I just made a fresh install of Ubuntu 22.04.
For an unknown reason pcscd.socket is DISABLED.
$ systemctl status pcscd.socket
○ pcscd.socket - PC/SC Smart Card Daemon Activation Socket
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/pcscd.socket; disabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: inactive (dead)
Triggers: ● pcscd.service
Listen: /run/pcscd/pcscd.comm (Stream)
To solve the problem you can do:
sudo systemctl enable pcscd.socket
Then reboot, or run "sudo systemctl start pcscd.socket".
I just made a fresh install of Ubuntu 22.04. system/ pcscd.socket; disabled; vendor preset: enabled) pcscd.comm (Stream)
For an unknown reason pcscd.socket is DISABLED.
$ systemctl status pcscd.socket
○ pcscd.socket - PC/SC Smart Card Daemon Activation Socket
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/
Active: inactive (dead)
Triggers: ● pcscd.service
Listen: /run/pcscd/
To solve the problem you can do:
sudo systemctl enable pcscd.socket
Then reboot, or run "sudo systemctl start pcscd.socket".