[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1579918] Re: Smart Card Reader BCM 5880 with kernel 4.2

2018-02-08 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Karl Hill, thanks for the follow up. I'll close this report given it's due to having outdated smart card firmware. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Medium => Undecided ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Expired => Invalid ** Summary changed: - Smart Card Reader BCM 5880 wi

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1579918] Re: Smart Card Reader BCM 5880 with kernel 4.2

2018-02-08 Thread Karl Hill
**SUCCESS ok, not an easy process, but it works I had to use a Windows computer to load a usb version of windows onto a usb drive (WinToUSB app on windows computer, I had zero luck using a VM)..I have a company-mate who used a separate harddrive, installed windows and that worked as w

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1579918] Re: Smart Card Reader BCM 5880 with kernel 4.2

2018-02-01 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Karl Hill, the quickest way to confirm for your hardware is backup your install, temporarily install Windows via either: http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/drivers/osiso/recoverytool/WT64A https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/windows-usb-dvd-download-tool and test the firmware update.

Re: [Kernel-packages] [Bug 1579918] Re: Smart Card Reader BCM 5880 with kernel 4.2

2018-02-01 Thread Karl Hill
Short answer, no. I've not been able to get a working instance of windows up yet on a usb stick (I've no interest in dual boot or re-install). Others in the company I work with have used the procedure successfully (but they also have a slightly later version of the reader, too...) I've been wor

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1579918] Re: Smart Card Reader BCM 5880 with kernel 4.2

2018-01-28 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Karl Hill, regarding your comment https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1579918/comments/32 did you update the firmware with your hardware, and confirmed afterwards it started to work with no modifications? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Pa

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1579918] Re: Smart Card Reader BCM 5880 with kernel 4.2

2017-12-14 Thread Karl Hill
In case anybody finds this via search, Dell put out a firmware patch (Windows only right now) that upgrades the chip. https://ludovicrousseau.blogspot.com/2016/08/broadcom-ccid-readers.html http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/Drivers/DriversDetails?driverId=JP80V&fileId=3559873652&osCode=W7

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1579918] Re: Smart Card Reader BCM 5880 with kernel 4.2

2017-01-01 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
[Expired for linux (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.] ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Expired -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bu

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1579918] Re: Smart Card Reader BCM 5880 with kernel 4.2

2016-11-02 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Garrett Warnell (warnellg-t), it will help immensely if you filed a new report with the Ubuntu repository kernel (not mainline/upstream) via a terminal: ubuntu-bug linux Please feel free to subscribe me to it. For more on why this is helpful, please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs. **

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1579918] Re: Smart Card Reader BCM 5880 with kernel 4.2

2016-11-02 Thread Seth Arnold
Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but this appears to be a "regular" (non-security) bug. I have unmarked it as a security issue since this bug does not show evidence of allowing attackers to cross privile

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1579918] Re: Smart Card Reader BCM 5880 with kernel 4.2

2016-11-02 Thread Garrett Warnell
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Expired => Confirmed ** Information type changed from Public Security to Private Security -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/157991

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1579918] Re: Smart Card Reader BCM 5880 with kernel 4.2

2016-10-31 Thread Garrett Warnell
This bug also affects me. Machine that "works" is a Dell Precision M6800 with BCM5880 smart card reader. Machine that doesn't "work" is Dell Precision 7710 with same reader. Same kernel version (4.4), same middleware, but the 7710 can't read the certificates from an inserted smart card. The rel

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1579918] Re: Smart Card Reader BCM 5880 with kernel 4.2

2016-08-19 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
[Expired for linux (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.] ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Expired -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bu

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1579918] Re: Smart Card Reader BCM 5880 with kernel 4.2

2016-06-20 Thread Karl Hill
So for anyone who was following, the answer from Dell (and huge shout out to Steven from the Linux team there at Dell who called me direct) Skylake is the problem, existing drivers no longer work with the new chipset. Drivers are being re-written and its a work in progress. -- You received this

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1579918] Re: Smart Card Reader BCM 5880 with kernel 4.2

2016-06-03 Thread Karl Hill
Before I went down the bisection road, I did something I probably should have done a while ago...I tested the 14.04 4.2 kernel build on the "good" computer (Latitude 6430 running 14.04 kernel 3.13), and it workedfull details: booted live image from usb, added all trusty sources, ran steps from

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1579918] Re: Smart Card Reader BCM 5880 with kernel 4.2

2016-05-30 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Karl Hill, the next step is to fully commit bisect from kernel 3.13 to 4.2 in order to identify the last good kernel commit, followed immediately by the first bad one. This will allow for a more expedited analysis of the root cause of your issue. Could you please do this following https://wiki.ubun

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1579918] Re: Smart Card Reader BCM 5880 with kernel 4.2

2016-05-27 Thread Karl Hill
In short, yes. Internal BCM5880: 16.04 kernels 4.2, 4.4, 4.6 do not work (xhci_hcd error) 14.04 kernel 4.2 does not work only 14.04 kernel 3.13 works However, on all above versions, external USB SCRx31 card reader functions normally. I add this to show the OS software and the middleware work fo

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1579918] Re: Smart Card Reader BCM 5880 with kernel 4.2

2016-05-27 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Karl Hill, to clarify, do you have a functionality issue when using the card in Ubuntu 16.04 or while using the 4.6 kernel? ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1579918] Re: Smart Card Reader BCM 5880 with kernel 4.2

2016-05-23 Thread Karl Hill
** Tags added: kernel-bug-exists-upstream kernel-bug-exists- upstream-4.6.0 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1579918 Title: Smart Card Reader BCM 5880 with kernel 4.2 Stat

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1579918] Re: Smart Card Reader BCM 5880 with kernel 4.2

2016-05-23 Thread Karl Hill
Above was the results of apport-collect for both 16.04 (kernel 4.2) and 14.04 (kernel 4.2) installed /~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.6-yakkety g-Precision-7510:~$ uname -a Linux g-Precision-7510 4.6.0-040600-generic #201605151930 SMP Sun May 15 23:32:59 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux the pcsc

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1579918] Re: Smart Card Reader BCM 5880 with kernel 4.2

2016-05-22 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Karl Hill, in order to allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue, at your earliest convenience, could you please test the latest upstream kernel available from http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/?C=N;O=D ? Please keep in mind the following: 1) The one to test is at the

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1579918] Re: Smart Card Reader BCM 5880 with kernel 4.2

2016-05-21 Thread Karl Hill
apport information ** Description changed: Native to Ubuntu 14.04 and 16.04 (kernel 4.2.0) on Dell Precision 7510 with Broadcom 5880 (internal card reader). Card reads successfully from SCRx31 USB reader (external). Card also works on kernel 3.13.0 (Dell Latitude E6430, 14.04) with same B

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1579918] Re: Smart Card Reader BCM 5880 with kernel 4.2

2016-05-20 Thread Karl Hill
apport information ** Tags added: apport-collected xenial ** Description changed: Native to Ubuntu 14.04 and 16.04 (kernel 4.2.0) on Dell Precision 7510 with Broadcom 5880 (internal card reader). Card reads successfully from SCRx31 USB reader (external). Card also works on kernel 3.13.0 (D

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1579918] Re: Smart Card Reader BCM 5880 with kernel 4.2

2016-05-18 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Karl Hill, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. Please execute the following command only once, as it will automatically gather debugging information, in a terminal: apport-collect 1579918 ** Package changed: linux-lts-wily (Ubuntu) => linux (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: linux