Pinentry does not show "please insert smartcard" dialog

[Sebastian Wiesinger]

* GnuPG Users <gnupg-users at gnupg.org> [2018-06-30 13:22]:
> > What doesn't work is the "please insert smartcard" dialog when the
> > key
> > is not plugged in. I manually added the correct keygrip to the
> > sshcontrol file but this does not work. On my MacOS the same config
> > does display the "insert smartcard" dialog.
> > 
> > Any idea why it doesn't work on my Linux system or how to find out? I
> > already tried multiple debug options but no helpful info showed up in
> > the logs.
> 
> There is no card reader available, when yubikey is not plugged in. I
> use the smartcard with a external reader. I also do not see this dialof
> when the Reader is not connected.
> 
> I think, there is a dependence to a connected reader to schow this
> dialog.

I don't think this is the reason because the same setup works under
OSX.

Regards

Sebastian

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