The SD card reader on my Dell Latitude 2120, running Ubuntu 14.10 does nothing when I insert an SD card into it. I unsuccessfully looked for a solution online, and apparently the drivers for the Realtek RTS5208 SD card reader that the Latitude uses aren't included by default in Ubuntu. I found a driver for the card reader (on this page) for Ubuntu 10.10 (Change the OS in the drop-down menu to Ubuntu 10.10, then look under "Drivers for OS Deployment" to get to the driver.) However,, when I try to install the .deb package that is inside of the downloaded .tar.gz package, it fails to install. This is the output I get from trying to install it with sudo dpkg -i realtek-rts-pstor-pcie-media-card-reader-dkms_1.10.10_all.deb:
(Reading database ... 254964 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack realtek-rts-pstor-pcie-media-card-reader-dkms_1.10.10_all.deb ...
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Deleting module version: 1.10.10
completely from the DKMS tree.
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Done.
Unpacking realtek-rts-pstor-pcie-media-card-reader-dkms (1.10.10) over (1.10.10) ...
Setting up realtek-rts-pstor-pcie-media-card-reader-dkms (1.10.10) ...
Loading new realtek-rts-pstor-pcie-media-card-reader-1.10.10 DKMS files...
First Installation: checking all kernels...
Building only for 3.13.0-32-generic
Building for architecture i686
Building initial module for 3.13.0-32-generic
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 3.13.0-32-generic (i686)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/realtek-rts-pstor-pcie-media-card-reader/1.10.10/build/make.log for more information.
How do I get the card reader to work?
