On 12/10/16 08:31, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: > Control: tags 577737 + moreinfo unreproducible > > On Thu 2014-02-20 16:57:15 -0500, OmegaPhil wrote: > >> Package: pinentry-qt4 >> Version: 0.8.3-2 >> >> I also get this bug - today I finally researched into and set up >> Enigmail and gpg, yet it failed to generate a revocation certificate >> and later send an encrypted/signed mail - bad passphrase or key >> couldnt be found. > > i haven't been able to reproduce this reported problem with pinentry-qt4 > or its current equivalent pinentry-qt. Is this still a problem with > 0.9.7-6 in debian unstable or 0.9.7-5 in debian testing? Is there a > straightforward way to reproduce the problem? Is it an issue with > DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS perhaps? > > --dkg
Since that point, I have uninstalled pinentry-qt4 and have happily been using pinentry-gtk-2. Installing pinentry-qt (0.9.7-5) and switching to it via alternatives results in the following error dialog coming up 4 times in succession from Enigmail: ===================================================================== GnuPG cannot query your passphrase via pinentry. This is a system setup or configuration error that prevents Enigmail from working properly and cannot be fixed automatically. We strongly recommend that you consult our support web site at https://enigmail.net/faq. ===================================================================== The real error comes out in ~/.xsession-errors: ===================================================================== gpg-agent[7019]: can't connect to the PIN entry module '/usr/bin/pinentry': End of file gpg-agent[7019]: failed to unprotect the secret key: No pinentry gpg-agent[7019]: failed to read the secret key gpg-agent[7019]: command 'PKDECRYPT' failed: No pinentry ===================================================================== Manually calling pintentry seems to work: ===================================================================== OK Pleased to meet you GETPIN D lol OK ===================================================================== So its still effectively useless.
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