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Now that OpenSC is installed, we will check the installation.

Check OpenSC version

Check that you have a recent OpenSC version with openssl and pcsc support:

$ opensc-tool --verbose --info
opensc 0.12.2 [gcc 4.4.5]
Enabled features: zlib readline openssl pcsc(libpcsclite.so.1)

You need at least OpenSC 0.12.2, which solves several issues. If your system does not provide a recent version of OpenSC, upgrade your distribution or compile from sources using OpenSC svn version.

Check recognition

Check that the card reader is correctly recognized by OpenSC:

$ opensc-tool -l
# Detected readers (pcsc)
Nr. Card Features Name
0 Yes Feitian SCR301 00 00

At nr. 0 we have our recognized Feitian R-301 reader.