pcscd fails to start on boot
Issue
Following a System update the pcscd fails to start at boot-up with error haldaemon not ready.
Once the system has booted up the pcscd can be started manually.
Apr 10 11:56:16 pcscd: pcscdaemon.c:506:main() pcsc-lite 1.5.2 daemon ready.
Apr 10 11:56:16 pcscd: hotplug_libhal.c:490:HPRegisterForHotplugEvents() Could not initialise connection to hald.
Apr 10 11:56:16 pcscd: hotplug_libhal.c:491:HPRegisterForHotplugEvents() Normally this means the HAL daemon (hald) is not running or not ready.
Apr 10 11:56:16 pcscd: pcscdaemon.c:525:main() SVCServiceRunLoop returned
Apr 10 11:56:16 pcscd: pcscdaemon.c:531:at_exit() cleaning /var/run
Apr 10 11:56:16 pcscd: pcscdaemon.c:561:clean_temp_files() Cannot remove /var/run/pcscd.events: Permission denied
Environment
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2
pcsc-lite-1.5.2-6.el6.x86_64
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