Comment 5 for bug 1879960

sudo service pcscd status
● pcscd.service - PC/SC Smart Card Daemon
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/pcscd.service; indirect; vendor preset: enabled)
     Active: inactive (dead)
TriggeredBy: ● pcscd.socket
       Docs: man:pcscd(8)
drodiger@rodigerlaptop1:~$ sudo pcsc_scan
Using reader plug'n play mechanism
Scanning present readers...
0: ActivIdentity Activkey_Sim [CCID Bulk Interface] 00 00

Mon May 25 13:13:00 2020
 Reader 0: ActivIdentity Activkey_Sim [CCID Bulk Interface] 00 00
  Event number: 0
  Card state: Card inserted, Unresponsive card,
Scanning present readers...
Waiting for the first reader...found one
Scanning present readers...
0: ActivIdentity Activkey_Sim [CCID Bulk Interface] 00 00

Mon May 25 13:13:16 2020
 Reader 0: ActivIdentity Activkey_Sim [CCID Bulk Interface] 00 00
  Event number: 0
  Card state: Card inserted, Unresponsive card,
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Reporting this Unresponsive Card, when it should detect the card?

sudo service pcscd status
● pcscd.service - PC/SC Smart Card Daemon
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/pcscd.service; indirect; vendor preset: enabled)
     Active: inactive (dead) since Mon 2020-05-25 13:14:24 CEST; 29s ago
TriggeredBy: ● pcscd.socket
       Docs: man:pcscd(8)
    Process: 16280 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/pcscd --foreground --auto-exit (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
   Main PID: 16280 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)

svi 25 13:12:59 rodigerlaptop1 pcscd[16280]: 00000268 commands.c:249:CmdPowerOn Card absent or mute
svi 25 13:12:59 rodigerlaptop1 pcscd[16280]: 00000007 ifdhandler.c:1221:IFDHPowerICC() PowerUp failed
svi 25 13:12:59 rodigerlaptop1 pcscd[16280]: 00000004 eventhandler.c:305:EHStatusHandlerThread() Error powering up card: 2148532246 0x80100016
svi 25 13:13:11 rodigerlaptop1 pcscd[16280]: 11584403 ccid_usb.c:857:WriteUSB() write failed (1/7): -4 LIBUSB_ERROR_NO_DEVICE
svi 25 13:13:16 rodigerlaptop1 pcscd[16280]: 04928359 commands.c:249:CmdPowerOn Card absent or mute
svi 25 13:13:16 rodigerlaptop1 pcscd[16280]: 00000240 commands.c:249:CmdPowerOn Card absent or mute
svi 25 13:13:16 rodigerlaptop1 pcscd[16280]: 00000260 commands.c:249:CmdPowerOn Card absent or mute
svi 25 13:13:16 rodigerlaptop1 pcscd[16280]: 00000006 ifdhandler.c:1221:IFDHPowerICC() PowerUp failed
svi 25 13:13:16 rodigerlaptop1 pcscd[16280]: 00000004 eventhandler.c:305:EHStatusHandlerThread() Error powering up card: 2148532246 0x80100016
svi 25 13:14:24 rodigerlaptop1 systemd[1]: pcscd.service: Succeeded.