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borgch

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Registered: 2017-10-10

Posts: 39

[SOLVED] pcscd not starting

I need to use Aladdin R.D. JaCarta token. I installed pcsclite and ccid packages. Then I enabled and started pcscd service with

sudo systemctl enable pcscd 
sudo systemctl start pcscd 

But the service is not starting:

$ LC_ALL=C journalctl -u pcscd

Mar 16 12:38:42 boris-hp systemd[1]: Started PC/SC Smart Card Daemon.
Mar 16 12:40:10 boris-hp systemd[1]: pcscd.service: Deactivated successfully.
Mar 16 12:40:39 boris-hp systemd[1]: Started PC/SC Smart Card Daemon.
Mar 16 12:40:39 boris-hp pcscd[78240]: 00000000 ../PCSC/src/pcscdaemon.c:704:main() cannot create /run/pcscd/pcscd.pid: Permission denied
Mar 16 12:40:39 boris-hp pcscd[78240]: 00012652 ../ccid-1.7.1/src/ccid_usb.c:740:OpenUSBByName() Can't claim interface 1/6: LIBUSB_ERROR_BUSY
Mar 16 12:40:39 boris-hp pcscd[78240]: 00000568 ../ccid-1.7.1/src/ifdhandler.c:139:CreateChannelByNameOrChannel() failed
Mar 16 12:40:39 boris-hp pcscd[78240]: 00000006 ../PCSC/src/readerfactory.c:1144:RFInitializeReader() Open Port 0x200000 Failed (usb:24dc/0101:libudev:0:/dev/bus/usb/001/006)
Mar 16 12:40:39 boris-hp pcscd[78240]: 00000002 ../PCSC/src/readerfactory.c:371:RFAddReader() Aladdin R.D. JaCarta init failed.
Mar 16 12:40:39 boris-hp pcscd[78240]: 00000064 ../PCSC/src/hotplug_libudev.c:527:HPAddDevice() Failed adding USB device: Aladdin R.D. JaCarta

What am I doing wrong?

Last edited by borgch (2026-03-17 17:22:49)

cryptearth

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Registered: 2024-02-03

Posts: 2,012

Re: [SOLVED] pcscd not starting

try as root - if this works check for udev rules for your token and install them
if none available report as issue to vendor

seth

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Re: [SOLVED] pcscd not starting

pcscd seems to rely on https://man.archlinux.org/man/systemd-sysusers.8.en - check your pacman log to see whether that was triggered and succeeded, if not run it or simply reboot.

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borgch

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Registered: 2017-10-10

Posts: 39

Re: [SOLVED] pcscd not starting

pcscd seems to rely on https://man.archlinux.org/man/systemd-sysusers.8.en - check your pacman log to see whether that was triggered and succeeded, if not run it or simply reboot.

Yes, reboot helped, there was an update. Thanks you!