Problems with OpenPGP smart card

[Karsten Strunk]

Hi!

I'm trying to use an OpenPGP smart card with gnupg, but I don't get it 
working. When I try to generate a keypair on the card, the card starts 
generating it but after a while I get "Key generation failed: general 
error".
I'm using a ReinerSCT smard card reader which, I think, works fine, 
because I can access the card and read some data. My system is SuSE 10.0.

Is there anyone who had similar problems and could help me? Thanks very 
much!

Bye

 Karsten


Output of gnupg:

gpg --card-edit

gpg: detected reader `REINER SCT CyberJack pp_a 00 00'
Application ID ...: D2760001240101010000000000000000
Version ..........: 1.1
Manufacturer .....: test card
Serial number ....: 00000000
Name of cardholder: Test Test
Language prefs ...: de
Sex ..............: male
URL of public key : [not set]
Login data .......: test
Private DO 1 .....: [not set]
Private DO 2 .....: [not set]
Signature PIN ....: not forced
Max. PIN lengths .: 254 254 254
PIN retry counter : 3 3 3
Signature counter : 0
Signature key ....: [none]
Encryption key....: [none]
Authentication key: [none]
General key info..: [none]

Command> admin
Admin commands are allowed

Command> generate
Make off-card backup of encryption key? (Y/n) Y
                                              
PIN
Please specify how long the key should be valid.
         0 = key does not expire
      <n>  = key expires in n days
      <n>w = key expires in n weeks
      <n>m = key expires in n months
      <n>y = key expires in n years
Key is valid for? (0) 0
Key does not expire at all
Is this correct? (y/N) y
                       
You need a user ID to identify your key; the software constructs the user ID
from the Real Name, Comment and Email Address in this form:
    "Heinrich Heine (Der Dichter) <heinrichh at duesseldorf.de>"

Real name: Test4
Email address: test4 at test.de
Comment:                   
You selected this USER-ID:
    "Test4 <test4 at test.de>"

Change (N)ame, (C)omment, (E)mail or (O)kay/(Q)uit? O
gpg: generating new key                             
gpg: 3 Admin PIN attempts remaining before card is permanently locked

Admin PIN
gpg: please wait while key is being generated ...
gpg: generating key failed
gpg: key generation failed: general error
Key generation failed: general error


gpg --version
gpg (GnuPG) 1.4.2