Confirmed working configuration

[xvdessel]

I can confirm that this setup works:
Fedora 38 (kernel 6.6.6)
eid-mw 5.1.15
pcsc-lite 1.9.9
VASCO Digipass 905 Smart reader
Google chrome 120

Regards,
Xavier

[roelderickx]

@jovanbulck confirmed his setup:

• Ubuntu 22
• Alcor Micro AU9540 reader built-in a HP EliteBook 840 14 inch G9 Notebook PC

[equaeghe]

I can confirm that this code works to get itsme activated.

System details:

• up-to-date stable Gentoo
• Python 3.12.6
• pcsc-lite 2.0.1
• Firefox 131.0
• Smartcard reader: AU9540 built-in to Lenovo T14

I installed the missing dependency nativemessaging-ng in a venv, as it would not be installed through Gentoo's native package manager. I then ran the instructions in that venv. For some reason, I had to install requests there as well, even though I had it installed, but I got a ‘not found’ error.

I got

• Connective signing extension 1.0.5

I used it for activating itsme for a new phone (I guess I used a borrowed a Windows system previously). That worked by insisting, i.e., trying a second time, as the first time, there occurred an error when reading data from my eID.

[berenddeschouwer]

Works

• Fedora 41 beta
• Firefox 131.0.3
• eid 5.1.18
• Connective signing extension 1.0.5
• Smartcard reader: Intopic CR-35 "Generic USB2.0-CRW [Smart Card Reader Interface] 00" (usb id 0bda:0169)

First attempt failed, second attempt succeeded.

[marnux]

Confirmed working (for what i need it)

• Debian Sid
• Firefox 128.5.0 Extended support release
• eid 5.1.18
• Connective signing extension 1.0.5
• Reader: VASCO DIGIPASS 870 0 card reader

I installed the dependencies in the Debian python3 stack, as there was an issue compiling pyscard, as no headers found, in the virtual env. That allowed the first part of the setup. For the nativemessaging-ng, i then needed to create a virtual env to get that manifest installed.

Thank you very much for this piece of software. It's a life saver.

[roelderickx]

It is not super urgent, but when I find the time I'll document the use of the virtual env, which is the preferred way of installing the manifest. I created #31 for follow up.

[marnux]

I think i made the full venv setup work on Debian Sid, by installing libpcsclite-dev package, to get the smartcard related header files. That way it seemed to compile the wheel for pyscard correctly.

[EricLafortune]

Works flawlessly (without the virtual env) on:

• Linux Mint 21.1
• Firefox 133.0.3
• Connective signing extension 1.0.5
• Reader: Advanced Card Systems, ACR39U

Thanks!

[lucascool12]

Works perfectly, thanks!

• NixOS 24.11
• Firefox 135.0.1
• Connective signing extension 1.0.5
• Reader: VASCO digipas 905

NixOS specific things

Instead of providing a global python interpreter, I opted for creating a derivation with the needed dependencies for the connective-backend.py file. And then I changed the path in the ~/.mozilla/native-messaging-hosts/com.connective.signer.json to the result of the build of the provided derivation (nix-build connective-plugin-linux.nix). I hope this helps any future NixOS users.

connective-backend.py derivation

let
  pkgs = import <nixpkgs> {};
  connective-plugin-linux = {
    stdenv,
    fetchFromGitHub,
    python3,
  }:
  stdenv.mkDerivation {
    name = "connective-plugin-linux";
    version = "2025-03-06";
    pyproject = false;

    src = fetchFromGitHub {
      owner = "roelderickx";
      repo = "connective-plugin-linux";
      rev = "e5438e66b4161419d1e27bbe6bf636c397304de2";
      hash = "sha256-wtclPqccLh/UE5tdloO48AtKgaTi8zNN4NIIqpN+6/U=";
    };

    propagatedBuildInputs = [
      (python3.withPackages (pythonPackages: with pythonPackages; [
        tkinter
        pyscard
        requests
      ]))
    ];

    installPhase = ''
      mkdir -p $out/bin
      install -Dm755 connective-backend.py $out/bin/
    '';
  };
in pkgs.callPackage connective-plugin-linux {}