Comment 8 for bug 301932

+1 on this using all three of:
2.6.27-9-generic
2.6.27-8-eeepc
2.6.27-8-eeepc-lean
and even with Ubuntu Intrepid Live image (2.6.27-7-generic).

I am using a basic system installed from debootstrap intrepid + ubuntu-standard + gdm + gnome-core and I have exactly the same problem.

dmesg shows the following at boot time:
[ 12.840068] scsi 2:0:0:0: Direct-Access USB2.0 CardReader SD0 0100 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
[ 12.846362] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
[ 12.846945] sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0

And on insertion of the card:
[ 164.529603] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] 7959552 512-byte hardware sectors (4075 MB)
[ 164.533603] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[ 164.533617] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00
[ 164.533625] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 164.541598] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] 7959552 512-byte hardware sectors (4075 MB)
[ 164.545599] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[ 164.545613] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00
[ 164.545621] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 164.549165] sdb: sdb1.

/dev/sdb always exists. After inserting the card, /dev/sdb1 does not appear and fdisk freezes half way through an fdisk -l

The media and reader work fine under Hardy and I have also tried repartitioning and reformatting (ext3 / vfat) the media.