Need to get my internal smart card reader working

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Hello everybody!

I have a Dell Latitude e5470 laptop with an internal smart card reader. I managed to get an external smart card reader to work via USB using that wiki page:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Electronic_identification

Since there is an internal card reader present, I want to get it working (it worked in Win10, before I removed from this laptop).

Probably some kind of driver is missing. In need of some guidance!!

My system info:

System:
  Kernel: 5.10.41-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0 
  parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10-x86_64 
  root=UUID=57bccc67-b3a9-429d-94d7-c0c8d74e8c1d rw quiet apparmor=1 
  security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3 
  Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.21.5 tk: Qt 5.15.2 info: latte-dock wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 
  dm: SDDM Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux 
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Latitude E5470 v: N/A serial: <filter> 
  Chassis: type: 9 serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: Dell model: 0VHKV0 v: A00 serial: <filter> UEFI: Dell v: 1.25.3 
  date: 03/19/2021 
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 47.2 Wh (100.0%) condition: 47.2/57.1 Wh (82.6%) 
  volts: 8.4 min: 7.6 model: Panasonic DELL 79VRK6A type: Li-poly 
  serial: <filter> status: Full 
Memory:
  RAM: total: 7.67 GiB used: 2.83 GiB (36.9%) 
  RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required. 
CPU:
  Info: Dual Core model: Intel Core i5-6300U bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
  arch: Skylake family: 6 model-id: 4E (78) stepping: 3 microcode: E2 cache: 
  L2: 3 MiB bogomips: 20004 
  Speed: 500 MHz min/max: 400/3000 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 500 2: 500 3: 500 
  4: 500 
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat arch_perfmon art 
  avx avx2 bmi1 bmi2 bts clflush clflushopt cmov constant_tsc cpuid 
  cpuid_fault cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts epb ept ept_ad erms est 
  f16c flexpriority flush_l1d fma fpu fsgsbase fxsr hle ht hwp hwp_act_window 
  hwp_epp hwp_notify ibpb ibrs ida intel_pt invpcid invpcid_single lahf_lm lm 
  mca mce md_clear mmx monitor movbe mpx msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat 
  pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pdpe1gb pebs pge pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pti pts 
  rdrand rdseed rdtscp rep_good rtm sdbg sep smap smep smx ss ssbd sse sse2 
  sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc tsc_adjust 
  tsc_deadline_timer vme vmx vnmi vpid x2apic xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveopt 
  xsaves xtopology xtpr 
  Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled 
  Type: l1tf 
  mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable 
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable 
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI 
  Type: spec_store_bypass 
  mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp 
  Type: spectre_v1 
  mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full generic retpoline, IBPB: conditional, 
  IBRS_FW, STIBP: conditional, RSB filling 
  Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode 
  Type: tsx_async_abort mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable 
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Skylake GT2 [HD Graphics 520] vendor: Dell driver: i915 
  v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:1916 class-ID: 0300 
  Device-2: Realtek Integrated_Webcam_HD type: USB driver: uvcvideo 
  bus-ID: 1-2:2 chip-ID: 0bda:57c3 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter> 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: 
  loaded: intel unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa display-ID: :0 
  screens: 1 
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.0x11.2") 
  s-diag: 582mm (22.9") 
  Monitor-1: eDP1 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 157 size: 310x170mm (12.2x6.7") 
  diag: 354mm (13.9") 
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 520 (SKL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 21.1.2 
  direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel 
  v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_skl bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:9d70 
  class-ID: 0403 
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.41-1-MANJARO running: yes 
  Sound Server-2: JACK v: 0.125.0 running: no 
  Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: yes 
  Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.28 running: yes 
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-LM vendor: Dell driver: e1000e v: kernel 
  port: f040 bus-ID: 00:1f.6 chip-ID: 8086:156f class-ID: 0200 
  IF: enp0s31f6 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global 
  broadcast: <filter> 
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link 
  Device-2: Intel Wireless 8260 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: f040 
  bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:24f3 class-ID: 0280 
  IF: wlp1s0 state: up mac: <filter> 
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global 
  broadcast: <filter> 
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link 
  WAN IP: <filter> 
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 
  bus-ID: 1-8:5 chip-ID: 8087:0a2b class-ID: e001 
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 3 state: up address: see --recommends 
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found. 
RAID:
  Hardware-1: Intel 82801 Mobile SATA Controller [RAID mode] driver: ahci 
  v: 3.0 port: f060 bus-ID: 00:17.0 chip-ID: 8086.282a rev: 21 class-ID: 0104 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 47.82 GiB (20.1%) 
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required. 
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Intel model: SSDSCKKF256H6 SATA 256GB 
  size: 238.47 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s 
  rotation: SSD serial: <filter> rev: D16N scheme: GPT 
  Message: No optical or floppy data found. 
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 31.25 GiB size: 30.59 GiB (97.88%) used: 14 GiB (45.8%) 
  fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 label: N/A 
  uuid: 57bccc67-b3a9-429d-94d7-c0c8d74e8c1d 
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%) 
  used: 8.8 MiB (2.9%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: N/A 
  uuid: FC70-35FA 
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 118.54 GiB size: 116.18 GiB (98.01%) 
  used: 33.81 GiB (29.1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3 label: N/A 
  uuid: 5c8a4c84-ff33-4300-8276-be73e90da708 
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) 
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 17.58 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 
  dev: /dev/sda5 maj-min: 8:5 label: N/A 
  uuid: 680bd736-5a89-4b19-9ed5-373c5af9ff18 
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/sda4 maj-min: 8:4 size: 49.33 GiB fs: ext4 label: N/A 
  uuid: f91dead5-9430-44e9-aaaa-9b0791c234b6 
  ID-2: /dev/sda6 maj-min: 8:6 size: 21.48 GiB fs: ext4 label: N/A 
  uuid: 5974260c-bd51-4344-a18f-6828616d10e9 
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 12 rev: 2.0 
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 
  Device-1: 1-2:2 info: Realtek Integrated_Webcam_HD type: Video 
  driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA 
  chip-ID: 0bda:57c3 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter> 
  Device-2: 1-4:3 info: Logitech G102 LIGHTSYNC Gaming Mouse type: Mouse,HID 
  driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s 
  power: 300mA chip-ID: 046d:c092 class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter> 
  Device-3: 1-7:4 info: Broadcom 5880 type: Smart Card driver: N/A 
  interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 0a5c:5832 
  class-ID: 0b00 serial: <filter> 
  Device-4: 1-8:5 info: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: Bluetooth 
  driver: btusb interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA 
  chip-ID: 8087:0a2b class-ID: e001 
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 6 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s 
  chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 48.5 C mobo: N/A 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0 
Info:
  Processes: 202 Uptime: 29m wakeups: 1 Init: systemd v: 247 tool: systemctl 
  Compilers: gcc: 11.1.0 Packages: pacman: 1415 lib: 375 flatpak: 0 
  Shell: Bash v: 5.1.8 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.04
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Hello,

You will need to install the linux-headers for your running kernel and then install this AUR package
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/rts5139-dkms/

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Did install linux-headers and the rts aur package.

The internal smartcard still doesn’t work.Journalctl gives the following output

journalctl -b -f -u pcscd
-- Journal begins at Wed 2021-05-26 19:10:39 EEST. --
juuni 14 23:54:36 latitux systemd[1]: Started PC/SC Smart Card Daemon.
juuni 14 23:54:36 latitux pcscd[1131]: 00000000 ccid_usb.c:598:OpenUSBByName() Can't get config descriptor on 1/4: LIBUSB_ERROR_NOT_FOUND
juuni 14 23:54:36 latitux pcscd[1131]: 00031427 ccid_usb.c:598:OpenUSBByName() Can't get config descriptor on 1/4: LIBUSB_ERROR_NOT_FOUND

These logs are in the time gap I tested it using tools from here Smartcards - ArchWiki

National ID-card software also doesn’t recognize it. (aur/qdigidoc4)

Thank you for the help!!

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Hello!

Returning back to that issue. My internal Smart Card reader still is not working
Tried to install rts5227-dkms AUR driver. Didn’t help.

It is RTS525A PCI Express Card Reader (Realtek Semiconductor Co…)
There is no precise driver for that particular card reader on AUR.

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Probably relevant, read from here on
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=202473#c8

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I’ll read it to see what and how, but the predominant issue in me explaining what I need seems that I mean a smartcard as in national ID card not as in SD memory card.

So basically it is a device which reads IDs - cards like like banking cards.

I am curious maybe the aren’t different from the driver side of things just the size of the slot is different?

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But is that reader as one single device for both Smart Card and SD reader? Because the RTS525A PCI Express Card Reader matches to what i pointed out, and the drivers are there, clearly it can have multiple slot sizes but now i wonder if:

  • requires some particular udev rules
  • special software to actually read the national ID card and such …

Looking at this Reading ID Card Data in Ubuntu with EZ100PU Smart Card Reader (Thai ID Edition) - CNX Software

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Bogdan. You know, it might be that Manjaro doesn’t detect my ID card reader. The one it displays is my SD card slot which I use rarely - thus didn’t think about it.

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Yes It is like that kind of device but internal for which I want to get working. I don’t have my USB ID card reader with me, but ID card software worked well on Manjaro with the packages marked here:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Electronic_identification#Estonia

With USB ID Card reader, but not the internal one. Basically as if it doesn’t exist.

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Maybe worth to share:
lsusb
and
lspci -nn

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Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 8087:0a2b Intel Corp. Bluetooth wireless interface
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0a5c:5832 Broadcom Corp. 5880
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 046d:c092 Logitech, Inc. G203 LIGHTSYNC Gaming Mouse
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0bda:57c3 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Integrated_Webcam_HD
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500 v5/6th Gen Core Processor Host Bridge/DRAM Registers [8086:1904] (rev 08)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Skylake GT2 [HD Graphics 520] [8086:1916] (rev 07)
00:04.0 Signal processing controller [1180]: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500 v5/6th Gen Core Processor Thermal Subsystem [8086:1903] (rev 08)
00:14.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP USB 3.0 xHCI Controller [8086:9d2f] (rev 21)
00:14.2 Signal processing controller [1180]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP Thermal subsystem [8086:9d31] (rev 21)
00:16.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP CSME HECI #1 [8086:9d3a] (rev 21)
00:16.3 Serial controller [0700]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP Active Management Technology - SOL [8086:9d3d] (rev 21)
00:17.0 RAID bus controller [0104]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile SATA Controller [RAID mode] [8086:282a] (rev 21)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #5 [8086:9d14] (rev f1)
00:1d.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #11 [8086:9d1a] (rev f1)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP LPC Controller [8086:9d48] (rev 21)
00:1f.2 Memory controller [0580]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PMC [8086:9d21] (rev 21)
00:1f.3 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio [8086:9d70] (rev 21)
00:1f.4 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP SMBus [8086:9d23] (rev 21)
00:1f.6 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection I219-LM [8086:156f] (rev 21)
01:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Wireless 8260 [8086:24f3] (rev 3a)
02:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTS525A PCI Express Card Reader [10ec:525a] (rev 01)
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That is the card, on PCI … and should work with the built in rtsx_pci driver, at least according to this old comment in the archived forum Laptop not recognizing Realtek RTS525A PCI Express Card Reader - Hardware - Manjaro Linux Forum
and is also working on this model Dell Latitude E7470 - ArchWiki
So, the question that remains is what software is suitable for it?

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Software is qdigidoc available on AUR.

How do I get that driver? :smiley:

Actually seems it is in the kernel starting with 5.3.

Runing 5.14.

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Once you build it with this command:
pamac build qdigidoc

and then run it, what errors you get?

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Tried digidoc on Fedora 34 Cinnamon. It installed as the part of open-eid from their standard repo. The internal SC reader works out of the box.
The kernel Fedora runs on is 5.11.12-300.fc34.x86_64. I don’t know if it is of any help.

Replying to what you wrote:

I built it either with yay or via the Pamac GUI. cannot run qdigidoc via terminal. It is the national ID management and and creation of signed containers.

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Anybody out there? :slight_smile:

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You have to give more information about that.

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I meant. It is a GUI application. It is just an national ID and signing client

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Similar problem, I don’t use it often, but with some update it seems card reader it self is not working

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Now its working again after some updates :slight_smile: . Nice