On Wed, 7 Feb 2007 23:47, hawke at hawkesnest.net said: > If I force that subkey, it works: > $ gpg --clearsign -u '0x4a1c1224!' test.txt Okay, so it is not a communication problem with teh card. Please run gpg --debug 64 --clearsign test.txt To see why gpg tries to use the primary key. Salam-Shalom, Werner