Strange behaviour with different OpenPGP cards

[Matthias Kirschner]

Hi Georg,

* Georg C. F. Greve <greve at fsfeurope.org> [2005-05-17 16:57:19 +0200]:

> Is pcscd actually running and claiming the card? You can tell this for
> most SCR 335 readers when the LED is turned on when the card is
> inserted.

Yes, the LED is turned on.

> The Debian packages of pcscd are pretty bad. Try installing the rest
> of the libraries that depend on pcscd and disable their reader.conf.d
> configuration so pcscd will actually start. That is what solved the
> problem for me.

I have done this. If I plug in the card reader I get an

[...]

May 19 14:18:24 woodstock pcscd: ccid_usb.c:225:OpenUSBByName Manufacturer: Ludovic Rousseau (ludovic.rousseau at free.fr)
May 19 14:18:24 woodstock pcscd: ccid_usb.c:235:OpenUSBByName ProductString: Generic CCID reader v0.9.3
May 19 14:18:24 woodstock pcscd: ccid_usb.c:241:OpenUSBByName Copyright: This driver is protected by terms of the GNU General Public License version 2, or (at your option) any later version.
May 19 14:18:24 woodstock pcscd: ccid_usb.c:376:OpenUSBByName Found Vendor/Product: 04E6/5115 (SCR 335)
May 19 14:18:24 woodstock pcscd: ccid_usb.c:378:OpenUSBByName Using USB bus/device: 003/002
May 19 14:18:24 woodstock pcscd: ccid_usb.c:679:ccid_check_firmware Firmware (4.16) is bogus! Upgrade the reader firmware or get a new reader.
May 19 14:18:24 woodstock pcscd: ifdhandler.c:85:IFDHCreateChannelByName failed
May 19 14:18:24 woodstock pcscd: readerfactory.c:1101:RFInitializeReader() Open Port 200000 Failed (usb:04e6/5115:libusb:003)
May 19 14:18:24 woodstock pcscd: readerfactory.c:219:RFAddReader() SCR 335 init failed.

in my syslog. As far as I know 4.16 is not upgradable, is this still
true? 

Best wishes,
Matze

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