enigmail does not find gpg-agent in kde

[Waleed Hamra]

On 16/12/11 16:48, Andre Massing wrote:
> 
> Hi there!
> 
> I have already asked for some advice at the ubuntu-user list a week
> ago, so sorry for the cross-posting, but I haven't got any reply yet..
> So maybe it is a more kubuntu-specific. So the problem is that
> I recently ran into the following problem after I installed the
> kubuntu-desktop in addition to my Gnome desktop:
> 
> After logging in into KDE thunderbird/enigmail complains
> "Could not start the gpg-agent program which is needed for your GnuPG
> 2.0.17"
> 
> Checking my environments variables in Konsole reveals that the
> GPG_AGENT_INFO variable was not set.
> 
> Strangely everything works out of the box under gnome 3 + thunderbird
> + enigmail with the same enigmail settings, GPG_AGENT_INFO is set etc.
> (BTW, gpg executable is manually set to gpgp2 in the enigmail preferences)
> 
> After some googlging it seems that the gnome-key-ring is somehow used
> to communicate with gpg-agent, and I remember I was asked for a
> password once or twice during my first login into KDE (but not any more).
> 
> Is there maybe an issue with not starting some required services from
> within the KDE session?
> 
> Does anybody has any ideas or pointers where to start to investigate
> and to nail down that problem? Or has anybody experienced somehow
> similar problems? I could not find any bug report or question related
> to that issue...
> 
> And, of course, any help, pointers etc. are very much appreciated!
> 
> Cheers,
> Andre
> 

gpg-agent should be started by X when it starts. you should have a file
called:

/etc/X11/Xsession.d/90gpg-agent

look for it, and see if it exists, this file is part of the gnupg-agent
package.
another thing, what is the default login screen? kdm or gdm?


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Waleed K. Hamra
Manager of Hamra Information Systems
Lead Technician at Illusion Computers Megastore

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