I'm on Ubuntu 10.04 and I have the same problem .. Since I did a "Safely remove" on my internal card reader it stopped working .. even after rebooting.
Then I started using my external USB card reader since I needed to keep working, and after a while I always ended up clicking "Safely remove" .. a bad Windows habit that sticks.. So one by one I killed my all my ports, now my card reader wont work in ANY USB ports and rebooting does not resolve the issue at all. This situation is ridiculous, really. -- sd card "safely remove drive" kills reader device https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/504440 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs