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I have an Asus laptop running Ubuntu 15.10, it has an internal sd card reader, but I don't seem to be able to use it, the system didn't make anything when inserting a card.
The output of lspci -nnk is: 

07:00.2 SD Host controller [0805]: JMicron Technology Corp. Standard SD Host Controller [197b:2381] (rev 80)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:1a07]
07:00.5 Ethernet controller [0200]: JMicron Technology Corp. JMC250 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller [197b:0250] (rev 03)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:1905]
Kernel driver in use: jme

I tried a couple of solutions out there but none worked for me.

Sami
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I was with the same problem of yours, then, after a couple of weeks with no solution, i finally found a website that had my problem solved. Run these commands on the terminal as root:

~# echo tifm_sd >> /etc/modules
~# echo mmc_block >> /etc/modules

Idk why but "sudo" does not work with me for these commands.

The website that helped me: http://kaustubhghanekar.blogspot.com.br/2013/04/making-you-sd-card-work-with-your.html

That is it! Here my SD Card Reader (JMicron) now works properly.

Ps: Sorry for the bad english, it isn't my natural language.

Erick César
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  • Welcome to Ask Ubuntu! Nice catch! The reason `sudo` won't work here is because the `>>` operator is a pipe, and what follows would be run as a normal user. Since /etc/modules is only writable by root, you need to give the right hand side of the pipe sudo privileges, but to do *that* you need to use a bidirectional pipe. e.g. `echo tlfm_sd | sudo tee --append /etc/modules` – tudor -Reinstate Monica- Feb 26 '18 at 06:01
  • Oh, thanks :) I thought that there was only one type of pipe, the `|`. Time has passed and I learned more and more about Unix and it's universe, but I'm still too noob haha – Erick César Oct 17 '18 at 14:11