Towitoko Chipdrive USB init failed

[asheenlevrai]

Plugging the Towitoko CHIPDRIVE micro 130 v4.30A USB SmartCard reader results in:

04789060 hotplug_libhal.c:307:get_driver() Looking a driver for VID: 0x067B, PID: 0x2303
00000032 hotplug_libhal.c:342:HPAddDevice() Adding USB device: usb_device_67b_2303_noserial_if0
01001277 readerfactory.c:1024:RFInitializeReader() Attempting startup of Towitoko Chipdrive USB 00 00 using /usr/lib/pcsc/drivers/towitoko.bundle/Contents/Linux/libtowitoko.so.2.0.0
00000240 readerfactory.c:846:RFBindFunctions() Loading IFD Handler 2.0
01480284 readerfactory.c:1050:RFInitializeReader() Open Port 200000 Failed (usb:067b/2303:libhal:/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_67b_2303_noserial_if0)
00000034 readerfactory.c:914:RFUnloadReader() Unloading reader driver.
00000072 readerfactory.c:233:RFAddReader() Towitoko Chipdrive USB init failed.
00000016 hotplug_libhal.c:397:HPAddDevice() Failed adding USB device: usb_device_67b_2303_noserial_if0

The device was tested on Windows XP and works properly.

Another device (iMono Mobile Express CP611) works (using monosim 1.5.2) with my present configuration (Ubuntu 9.10).

pcsc-lite package version : "Version: 1.5.3-1ubuntu1"

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Apr 23 15:45:02 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Package: pcscd 1.5.3-1ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=fr_CH.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-20.58-generic
SourcePackage: pcsc-lite
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-20-generic x86_64
XsessionErrors:
 (gnome-settings-daemon:1851): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
 (gnome-settings-daemon:1851): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
 (nautilus:1948): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences_get_boolean: assertion `preferences_is_initialized ()' failed
 (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:1972): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
 (firefox:2093): GLib-WARNING **: g_set_prgname() called multiple times

[Ludovic Rousseau (ludovic-rousseau+ubuntu-one)]

It is not a bug in pcsc-lite but in the libtowitoko.so.2.0.0 driver (package libtowitoko2)

[asheenlevrai (asheenlevrai)]

so... I'm f*“#d? I can trash my SC reader?
:-(
because there's no way a new version of the driver comes out...
Am I wrong?

thanx
-a-

[Barry de Graaff (barrydegraaff)]

Hello asheenlevrai,

I am afraid so, the original developer Carlos Prados Bocos left years ago and I am not getting a reply from the maintainer at debian: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=603130
Since the device is old, I don't expect much activity and I am not willing to invest time in the driver. Since the Towitoko readers are to expensive.

If you need your reader fast, I suggest you buy a new one. Read tutorial here:
http://www.barrydegraaff.tk/index.php?page=files/Archive/Linux%20Sim%20Card%20reader/index.html#Still%20Looking

The chip card reader support in Linux fluctuates a lot. So after an update devices may loose functionality or stop working at all. Currently the Towitoko driver is broken.

[Barry de Graaff (barrydegraaff)]

You can probably get the Towitoko card reader working when you install an older version of pcsc-lite,

but then you will eventually (over time) end in dependancy problems

[asheenlevrai (asheenlevrai)]

?? was does that mean? that it is confirmed that I'm screwed? ;-)