[eddiem5]

I am making no progress and it is not for the lack of trying..

I downloaded the debug version of the kext, used kexthelper to install it, rebooted and nothing..

Using kextstat I could see the driver was not loaded so I loaded it by hand using kextload..

I now see the driver loaded but still no response from the reader and NO debug messages in the kernel..

I am running 10.5.5, nothing special loaded or done to OS except standard mini 9 things like removing extra languages, remove PPC binaries, etc...

Here is the stat output after a few loads and unloads..

92 0 0x3447f000 0x5000 0x4000 IOSDHCIBlockDevice (1.0.0d1) <63 17 12>

I am sorry if I am being a pain as the driver clearly seems to work for others..

Glad to help if I can..

Thank you...

[MiniCR]

Its odd, are you using Type11 method to install de Macosx???

[eddiem5]

Ah, should have mentioned that.. I am using the type11 method for installation and have had no problems to date.

Love it, love it, love it..

Getting the sd card reader to work is only gravy.. I am using external usb sticks for extra storage but the sd slot is hidden and therefore prefered..

[UnaClocker]

The driver is very preliminary at the moment.. I'm sure when it's done/working a lot more, Type11 will roll it into his install ISO.

[eddiem5]

Yeah, thanks.. I know it is a young piece of code/driver..

I am not anxious, just trying to help by testing.

Thanks for all the great work and help here and in general..

[fgodfrey]

I'm at a total loss to explain this. The only way that my driver won't spew something to /var/log/system.log is if it doesn't detect a card in the slot. You already said your card worked in an external reader so we can rule that out. Umm.... The only other thing I can think to try is to try it both with and without a card in the slot when you load it (can't remember if you already did that). It almost sounds like the slot itself might be bad (missing the card detect somehow).

[fgodfrey]

Actually, I just had another sinking thought... Can you download PCI Utils from here:

http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php? ... ntry801295

Run lspci -nn and send me (or post here) the output. Dell has a bad history of changing devices in their machines without changing model numbers so two "identical" machines require different drivers. I wonder if they changed the card reader and your machine is either the new or old version...

[Type11]

Originally Posted by UnaClocker

I did what you asked, Type11. Here is my log file. FYI.. I loaded my 1gb SD card first. Even copied a 5.5meg file from it to the SSD hard drive. I got an error when I first inserted it, but tried again and it worked. I had a little trouble getting it to click the first time, that's probably why I got an error. Anyways.. After the 1gb, I tried a 2gb card that I KNOW to be an SDHC card. I tried several times, but got "unreadable" errors each time. Should be a good log for ya.. I did a "sudo tail -f system.log > debugging.log" just before loading the kext, so you should have all of the applicable messages. I love that we are working as a team on this. I just wish I wasn't such a brick when it comes to coding..
The debugging log is here.

got it thanks looking now.

[eddiem5]

Hope this helps.. Thank you.

00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:27ac] (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:27ae] (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27a6] (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller [8086:27d8] (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:27d0] (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 [8086:27d2] (rev 02)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 3 [8086:27d4] (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:27c8] (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:27c9] (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:27ca] (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:27cb] (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:27cc] (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge [8086:27b9] (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller [8086:27df] (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:27da] (rev 02)
03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4310 USB Controller [14e4:4315] (rev 01)
04:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller [10ec:8136] (rev 02)

[UnaClocker]

Woah... Uh, you don't appear to have a SD slot in that list! Is it turned off in the bios? Can you even turn it off in the bios? Did you ever try the slot in a different OS? I think you may have a defective unit.