Hi Shawn,

Thank you for your quick response.

• Please submit any development bugs as a Ticket [1]

Yes I will, as soon as I'm sure that it is not me that is the cause....

• Everything must be compiled 64-bit for Snow Leopard (10.6.x)

I did. But strangely, running a "file" on ifd-ccid.bundle/Content/MacOS/libccid.dylib tells me that it's only compiled for 32 bit (i386 and ppc)

• ifd-ccid is actually statically linked to libusb and not IOKit

Okey, I see that now. /usr/local/bin/libusb-config --libs gets me libusb too. Sorry my misstake.

• You can not just build your *own* version of pcsc-lite 1.5.5 (pcscd) for Mac OS X, since there

is a fair amount of Apple addtional code to integrate with securityd. The v1.4.x that is included

in Mac OS X is posted under the Source Branch.

I was actually trying to de-integrate them by renaming pcscd to pcscd.new and run that from the shell with the additional --debug option. It's a bit strange that the arguments of pcscd are hardcoded into securityd and there

is no way (that I saw) to pass additional arguments.

B.t.w. If I boot the Mac with a reader connected and with a standard cell phone UICC inserted (containing no login token or anything) it seems like the login

window just flashes between the normal login screen and an all-blue screen, and you're not able to enter your password as during a normal (username/password-based) login.

I had to move the "builtin:smartcard-sniffer" down below the "builtin:authenticate,privileged" entry under "system.login.console" key in the /etc/authorization file. (also moved it under the key "authenticate").

This happens with the orignal versions of pcscd and ifd-ccid, so it's not something I indueced. This issue might be "off-topic" but you might be able to direct me to the appropriate place.

Is it possible you are using Extended APDUs ? Note at the Smart Card Reader Matrix [2] for the CCID Reader Driver that for the 3121, supports "short APDU mode" [3].

I am using short APDUs. My standard test APDU is "00 a4 00 04 02 3f 00" (select master file and return FCP)

Regards

/Patrik