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| author | Neels Hofmeyr <neels@hofmeyr.de> | 2018-02-28 15:51:19 +0100 |
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| committer | Neels Hofmeyr <neels@hofmeyr.de> | 2018-02-28 15:51:19 +0100 |
| commit | 3aa34223e1f4d75a51382f8a337c69b7e94e36a2 (patch) | |
| tree | 330ad3586ce0a04af4f421a157d2c0af6147dd1f | |
| parent | 7c52d76fb6b5050f5574b746294facb22c7e0268 (diff) | |
README: hint at pcscd service dependency
| -rw-r--r-- | README.md | 26 |
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 4 deletions
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ We assume that you have * A smart card reader compatible with pcsc-lite * Installed python program and pyscard library - +* You may also need to install and start the pcscd service ### smart card reader @@ -58,8 +58,10 @@ Any reader supported by pcsc-lite will work. However, a reader compatible with the USB CCID device class is much recommended. Please verify that the hardware and driver setup is working, e.g. by -using the 'pcsc_scan' tool included with pcsc-lite. You should get an -output like: +using the 'pcsc_scan' tool included with pcsc-lite. You may also need +to install the 'pcscd' service. + +You should get an output like: ``` V 1.4.17 (c) 2001-2009, Ludovic Rousseau <ludovic.rousseau@free.fr> Compiled with PC/SC lite version: 1.5.5 @@ -97,11 +99,27 @@ setup are likely wrong. ### pyscard -pyscard can be installed from packages of major Linux distributions. +pyscard can be installed from packages of major Linux distributions, +for example 'apt-get install python-pyscard'. If you want to build it from source, it is available from <http://pyscard.sourceforge.net/> +### pcscd + +If you encounter errors like + + smartcard.pcsc.PCSCExceptions.EstablishContextException: 'Failure to establish context: Service not available.' + +or + + SCardEstablishContext: Service not available. + +you may have to install and run the pcscd service, for example: + + apt-get install pcscd + systemctl start pcscd + ## running osmo-sim-auth |