smart card under linux

[Thomas Gries]

>> gpg: selecting openpgp failed: Card error
>> gpg: OpenPGP card not available: Card error
>>
>>
>> I've followed, I believe, all the instructions in the gnupg.com smartcard howto.
>>
>> Philip,
>
> Further, to the previous question, which distribution are you 
> currently using ? There is a locking issue in Fedora with pcscd. I 
> have not had time to dig deeper yet, but libvirt and some other 
> binaries appear to be blocking the card.
>
> Temporary fix is to add a sudo line to restart pcscd or to disable the 
> affected binaries, which might not be desirable.
>
> I will be looking into this further soon, just have some other work 
> and also travel for work approaching, so I have not had much time yet.
>
> Regards,
>
> Tristan
>
> -- 
Same problems for OpenSuse 13.1, Factory, 13.2 rc1.