[Pcsclite-muscle] GemPC430 reader OK on 32-bit Kubuntu 14.10, fails on 64-bit

Steve Langridge steve
Thu Jul 3 05:01:49 PDT 2014


Hi Ludovic,

Thanks, your answer put me in the right direction.  The problem was that the 
actual card reader hardware was old, and although it claimed to be able to 
support full-speed usb, it was, in fact, very unreliable (more so on 64-bit 
than 32-bit).  Connecting it via a usb 1.1 hub (thus forcing the speed down) 
made it work fine.

I am looking now to obtain a newer model of the card reader to try out at 
full-speed. 

Thanks and regards,

Steve.

--- Original Message ---
From: Ludovic Rousseau
Sent: Monday 30 June 2014 11:37:10
To: steve at suttridge.co.za, Talks about MUSCLE
Cc: 
Subject: Re: [Pcsclite-muscle] GemPC430 reader OK on 32-bit Kubuntu 14.10, 
fails on 64-bit

2014-06-30 10:44 GMT+02:00 Steve Langridge <steve at suttridge.co.za>:
> Hi All,

Hello,

> I have two systems, one on 32-bit. the other on 64-bit, both Kubuntu 14.10,
> and using a GemPlus 430 card reader.  The pcsc-lite packages are :-
>
> pcscd : 1.8.10-1ubuntu1
> libccid : 1.4.15-1
> libgempc430 : 1.0.7-2
>
> Attached are the (colorised) log files from each of the systems.  This is 
just
> plugging in the card reader (no card present), and later unplugging it.
>
> On the 32-bit system, everything is fine, after plugging the reader in, it is
> polled (quite quickly) [tx: 01 17,  rx: 07 00 00 02 00 00 00 00]
> On the 64-bit system, after plugging in the reader, it is polled (at a 
slower
> rate than the 32-bit system), and after about two or three successful polls
> [tx: 01 17,  rx: 07 00 00 02 00 00 00 00], it no longer receives any replies
> [tx: 01 17,  rx: nothing].
>
> libusb_wrap.c:256:WriteUSB() 003/011: Resource temporarily unavailable
> ifdhandler.c:593:IFDHICCPresence() GCCmdCardStatus failed
> ifdwrapper.c:348:IFDStatusICC() Card not transacted: 612
> eventhandler.c:313:EHStatusHandlerThread() Error communicating to: GemPC430 
00
> 00
>
> These errors are sent to the system log all the while the card reader is
> plugged in.  Because of this, a card can never be recognised when inserted
> into the reader, and also the system log gets very large.
>
> Any one else experiencing this ?

You are using an old reader.
I wrote this driver more than 10 years ago :-)

I would first suspect libusb-0.1.
Maybe you can try with libusb-compat + libusb-1.0

Bye





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