> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Richard Fish > Sent: 08 January 2007 17:32 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Which Laptop is recommended for Gentoo > GNU/Linux? > > > On 1/8/07, Nelson, David (ED, PAR&D) > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I would add that I haven't got my SD card reader on my HP > DV8000 series > > to work in Linux. > > Last time I investigated this for my Dell, built-in media readers > unusable under Linux on all laptops, as they are all made by Ricoh, > who refuses to release any programming specs to allow someone to make > a driver. We need some competition on this component I think... > > -Richard
A quick bit of Googling yields: http://www.leenooks.com/Ricoh+Co+Ltd+R5C8xx+SD%252fMMC%252fMS%252fMSPro%252fxD%252fSC+Card+reader Looks like there is partial support for the SD/MMC aspect of these. I'll maybe give it a shot when I get home tonight :) David Note: These views are my own, advice is provided with no guarantee of success. I do not represent anyone else in any emails I send to this list. -- [email protected] mailing list
