OpenPGP card or USB dongle uTrust stopped working

[Henning Follmann]

On Tue, Jun 18, 2024 at 01:30:13PM +0200, Matthias Apitz wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I do use since "ages" an OpenPGP card in an USB dongle "uTrust 3512"
> with GnuPG, mostly for the password-store. Today, from one minute to the
> other it stopped working. On attach the uTrust shows up fine in
> /var/log/messages with:
> 
> Jun 18 13:08:52 c720-1400094 kernel: ugen0.4: <Identiv uTrust 3512 SAM slot Token> at usbus0
> 
> but when I access the card, the message is:
> 
> $ gpg2 --card-status
> gpg: selecting card failed: Operation not supported by device
> gpg: OpenPGP card not available: Operation not supported by device
> 
> and the LEDs on the dongle keep flickering for some seconds (even after
> the message is already printed).
> 
> How can I detect if the problem is the SIM-card or the USB dongle? The
> problem is in both USB ports of my laptop, that's why I would say, the
> ports are fine.
> 
> Petra (info at floss-shop.de), do you have in FLOSS-shop tools to test such
> a card? I could send it over to you.
> 
> The situation is not very problematic because I have the same
> passord-store in two mobile cellphones with OpenPGP cards too.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 	matthias
> 

Hello,
if I remember correctly you do have a Librem 5.
By any chance the card reader in there is the same size? 

-H


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