modules always start at boot add the three module names to your /etc/modules file (edit as root) Works for me! ** Changed in: linux-source-2.6.17 (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed -- Texas Instruments Card reader not supported https://launchpad.net/bugs/53923 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs