In notebook a realtek rts5229 sdcard reader does not work on ubuntu 14.04 64bit

okppko

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ubuntu 14.04 64bit
realtek rts5229
kernel 3.13.0-106-generic

http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=25&PFid=25&Level=4&Conn=3&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false#RTS5101/RTS5111/RTS5116/RTS5169

lspci says,Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTS5229 PCI Express Card Reader (rev 01)
df -h does not show the sdcard as a device.

I tried to compile the driver from the link. That prompted error messages. I have read several instructions on how to edit the driver to get a working sdcard reader.
I can do them, but have not, because if they damage ubuntu I likely cannot reverse that.

Do you know how to get the sdcard reader to work? Automounting of the sdcard is not important. A command line solution that enables the sdcard to get mounted, and read and written on and formatted will do.
Thank you.
 

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Thank you. I tested dmesg with a sandisk and a transcend micro sdcard. I used 2 micro sd adapters. One adapter displayed nothing about the sdcards. The other said sandisk
[ 312.008596] mmc0: new high speed SDHC card at address aaaa
[ 312.054216] mmcblk0: mmc0:aaaa SU08G 7.40 GiB (ro)
[ 312.065005] mmcblk0: unknown partition table
and transcend
[ 735.508725] mmc0: new high speed SDHC card at address b368
[ 735.510401] mmcblk0: mmc0:b368 USD 7.45 GiB (ro)
[ 735.516865] mmcblk0: unknown partition table