Kgpg problems

[O. Sinclair]

On 22/07/2014 18:15, Scott DuBois wrote:
> On 07/20/2014 04:17 PM, Peter Watson wrote:
>> On 20/07/14 13:30, O. Sinclair wrote:
>>> Friends,
>>> 
>>> being on 14.04 I have since somewhere in 2007 sometimes used
>>> (k)gpg to sign files and the odd email.
>>> 
>>> I admit it is not very often and when I now read of someone
>>> having issues with kpgp I discovered that I too had serious
>>> issues.
>>> 
>>> On starting the program it could not find or import my keyrings
>>> and I eventually had to delete my .conf file and reimport the
>>> original version of my key files. That I luckily have kept all
>>> these years...
>>> 
>>> Kgpg was still complaining that it could not import the files
>>> but DID import them.
>>> 
>>> I am not too overly impressed... for those who do use it I
>>> think it is pretty important that it actually DOES work when
>>> you want to use it?
>>> 
>>> Regards Sinclair
>>> 
>> I have not had a problem with Kgpg in 14.04. I keep my keys on an
>> SD card and ater installing 14.04 I just insert the card and
>> double click on the keys I want to import and they were imported
>> without any problem and unencrypt documents previously encrypted
>> wirh previous versions of Kubuntu.
>> 
>> Regards Pete
>> 
>> 
> 
> I too have never had an issue with Kgpg on 14.04 or any of the
> previous releases but I empathize with your situation. Did you try
> removing and re-installing to see if new libraries might pull in or
> something?
> 
> As a secondary solution, you might also want to give enigmail a go
> and see how that works for you. Yes, having to go through
> Thunderbird to utilize key management is rather bloated but,
> enigmail works really well and enigmail will sync data nicely with
> Kgpg.
> 
well the problem is now sorted and I do use both Enigmail, Kleopatra
and Kgpg as I use both Thunderbird and KMail