cannot enter text when started at desktop start with keychain and gpg

[James Hunt]

Attempting to run keychain from my ~/.profile results in my being prompted (successfully) for my ssh passphrase (using /usr/lib/openssh/gnome-ssh-askpass). However, when prompted for my gpg passphrase via pinentry (using /usr/bin/pinentry-qt4), I am unable to enter my passphrase as the text box disallows text input.

The work-around is to switch to using the gtk2 version of pinentry:

$ sudo apt-get install pinentry-gtk2
$ sudo update-alternatives --set pinentry /usr/bin/pinentry-gtk-2

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
Package: pinentry-qt4 0.8.3-2ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.15.0-6.11-generic 3.15.0
Uname: Linux 3.15.0-6-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.3-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Tue Jun 17 08:19:46 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-11 (66 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Daily amd64 (20140409)
SourcePackage: pinentry
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to utopic on 2014-05-08 (39 days ago)

[James Hunt (jamesodhunt)]

Checking my setup, I see that I'm forcing ssh passphrases to use gtk rather than qt by specifying the following in my ~/.profile:

    export SSH_ASKPASS=/usr/lib/openssh/gnome-ssh-askpass

See bug 924731.