Process pcscd is running amok (Class 0805: Texas Instruments PCI6411/6421/6611/6621/7411/7421/7611/7621 Secure Digital Controller)

[Ray Strode]

Hi,
>> Miles Lane wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > On my updated rawhide installation, pcscd constantly consumes around
>> > 35% of the cpu cycles.  I have taken to shutting of the service.  Any
>> > idea how I can troubleshoot this?  Is this a bug, or just an issue
>> > with my configuration?
>> pcscd is a smart card daemon.  If you don't use smart cards for
>> authentication, you can just turn it off with /sbin/chkconfig pcscd off
>>
>> It sounds like a bug, can you file it?  Running strace -s512 -f -p
>> $(/sbin/pidof pcscd) might give some indication what it's doing (or
>> getting a backtrace from gdb)
>
> Very strange.  When I attached strace, the cpu cycles used dropped
> down to nothing.  
odd.
> Then, when I stopped pcscd and tried to restart it,
> the process won't start up again.
Maybe try rm -f /var/run/pcscd*

>   I wonder whether strace somehow
> caused pcscd to not stop cleanly?  I'll file a bug and post with the
> bug ID.  Should I CC you inside the bug report?
Sure, maybe include a reference to this thread in the mailing list 
archives, too.
--Ray