gnupg does not ask for passphrase

[Zartan]

I'm not sure what is right package and what I have to add this report. I have tried generate keys with gpg and with enigmail, but allways it said can't decrypt message, wrong secret key. I tried kmail and thunderbird. I have very much keys now because no any key doesn't work. Decrypting worked in Hardy, but not in Intrepid.

mattik@mattik-laptop:~$ gpg --version
gpg (GnuPG) 1.4.9

Encrypt and decrypt worked on console but it said gpg-agent didn't started. It didn't ask for the password in thunderbird or kmail, but on console it asked.

[Andreas Moog (ampelbein)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please answer these questions:

If you type gpg --list-secret-keys in terminal, do you get the secret-key the message was encrypted against shown?

[Zartan (mattik-deactivatedaccount)]

mattik@mattik-laptop:~$ gpg --list-secret-keys
/home/mattik/.gnupg/secring.gpg
-------------------------------
sec 1024D/82D2C0D3 2008-08-29
uid Matti Kukkola <email address hidden>
ssb 2048g/A6B1BAE5 2008-08-29

mattik@mattik-laptop:~$

[Andreas Moog (ampelbein)]

Thanks. And you are sure this is the key used to encrypt the message for? Try copying out the encrypted message (view source, copy the complete encrypted message-part) into a new file and use gpg --decrypt-files <filename>. What does it say in terminal?

[Zartan (mattik-deactivatedaccount)]

encrypt and decrypt worked but it said gpg-agent didn't started. It have some problem. It didn't ask password in thunderbird or kmail, but on konsole it asked. Sorry if I was wrong about passphrase problem, but I have could use enigmail without problems before this..

[Zartan (mattik-deactivatedaccount)]

 gpg --decrypt-files testi.txt.gpg

You need a passphrase to unlock the secret key for
user: "Matti Kukkola <email address hidden>"
2048-bit ELG-E key, ID A6B1BAE5, created 2008-08-29 (main key ID 82D2C0D3)

gpg: agentin käytössä on ongelmia - agenttia ei käytetä
gpg: encrypted with 2048-bit ELG-E key, ID A6B1BAE5, created 2008-08-29
      "Matti Kukkola <email address hidden>"
Tiedosto "testi.txt" on olemassa. Kirjoita yli? (y/N) y
mattik@mattik-laptop:~$ cat testi.txt
testi

It said
It is problem in use of agent. agent isn't been used.

[Andreas Moog (ampelbein)]

What is the output of these commands?

apt-cache policy seahorse
apt-cache policy gnupg-agent

[Zartan (mattik-deactivatedaccount)]

mattik@mattik-laptop:~$ apt-cache policy seahorse
seahorse:
  Asennettu: 2.23.90-0ubuntu1
  Ehdokas: 2.23.90-0ubuntu1
  Versiotaulukko:
 *** 2.23.90-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://fi.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
mattik@mattik-laptop:~$ apt-cache policy gnupg-agent
gnupg-agent:
  Asennettu: 2.0.9-2
  Ehdokas: 2.0.9-2
  Versiotaulukko:
 *** 2.0.9-2 0
        500 http://fi.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
mattik@mattik-laptop:~$

[Zartan (mattik-deactivatedaccount)]

Problem is not it, that secret key and private key doesn't match. Problem is, that using thunderbird or kmail, doesn't decrypt, because it doesn't ask passphrase. Could you change title, when this is confirmed. Thank you :)

[Andreas Moog (ampelbein)]

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

Ok, thank you. There DOES exist an issue where both packets conflict
each-other. Try removing gnupg-agent and try again.
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux)
Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org

iEYEARECAAYFAki67lEACgkQ06FgkPZwicTQIwCdE+3wJzp/Qkq+YiTL1bj9w1CJ
pdgAn0UYPLvsVIVmdtkC03OCi4ywr5fL
=sT2V
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

[Zartan (mattik-deactivatedaccount)]

Still I have this problem. I cannot write any passphrases.

[Andreas Moog (ampelbein)]

Please deactivate the Option "use gpgagent" in enigmail-advanced settings.

[Zartan (mattik-deactivatedaccount)]

It had deactivated. I tried to get it working with activated and deactivated mode. No help.

[Kurt Huwig (k-huwig)]

Bug #281487 contains a workaround

[Andreas Moog (ampelbein)]

Could you please try with intrepid/jaunty? This issue should not appear anymore.

[Alex Denvir (coldfff)]

We are closing this bug report because it has not been updated for some time. Please reopen it if you have more information to submit, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!