Dear Ten
i have USB Smargo Smartcard Reader and i have a *** germany card and Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS does recognize it. i had to configure it in ESXI 5.0
PHOENIX READER PATH : /dev/ttyUSB0
SERIAL READER : /dev/ttyUSB0
SMARTCARD CLOCK FREQUENCY : /dev/ttyUSB0 3580000
TRY ALL CHIDS : /dev/ttyUSB0
BOXKEY : /dev/ttyUSB0 00 11 22 33
LOG WARNINGS : /tmp/warnings.txt
that is my config in CCcam.cfg