Kgpg doesn't run by default

[Tom Inglis]

Binary package hint: kdeutils

I am using Kubuntu 9.10 and kgpg 4.3.2.

When I click on the default installed icon on the K menu, or type "kgpg" into Konsole, the application fails to start.

The K menu entry has "kgpg %U", and when clicked a tab appears in the K bar for a few seconds and then disappears. If I run "ps -e" while the tab is there I do see a kgpg process running until the tab disappears. If I type "kgpg" directly into Konsole, I get no output.

I am able to run kgpg as sudo (but this saves config and key files with root permissions), it gives the following output in the Konsole:

somebody@somewhere:~$ sudo kgpg
[sudo] password for somebody:
Error: "/var/tmp/kdecache-somebody" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
Error: "/tmp/kde-somebody" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
QSystemTrayIcon::setVisible: No Icon set

If I change the K menu entry to "kgpg -k" or enter that command directly into Konsole the application runs, but there is no tray icon / menu, just the key manager.

 and if I change the K menu entry to "kgpg -k" it works fine.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Nov 2 12:38:58 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: kgpg 4:4.3.2-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: kdeutils
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686

[Tom Inglis (tominglis)]

Also, if I click on "Certificate Manager" from within an identity on Kontact, I get the folllowing error:

"Could not start certificate manager; please check your installation."

[Lars Noodén (larsnooden)]

Not being able to run kgpg effectively eliminates the ability to manage keys using the GUI.

For most users that eliminates the ability to work with GnuPG / PGP at all. So if they have 'upgraded' from a working system, this becomes a complete denial of service for all incoming e-mail encrypted with PGP. It also denies the ability to sign outgoing messages and thus is a complete denial of service for any destinations or activities that required signed messages.

Please at least get it working for the LTS Release 10.04.

$ uname -a
Linux ubuntu 2.6.31-14-generic #48-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 16 14:05:01 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux

$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 9.10
Release: 9.10

$ apt-cache policy kgpg
kgpg:
  Installed: 4:4.3.2-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 4:4.3.2-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 4:4.3.2-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://fi.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

[LimCore (limcore)]

Please just show the main window normally for kgpg...

Also, this minimize-on-start nonsense makes it very hard to use kgpg in non-taskbar environments, like ssh -X

[LimCore (limcore)]

Tom Inglis wrote on 2009-11-02: I also get "Could not start certificate manager; please check your installation." for example from kmail. Perhaps open a separate bug in kpim

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

Hi there,

Thanks for reporting this bug! Your bug seems to be a problem with the KDE program itself, and not with our KDE packages. But don't worry! This issue is being tracked by the KDE developers at: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=216500
Once fixed in KDE, it will be included in Kubuntu once the KDE version the fix is in in reaches Kubuntu.

Thanks!

[Dan Dart (dandart)]

Still getting the same bug 6 years later. I have kmail and kgpg installed. Also this is the wrong link, as that's a different bug it seems.

Any idea?
Cheers