Process pcscd is running amok (Class 0805: Texas Instruments PCI6411/6421/6611/6621/7411/7421/7611/7621 Secure Digital Controller)
Ray Strode
rstrode at redhat.com
Mon Feb 19 18:04:20 UTC 2007
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)
--Ray
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