USB card reader does not work in Linux. Prolific driver missing?
When I plug the reader into USB port then it is not recognized by the system and the red LED in it keeps on glowing (as opposed to the situation when it is running properly and the LED is only glowing and blinking for some time and then fades away).
I have no idea how could I make the reader running in Linux (OpenSuse).
When I run lsusb in the command line I see that there is a new entry after plugging in the said device
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 067b:2303 Prolific Technology, Inc. PL2303 Serial Port
However the output of
dmesg | grep "scsi generic sg"
does not list the desired device.
How can I get proper drivers for Linux if I only have them for Windows?
drivers usb opensuse
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When I plug the reader into USB port then it is not recognized by the system and the red LED in it keeps on glowing (as opposed to the situation when it is running properly and the LED is only glowing and blinking for some time and then fades away).
I have no idea how could I make the reader running in Linux (OpenSuse).
When I run lsusb in the command line I see that there is a new entry after plugging in the said device
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 067b:2303 Prolific Technology, Inc. PL2303 Serial Port
However the output of
dmesg | grep "scsi generic sg"
does not list the desired device.
How can I get proper drivers for Linux if I only have them for Windows?
drivers usb opensuse
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btw, the kernel driver (exposing the serial port) should be there:/lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/usb/serial/pl2303.ko. If not, then an other kernel with the driver enabled has to be used.
– A.B
20 hours ago
(corrected my 1st comment) I remember that to get my pl2303 based cheap SIM card reader used on Debian, I needed openct as backend for pcsclite. I don't remember any generic scsi. It exposed a serial port. openct was dropped so it became difficult to use it on debian 8 and quite impossible on debian 9. You should consider getting a more modern reader. eg: ccid.apdu.fr/ccid/section.html (ideally with extended apdu support, as seen there: Extended APDU status per reader )
– A.B
19 hours ago
This should help setting up openct+pcsc (as long as you find the software for suse, and that pcsc still uses openct as backend): Using cheap SIM card readers.
– A.B
19 hours ago
Please don'tgrepdmesg output, you'll loose all error messages. Instead, edit question with all new lines indmesgthat appear after you plug in the device. This will tell you (and us) if there are any errors, and if a driver loads. If the driver doesn't load, next step is tomodinfo pl2303and see if the load patterns match the USB info.
– dirkt
53 mins ago
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When I plug the reader into USB port then it is not recognized by the system and the red LED in it keeps on glowing (as opposed to the situation when it is running properly and the LED is only glowing and blinking for some time and then fades away).
I have no idea how could I make the reader running in Linux (OpenSuse).
When I run lsusb in the command line I see that there is a new entry after plugging in the said device
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 067b:2303 Prolific Technology, Inc. PL2303 Serial Port
However the output of
dmesg | grep "scsi generic sg"
does not list the desired device.
How can I get proper drivers for Linux if I only have them for Windows?
drivers usb opensuse
edited 10 hours ago
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asked 21 hours ago
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When I plug the reader into USB port then it is not recognized by the system and the red LED in it keeps on glowing (as opposed to the situation when it is running properly and the LED is only glowing and blinking for some time and then fades away).
I have no idea how could I make the reader running in Linux (OpenSuse).
When I run lsusb in the command line I see that there is a new entry after plugging in the said device
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 067b:2303 Prolific Technology, Inc. PL2303 Serial Port
However the output of
dmesg | grep "scsi generic sg"
does not list the desired device.
How can I get proper drivers for Linux if I only have them for Windows?
drivers usb opensuse
drivers usb opensuse
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btw, the kernel driver (exposing the serial port) should be there:/lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/usb/serial/pl2303.ko. If not, then an other kernel with the driver enabled has to be used.
– A.B
20 hours ago
(corrected my 1st comment) I remember that to get my pl2303 based cheap SIM card reader used on Debian, I needed openct as backend for pcsclite. I don't remember any generic scsi. It exposed a serial port. openct was dropped so it became difficult to use it on debian 8 and quite impossible on debian 9. You should consider getting a more modern reader. eg: ccid.apdu.fr/ccid/section.html (ideally with extended apdu support, as seen there: Extended APDU status per reader )
– A.B
19 hours ago
This should help setting up openct+pcsc (as long as you find the software for suse, and that pcsc still uses openct as backend): Using cheap SIM card readers.
– A.B
19 hours ago
Please don'tgrepdmesg output, you'll loose all error messages. Instead, edit question with all new lines indmesgthat appear after you plug in the device. This will tell you (and us) if there are any errors, and if a driver loads. If the driver doesn't load, next step is tomodinfo pl2303and see if the load patterns match the USB info.
– dirkt
53 mins ago
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btw, the kernel driver (exposing the serial port) should be there:/lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/usb/serial/pl2303.ko. If not, then an other kernel with the driver enabled has to be used.
– A.B
20 hours ago
(corrected my 1st comment) I remember that to get my pl2303 based cheap SIM card reader used on Debian, I needed openct as backend for pcsclite. I don't remember any generic scsi. It exposed a serial port. openct was dropped so it became difficult to use it on debian 8 and quite impossible on debian 9. You should consider getting a more modern reader. eg: ccid.apdu.fr/ccid/section.html (ideally with extended apdu support, as seen there: Extended APDU status per reader )
– A.B
19 hours ago
This should help setting up openct+pcsc (as long as you find the software for suse, and that pcsc still uses openct as backend): Using cheap SIM card readers.
– A.B
19 hours ago
Please don'tgrepdmesg output, you'll loose all error messages. Instead, edit question with all new lines indmesgthat appear after you plug in the device. This will tell you (and us) if there are any errors, and if a driver loads. If the driver doesn't load, next step is tomodinfo pl2303and see if the load patterns match the USB info.
– dirkt
53 mins ago
btw, the kernel driver (exposing the serial port) should be there:
/lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/usb/serial/pl2303.ko. If not, then an other kernel with the driver enabled has to be used.– A.B
20 hours ago
btw, the kernel driver (exposing the serial port) should be there:
/lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/usb/serial/pl2303.ko. If not, then an other kernel with the driver enabled has to be used.– A.B
20 hours ago
(corrected my 1st comment) I remember that to get my pl2303 based cheap SIM card reader used on Debian, I needed openct as backend for pcsclite. I don't remember any generic scsi. It exposed a serial port. openct was dropped so it became difficult to use it on debian 8 and quite impossible on debian 9. You should consider getting a more modern reader. eg: ccid.apdu.fr/ccid/section.html (ideally with extended apdu support, as seen there: Extended APDU status per reader )
– A.B
19 hours ago
(corrected my 1st comment) I remember that to get my pl2303 based cheap SIM card reader used on Debian, I needed openct as backend for pcsclite. I don't remember any generic scsi. It exposed a serial port. openct was dropped so it became difficult to use it on debian 8 and quite impossible on debian 9. You should consider getting a more modern reader. eg: ccid.apdu.fr/ccid/section.html (ideally with extended apdu support, as seen there: Extended APDU status per reader )
– A.B
19 hours ago
This should help setting up openct+pcsc (as long as you find the software for suse, and that pcsc still uses openct as backend): Using cheap SIM card readers.
– A.B
19 hours ago
This should help setting up openct+pcsc (as long as you find the software for suse, and that pcsc still uses openct as backend): Using cheap SIM card readers.
– A.B
19 hours ago
Please don't
grep dmesg output, you'll loose all error messages. Instead, edit question with all new lines in dmesg that appear after you plug in the device. This will tell you (and us) if there are any errors, and if a driver loads. If the driver doesn't load, next step is to modinfo pl2303 and see if the load patterns match the USB info.– dirkt
53 mins ago
Please don't
grep dmesg output, you'll loose all error messages. Instead, edit question with all new lines in dmesg that appear after you plug in the device. This will tell you (and us) if there are any errors, and if a driver loads. If the driver doesn't load, next step is to modinfo pl2303 and see if the load patterns match the USB info.– dirkt
53 mins ago
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btw, the kernel driver (exposing the serial port) should be there:
/lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/usb/serial/pl2303.ko. If not, then an other kernel with the driver enabled has to be used.– A.B
20 hours ago
(corrected my 1st comment) I remember that to get my pl2303 based cheap SIM card reader used on Debian, I needed openct as backend for pcsclite. I don't remember any generic scsi. It exposed a serial port. openct was dropped so it became difficult to use it on debian 8 and quite impossible on debian 9. You should consider getting a more modern reader. eg: ccid.apdu.fr/ccid/section.html (ideally with extended apdu support, as seen there: Extended APDU status per reader )
– A.B
19 hours ago
This should help setting up openct+pcsc (as long as you find the software for suse, and that pcsc still uses openct as backend): Using cheap SIM card readers.
– A.B
19 hours ago
Please don't
grepdmesg output, you'll loose all error messages. Instead, edit question with all new lines indmesgthat appear after you plug in the device. This will tell you (and us) if there are any errors, and if a driver loads. If the driver doesn't load, next step is tomodinfo pl2303and see if the load patterns match the USB info.– dirkt
53 mins ago