gpg-agent runs but no graphical interface

[Bernhard Reiter]

On Tue, Feb 24, 2004 at 02:05:45PM -0800, k b wrote:
> using KDE 3.2 on fedora core 1, i have earlier used
> OpenPGP (or rather GPG) whith kmail.


> i have got it all working after following:
> http://kmail.kde.org/kmail-pgpmime-howto.html
> 
> it has worked until some time ago (probably when i
> updated KDE 3.1.95 to 3.2).
> 
> since it did not work, i tried to reinstall all parts
> needed following the configure && make && make install
> procedures described, i ran ldconfig after each make
> install. i also double checked that i have proper
> versions of the source codes.
>    1. libgcrypt (>= 1.1.10), i have 1.1.44
>    2. libksba (>= 0.4.7), i have 0.4.7
>    3. newpg (>= 0.9.4),  i have 0.9.4
>    4. gpgme 0.3.x (>= 0.3.15; < 0.4.0), i have 0.3.16
>    5. cryptplug 0.3.x (>= 0.3.15), i have 0.3.16
>    6. pinentry (>= 0.6.8), i have 0.6.9

Which version of gpg?

> the gpg.conf and gpg-agent.conf files follow has got
> the changes described in the howto.
> 
> eval "$(gpg-agent --daemon)"
> returns nothing but the gpg-agent runs.

What is the output of
	gpg-agent --daemon
?
Maybe it is an old daemon?

Check the content of the GPG_AGENT_INFO variable:
	echo $GPG_AGENT_INFO
before

> echo "test" | gpg -ase -r 0xDEADBEEF | gpg
> (with an existing key), does not bring the graphical
> passphrase box up. instead it writes the following to
> the terminal:
> 
> You need a passphrase to unlock the secret key for
> user: "Some Other <some at other.nonexisting.com>"
> 1024-bit DSA key, ID DEADBEEF, created 2003-04-24
> 
> gpg-agent[19059]: command get_passphrase failed: ec=-1
> gpg: problem with the agent - disabling agent use
> Enter passphrase:
> 
> any suggestions?
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