Creating token key entry with SunPKCS11

Hi:
I have a problem creating a key entry in a smart card using PKCS11. I use a PKCS12 file as my input which is correctly loaded, I can parse the certificate chain. Then I try to load the key onto the card, but this fails in the C_CreateObject native method:
java.security.KeyStoreException: sun.security.pkcs11.wrapper.PKCS11Exception: CKR_DEVICE_MEMORY
        at sun.security.pkcs11.P11KeyStore.engineSetEntry(P11KeyStore.java:1104)
        at java.security.KeyStore.setEntry(Unknown Source)
        at com.safelayer.certmgr.Pkcs12Import.main(Pkcs12Import.java:88)
Caused by: sun.security.pkcs11.wrapper.PKCS11Exception: CKR_DEVICE_MEMORY
        at sun.security.pkcs11.wrapper.PKCS11.C_CreateObject(Native Method)
        at sun.security.pkcs11.P11KeyStore.storePkey(P11KeyStore.java:1873)
        at sun.security.pkcs11.P11KeyStore.engineSetEntry(P11KeyStore.java:1100)
        ... 2 moreIt appears that I have correctly registered the provider and got the key store, but some permission is missing to create the object. I tried to add
attributes(*,*,*) = { CKA_TRUSTED = true }to the configuration, but no luck. How do I configure the provider such that I can manage certificates on the card?
Thanks, Erik

i came up with the same problem. Can you tell me your way to deal with it ?
thanks!
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    https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/29.0.1/
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    then migrate to new Sync:
    https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-to-update-to-the-new-firefox-sync

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