Problem generating keys on FSFE card

[Werner Dittmann]

Werner,

thanks for the hint. The gpg internal CCID reader works and
it seems it solved the problem.

Just as an info for the other fellow list members:
IMHO the gpg version included in SUSE 10.1 was not compiled
with libusb support thus it requires the pcscd and the
associated libraries. Therefore I downloaded the current version
(1.4.5) and did the usual tripple-play
./configure; make; sudo make install

Now I can access the smart card directly via CCID (after having
done the preliminary steps to install the card reader in udev)

BTW, the howto on the FSFE page
"http://www.fsfe.org/en/card/howto/subkey_howto" states that
after successful creation of the sub-keys I shall register
the new encryption sub-key (stored on the card) with the
key servers. What about the signature sub-key? Or shall I
register the complete key, that is the keys created with
"addcardkey" and the ElGamal encryption key, with the key
server? Some advise appreciated.

Regards,
Werner D.

Werner Koch wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Oct 2006 20:07, Werner Dittmann said:
> 
>> gpg: Bitte warten, der Schlüssel wird erzeugt ...
>> gpg: pcsc_transmit failed: not transacted (0x80100016)
> 
> "Not transacted" is in most cases a catch-all error return for the
> card driver.  This happens with many PC/SC drivers when issuing a
> command to generate a key on the card.  I have had not the time to
> fully debug this but it seems to be a problem in processing the
> waittime extension request.
> 
> If you use a CCID based reader, you should try to use gpg's internal
> ccid driver instead of PC/SC.  To make this work you might need stop
> stop the pcscd first.
> 
> 
> Shalom-Salam,
> 
>    Werner
> 
> 
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