gpg broken pipe

[Iñaki García Blasco]

I can't cypher a message. An error message tells me: "Error running gpg:Broken pipe" , you may need to select different mail options.

[Dennis Kaarsemaker (dennis)]

Did you set up a gpg key already? Does gpg work from the command line?

[Iñaki García Blasco (igarbla)]

Yes, i did. I followed the launchpad instructions for setting up a gpg
key. I try to encrypt a plain text file from the command line and i
think it works.

El dom, 23-04-2006 a las 01:00 +0000, Dennis Kaarsemaker escribió:
> Did you set up a gpg key already? Does gpg work from the command line?
>

[DarkMageZ (darkmagez)]

a temporary workaround for this issue which seems to work for me consists of edit > preferences > mail accounts > "target account" > edit > security > and ticking "always trust keys in my keyring when encrypting"

i think this is an actual bug, i think it should ask if the particular key should be trusted each time if this is not ticked instead of passing "broken pipe"

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

There is a similar bug upstream: https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/evolution/+bug/40326

Does anybody knows in what case exactly that happens when signing a message?

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Upstream bug: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=329546

[james (molinajulio70)]

why wont it work of the brpken pipe

[Mark A Gerads (nazgand)]

I found the solution; this had been bothering me on one computer, but not the other. To fix:

Edit>Preferences>Mail Accounts>Account Name>Edit>Security>PGP/GPG Key ID

Set this value to null(blank it).

[Mark A Gerads (nazgand)]

After further tests:
The reason it would not work is that I put the fingerprint not the ID as the presaid value. Entering the OpenPGP key listed at https://launchpad.net/~username, or simply leaving the value blank work well, so I conclude that no bug exists, but misentered information.

[Sebastian Urban (surban)]

Clearly there is a bug, if the user misentered information there has to be a meaningful error message and not "GPG: broken pipe". Furthermore the error message should appear when entering wrong information, i.e. in the Preferences PGP/GPG Key Id dialog and not when trying to send a message.