PCSCD failure

[john wendel]

Todd Denniston wrote:

> 
> it looks like you have a ActivCard USB Reader V2,
> http://pcsclite.alioth.debian.org/iManufacturer.html
> with usb product id 0x0008
> http://pcsclite.alioth.debian.org/unsupported.html#0x09C30x0008
> 
> Some folks have had luck upgrading the firmware on SOME instances of 
> that hardware with the latest firmware from SCM for the SCR-331.
> see http://lists.drizzle.com/pipermail/muscle/
> If it works then you now have a reader that acts like a
> http://pcsclite.alioth.debian.org/supported.html#0x04E60xE001
> 
> if it don't work I suspect you have a very light paperweight at the end, 
> and then again, that is pretty much what you got now.
> 
> Before buying later I would suggest looking more at the pcsclite lists:
> http://pcsclite.alioth.debian.org/supported.html
> http://pcsclite.alioth.debian.org/section.html
> 
> Good luck.

Thanks very much for the tips. I've downloaded the firmware and Windows 
installer, now I just need to get someone (at work) with a Windows box 
that isn't totally locked down, to run the firmware update. My NMCI 
windows box told me to drop dead when I tried it.

BTW, I once saw this reader working correctly on an FC6 installation, 
with a lot of hand installed packages. Too bad that the "improvements" 
to the code broke something that was working.

Regards,

John