Gnupg doesn't recognize card.

Chris Ruff jcruff at gmail.com
Fri Jan 29 01:22:25 CET 2010


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>>>
>>> Gpg does not recognize my fellowship card;
>>> ~ xxx$ gpg --card-status
>>> gpg: selecting openpgp failed: Card error
>>> gpg: OpenPGP card not available: Card error
>>> Reader 01: Gemplus GemPC Twin 00 00
>>
>> Is that a new OpenPGP card (2.0)?
>
>
>No, it is a v1.0 Fellowship card.
>
>Only the Macbook Pro is new.

On the Mac (10.5.8) I've found that when I receive this error to kill
the scdaemon and reinsert the reader/card.

$ killall -u <username> scdaemon     #usually has to be entered 2-3x to
kill it

Then I'm able to reinsert and perform a 'gpg --card-status'

Hope this helps.

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__________________________________
Chris Ruff
email: jcruff at gmail.com
GPG Key: 0x307A351B4EC4B6A1
FGPR: BF2F 2497 22E7 FEB5 C805
      075C 307A 351B 4EC4 B6A1

"No one can see past a choice they don't understand." --The Oracle
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