>Well, could try building the latest FC3 or FC4 kernel under CentOS. > Hmm... I'm wary of that since there were so many other issues with Fedora that I encountered which motivated me to come to CentOS in the first place. >Can also try (as root): ># tail -f /var/log/messages >then insert card. (Ctrl-C to exit - otherwise runs "forever".) > > Nothing happens if I run the command and then insert a card. However, if I remove the card reader from the USB Port and put it back in, I get this: Aug 2 19:34:51 localhost kernel: usb 1-1.1: new full speed USB device using address 9 Aug 2 19:34:51 localhost kernel: scsi2 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices Aug 2 19:35:03 localhost kernel: Vendor: BUFFALO Model: CF CARD Reader Rev: 3.06 Aug 2 19:35:03 localhost kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Aug 2 19:35:03 localhost kernel: Attached scsi removable disk sdb at scsi2, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Aug 2 19:35:04 localhost scsi.agent[4367]: disk at /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/usb1/1-1/1-1.1/1-1.1:1.0/host2/target2:0:0/2:0:0:0 Aug 2 19:35:06 localhost kernel: Device not ready. Make sure there is a disc in the drive. Judging by that last line, it might seem as though something is wrong with the card. So I tested other cards, and also verified that the cards could be read by both Windows and my Palm Pilot. The cards definitely have data on them. It's CentOS that can not read them. >If something shows up in the output, try > ># fdisk -l > > Here is the output from that: [root at localhost dave]# fdisk -l Disk /dev/hda: 30.0 GB, 30020272128 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3649 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 3649 29310561 7 HPFS/NTFS Disk /dev/hdb: 30.7 GB, 30738677760 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3737 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hdb1 * 1 3644 29270398+ 83 Linux /dev/hdb2 3645 3737 747022+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA) Disk /dev/sda: 40.0 GB, 40007761920 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4864 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 1 4864 39070048+ c W95 FAT32 (LBA) >and (think I suggested this earlier, but the centosplus kernel man yave >made a difference) ># tail /etc/fstab > > [root at localhost dave]# tail /etc/fstab LABEL=/ / ext3 defaults 1 1 none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 none /sys sysfs defaults 0 0 /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 swap swap defaults 0 0 /dev/hdd /media/cdrom auto pamconsole,exec,noauto,managed 0 0 /dev/hdc /media/cdrecorder auto pamconsole,exec,noauto,managed 0 0 /dev/sda1 /media/HD_40GB vfat pamconsole,exec,noauto,managed 0 0 /dev/fd0 /media/floppy auto pamconsole,exec,noauto,managed 0 0 It's all Greek to me. But I don't see anything that looks like an SD card in there. Dave