On Sun, 30 Apr 2006 16:08:07 +0200, Adrian Friedli said: > $ gpg -v --card-status > gpg: reader slot 0: using ccid driver > gpg: apdu_send_simple(0) failed: card inactive Please run with gpg --debug 2048 --debug-ccid-driver -v --card-status It is likely that the card is indeed broken. Shalom-Salam, Werner