Sometimes I see the same thing – and un-plugging/plugging reconnects to the VM – when that happens I disconnect the removable device from the VM and it connects to the host. Other times, I get the “connect
to mac or windows” prompt and I can then connect it where I desire.
Lee
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Subject: [Fed-Talk] reinitialize smart card reader?
Hello,
I discovered that when I use VMWare Fusion, capturethe USB SmartCard reader for use in a Windows VM, then release the USB SmartCard reader, the mac sometimes (often) will no longer see that reader and it cannot
be used. Unplugging/plugging in the reader doesn’t help.
The install notes say: Therefore the PCSC daemon tries to initialize the plugged-in device with an already loaded driver, which causes failures and the shutdown of the daemon. Restarting the PCSC daemon or
reconnecting the card reader device re-initializes its resources and the devices availability.
I wondering if reinitialize this process would help, but I cannot figure out which process it is. Any ideas of what to restart to get the card reader to work again?
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Thanks,
Allan Marcus
Los Alamos National Laboratory
505-667-5666
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