Dear folks, > > I have the omnikey cardman 4040 pcmcia cardreader in my Notebook and > > > want to use it with gnupg. Imho all requirements are met: > I assume you use a modern card which allows for 2048 bit keys.
yes. Using my other cardreader through pcsc I get gpg --card-status Application ID ...: D276000124010200000500000FA00000 Version ..........: 2.0 Manufacturer .....: ZeitControl Serial number ....: 00000FA0 Name of cardholder: Lorenz Wenner Language prefs ...: de Sex ..............: male URL of public key : [not set] Login data .......: lorenz.wenner Private DO 2 .....: [2053] Lorenz Wenner <[email protected]> CA fingerprint 1 .: C485 A6CD 7EC6 6E9E EC33 65F2 70F2 75E4 C32F 6CA5 Signature PIN ....: not forced Key attributes ...: 2048R 2048R 2048R Max. PIN lengths .: 32 32 32 PIN retry counter : 3 0 3 Signature counter : 0 Signature key ....: [none] Encryption key....: [none] Authentication key: [none] General key info..: [none] but I don't want to you that one because * it needs pcsc * it the Cheery ST-1044U, which I cannot easily take with me inside the Laptop whereas I can so with the omnikey * I cannot use it but edit my card either > You are > out of lick: All Omnicard based readers work with such cards unless you > use Windows. Debian > There is a workaround in gpg which sometimes help to get > something done with this reader but it is not reliable. will you tell me? > > gpg: DBG: ccid-driver: failed to open `/dev/cmx0': Device or resource > > busy gpg: DBG: ccid-driver: failed to open `/dev/cmx1': No such file or > > directory > > Another tool is using the reader. and meanwhile I could identify it: lsof | grep cmx led to scdaemon 12382 lorenz 8u CHR 250,0 0t10 5728 /dev/cmx0 when I kill -9 the scdaemon and retry gpg --card-status, scdaemon gets restarted. @Peter Lebbing: yes, there is a use-agent line in my ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf Regards Lorenz
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