some beginner questions

[Neal H. Walfield]

Hi,

At Sun, 2 Apr 2017 18:23:14 -0500,
Will Senn wrote:
> but at the end of
> the day, I don't seem to be able to sign anything with the signing
> subkey if the master key is not present (with sec instead of sec#). Do
> you know how I get it to use the subkey (the manual says it will default
> to a signing subkey, but that's not my experience).

It would be good if you good show us what you are doing.
Specifically, what your key looks like (gpg -k KEYID), and the
commands you are using to sign a message, and the actual output.
Also, it might be helpful for us to know the version of the gpg and
what OS you are using.

:) Neal