Smartcard reader in pccard-slot

[Fredrik Wendt]

Hi.


One-liner: Do you know of a smartcard reader that comes as a PC-card?
(Must be supported by libopensc2 and gpgsc.)


Bla bla version:
My T61 (6466-5VG) running Ubuntu Hardy lacks five things (of which I've
learned to live with four):

[a] linux drivers that enables wifi war driving: I use external USB wifi
plugs if I need to do this
(lspci: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (rev
02))

[b] 1680x... resolution (someone must've made a mistake, it's only
1280x800)

[c] tv-out - this was more useful than I ever thought it'd be (though
used privately, not in my field of work): use my fiance's laptop instead

[d] 3G connection card (HDSPA): I'm using my SonyEricsson M600 with a
broken touch display as a modem (over blueooth!) if wifi is missing

[e] smartcard reader

I've come across a great smartcard reader that connects to a USB slot
but this is really something I'd like to be more ubiquitous, and I'm
hoping that someone on this list knows what I could get instead. Ideally
I'm looking for a PC-Card thing that doesn't extend outside of the slot
so it can be plugged in at all times. I'll primarily use it for ssh and
gpg, though I've read and heard (and simple testing) that my electronic
ID should work (declare taxes etc) as well.

Thanks in advance, any pointers are very welcome!

/ Fredrik Wendt

[David A. Desrosiers-4]

On Wed, 2008-06-25 at 01:03 +0200, Fredrik Wendt wrote:
> [a] linux drivers that enables wifi war driving: I use external USB
> wifi plugs if I need to do this

> (lspci: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (rev
> 02))

My T61p works flawlessly for this:

03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5212
802.11abg NIC (rev 01)

> [b] 1680x... resolution (someone must've made a mistake, it's only
> 1280x800)

I love the 1920x1200 resolution on my 15.4" display:

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Quadro FX 570M
(rev a1)

> [d] 3G connection card (HDSPA): I'm using my SonyEricsson M600 with a
> broken touch display as a modem (over blueooth!) if wifi is missing

Aaaaaalmost working, using the sierra driver on my end... but because I
use AT&T as my provider, I may have to pony up and use ndiswrapper or
some other tricks to get this working.


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[Chris Schumann]

> One-liner: Do you know of a smartcard reader that comes as a PC-card?
> (Must be supported by libopensc2 and gpgsc.)

SanDisk made a PCMCIA 6-in-1 card reader. Works for me with SD and MS
cards, and even MS PRO that my Sony camera uses. You can find them online,
some new, some used.

It will work with devices up to 1GB only, as SanDisk tech support let me
know when I tried to use a 2GB SanDisk SD card in it. (Linux [and Windows
for that matter] read it as a 1GB drive formatted to 2GB and got very
confused. It would use the first 1GB just fine, though.)

I don't think SanDisk still makes that reader, and I don't think anyone
makes one now, and I haven't found one that says it works with SDHC cards,
but I could be wrong.

Chris


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