gpg does not recognise Omnikey 4040 Smartcard-reader

[Robert M. Albrecht]

Binary package hint: casper

gpg does not recognise Omnikey 4040 Smartcard-reader

GPGs homepage lists the 4040 as supported. Ubuntus GPG does not support this device:

Inserting the smartcard-reader:

[ 1501.256000] pcmcia: registering new device pcmcia0.0
[ 1501.504000] OMNIKEY CardMan 4040 v1.1.0gm5 - All bugs added by Harald Welte
[ 1501.504000] cm4040_cs 0.0: foo

Lauching gpg:

romal@helios:~$ gpg --card-edit
gpg: pcsc_connect failed: unknown reader (0x80100009)
gpg: card reader not available
gpg: OpenPGP Karte ist nicht vorhanden: Allgemeiner Fehler

Befehl>

[Peter Magnusson (kmpm)]

I had the same problems in edgy but it could be resolved by ejecting and inserting the card again.

But now after a clean install of feisty I can't get it to work.

[Peter Magnusson (kmpm)]

I got it to work with the following fixes that I got inspiration from on the site https://www.fsfe.org/en/fellows/tyrael/fsfe_card_complete_gnupg_ssh_login_how_to

I added the line
SUBSYSTEM=="cardman_4040", GROUP="scard", MODE="0660"
to /etc/udev/rules.d/50-pcscd_ccid.rules

Then I added a group called scard and then added myself to that group.
sudo addgroup scard
sudo addgroup YourUserName scard

It didn't work until I rebooted the computer.

[Michael Bienia (geser)]

That's related to bug #57755.

[Peter Lewis (prlewis)]

I can confirm this bug, so changing its status.

[Peter Lewis (prlewis)]

I can also confirm that Peter Magnusson's fix works for me.

[Michael Bienia (geser)]

Unduplicate again. Although this bug is connected to bug #57755, it's not fixed yet as the fix for bug 57755 fixes it only for some SCM smart card readers but not the Omnikey 4040.
What needs to be checked is if a similar fix works for the Omnikey 4040 too.