Ludovic Rousseau wrote: > Jelle de Jong a écrit : >> some update, >> >> I remember some thing I forgot to do: >> >> It seems I need HAL to be able to access the device as normal user, I >> still think this is a bug. Why do I need HAL for this? root can access >> the device fine without hal, and the device group seems not to be set to >> scard. Can the system be fixed so smartcard is usable without HAL? > > pcscd uses HAL to detect reader insertion and removal (USB plug and play) > >> /etc/init.d/hal start >> /etc/init.d/pcscd start > > I confirm that if hal or pcscd are not running you may have problems > using GPG as a normal user. > > Maybe you should report the bug to gnupg. > > Bye >
So is it not a pcscd related issue, that the smartcard is perfectly accessible as root, but not as normal user when hal is not running? I am also kind of curious why the usb device permissions are not set with the group scard. I will try to figure out some more info how gpg uses the smartcard... Best regards, Jelle -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
