Unable to unlock a screen with a smartcard on RHEL8

Solution In Progress - Updated -

Issue

On RHEL7 it is possible to unlock a screen by inserting a smartcard and entering the PIN.
On RHEL8, it doesn't work, unless pcscd is restarted.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.x

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