FYI, same problem on a known working cable using a SD reader that works on Windows. With that reader, I can not read anything. With another reader (SDHC) I can read my 32GB cards, but not my 64GB SDXC cards -- using the same cable on the same port. I think there is something new in the USB world that my Linux 3.11 kernel doesn't know about.
> $ dmesg | grep -v DROP-DEFLT | tail -n 20 > [... boot stuff elided] > [ 7231.954610] hub 9-0:1.0: Cannot enable port 4. Maybe the USB cable is bad? > [ 7232.913815] hub 9-0:1.0: Cannot enable port 4. Maybe the USB cable is bad? > [ 7233.873051] hub 9-0:1.0: Cannot enable port 4. Maybe the USB cable is bad? > [ 7234.832363] hub 9-0:1.0: Cannot enable port 4. Maybe the USB cable is bad? > [ 7234.832376] hub 9-0:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on port 4 > $ ls -l ; lspci|fgrep USB ; lsusb > total 0 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Sep 1 07:17 0000:00:12.2 -> ../../../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:12.2 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Sep 1 07:17 0000:00:13.2 -> ../../../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:13.2 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Sep 1 07:17 0000:00:16.2 -> ../../../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:16.2 > --w------- 1 root root 4096 Sep 1 07:17 bind > --w------- 1 root root 4096 Sep 1 07:17 new_id > --w------- 1 root root 4096 Sep 1 07:17 remove_id > --w------- 1 root root 4096 Sep 1 07:15 uevent > --w------- 1 root root 4096 Sep 1 07:17 unbind > 00:12.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller > 00:12.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller > 00:13.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller > 00:13.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller > 00:14.5 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI2 Controller > 00:16.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller > 00:16.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller > 02:00.0 USB controller: Etron Technology, Inc. EJ168 USB 3.0 Host Controller (rev 01) > 06:00.0 USB controller: Etron Technology, Inc. EJ168 USB 3.0 Host Controller (rev 01) > Bus 002 Device 003: ID 03f0:0e2a Hewlett-Packard > Bus 009 Device 002: ID 046d:c068 Logitech, Inc. G500 Laser Mouse > Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub > [...] > Bus 011 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub > $ uname -a > Linux bach 3.11.10-29-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Mar 5 16:24:00 UTC 2015 (338c513) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux