HP Zbook 14 G11 - Alcor Link AK9563
I am running into an issue with the built in smartcard reader - Alcor Link AK9563 - on the HP Zbook 14 G11. The behavior is almost identical to the one stated on the blog post about AlcorMicro and fast smartcards at https://blog.apdu.fr/posts/2022/12/alcormicro-au9560-reader-and-fast-smart/
Essentially, smartcard transactions don't work at all except on rare occasions.
Below is the information and logs I have been able to gather on the issue.
Versions CCID driver version: 1.6.2 (built from git source)
pcsc-lite version: 1.9.4-1
the output of the command "/usr/sbin/pcscd --version": pcsc-lite version 1.9.4. Copyright (C) 1999-2002 by David Corcoran corcoran@musclecard.com. Copyright (C) 2001-2018 by Ludovic Rousseau ludovic.rousseau@free.fr. Copyright (C) 2003-2004 by Damien Sauveron sauveron@labri.fr. Report bugs to pcsclite-muscle@lists.infradead.org. Enabled features: Linux x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu libsystemd serial usb libudev usbdropdir=/usr/lib64/pcsc/drivers ipcdir=/run/pcscd filter configdir=/etc/reader.conf.d
Platform
Operating system or GNU/Linux distribution name and version:
Linux NTLX-c4474edf322c 5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5.x86_64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu Mar 13 06:50:51 EDT 2025 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
ALMALINUX_MANTISBT_PROJECT="AlmaLinux-9"
ALMALINUX_MANTISBT_PROJECT_VERSION="9.5"
REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT="AlmaLinux"
REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION="9.5"
SUPPORT_END=2032-06-01
AlmaLinux release 9.5 (Teal Serval)
AlmaLinux release 9.5 (Teal Serval)Hardware details: HP Zbook 14 G11
Smart card middleware name and version: opensc-0.23.0-4.el9_3.x86_64
Smart card reader manufacturer name and reader model name: Alcor Link AK9563
Smart card name: Gemalto DLGX4 128Kv2