The main issue still is, that the firmware doesn't work, likely because I'm missing something. I removed the foreign stuff and tried the driver and app from AUR, but they don't work either. [rocketmouse@archlinux scl011_2.06_linux_64bit]$ sudo ./uninstall.sh [rocketmouse@archlinux scl011_2.06_linux_64bit]$ yaourt pcsc-scl011 [rocketmouse@archlinux scl011_2.06_linux_64bit]$ sudo rm -r /tmp/yaourt-tmp-rocketmouse [rocketmouse@archlinux scl011_2.06_linux_64bit]$ yaourt ausweisapp 1 aur/ausweisapp 1.9.0-2 (5) A tool from the BSI for secure payment and authentication on the internet using the rfid passport (sic!) 2 aur/openecardapp 1.0.0_pre3-1 (0) Open eCard-App (opencard) is an open source alternative of the AusweisApp ==> Enter n° of packages to be installed (ex: 1 2 3 or 1-3) ==> ------------------------------------------------------- ==> 1 2 [snip] ==> Entering fakeroot environment... ==> Starting package()... ln: failed to create symbolic link ‘/tmp/yaourt-tmp-rocketmouse/aur-ausweisapp/pkg/opt/olsc/AusweisApp/libpcsclite.so’: File exists ==> ERROR: A failure occurred in package(). Aborting... ==> ERROR: Makepkg was unable to build ausweisapp. FWIW I restarted Arch. [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ sudo ldconfig [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ lsusb -d 04e6: Bus 005 Device 002: ID 04e6:5292 SCM Microsystems, Inc. SCL011 RFID reader [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ sudo systemctl start pcscd.service At least "systemctl start pcscd.service" does work. [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ sudo pcscd -f 00000000 pcscdaemon.c:364:main() file /run/pcscd/pcscd.comm already exists. 00000076 pcscdaemon.c:366:main() Another pcscd (pid: 730) seems to be running. [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ pcsc_scan PC/SC device scanner V 1.4.21 (c) 2001-2011, Ludovic Rousseau <ludovic.rousseau@free.fr> Compiled with PC/SC lite version: 1.8.6 Using reader plug'n play mechanism Scanning present readers... 0: SCL011 Contactless Reader [SCL01x Contactless Reader] (21161049211487) 00 00 Sun Mar 10 04:06:18 2013 Reader 0: SCL011 Contactless Reader [SCL01x Contactless Reader] (21161049211487) 00 00 Card state: [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ pacman -Ql pcsc-scl011 pcsc-scl011 /usr/ pcsc-scl011 /usr/lib/ pcsc-scl011 /usr/lib/pcsc/ pcsc-scl011 /usr/lib/pcsc/drivers/ pcsc-scl011 /usr/lib/pcsc/drivers/SCL011.bundle/ pcsc-scl011 /usr/lib/pcsc/drivers/SCL011.bundle/Contents/ pcsc-scl011 /usr/lib/pcsc/drivers/SCL011.bundle/Contents/Info.plist pcsc-scl011 /usr/lib/pcsc/drivers/SCL011.bundle/Contents/Linux/ pcsc-scl011 /usr/lib/pcsc/drivers/SCL011.bundle/Contents/Linux/libSCL011.so.2.06 pcsc-scl011 /usr/share/ pcsc-scl011 /usr/share/licenses/ pcsc-scl011 /usr/share/licenses/pcsc-scl011/ pcsc-scl011 /usr/share/licenses/pcsc-scl011/license Still no LED on. Regards, Ralf