On Wed 2016-10-12 13:02:56 -0400, OmegaPhil wrote: > Since that point, I have uninstalled pinentry-qt4 and have happily been > using pinentry-gtk-2. > > Installing pinentry-qt (0.9.7-5) and switching to it via alternatives > results in the following error dialog coming up 4 times in succession > from Enigmail: > > ===================================================================== > > GnuPG cannot query your passphrase via pinentry. > > This is a system setup or configuration error that prevents Enigmail > from working properly and cannot be fixed automatically. > > We strongly recommend that you consult our support web site at > https://enigmail.net/faq. > > ===================================================================== > > The real error comes out in ~/.xsession-errors: > > ===================================================================== > > gpg-agent[7019]: can't connect to the PIN entry module > '/usr/bin/pinentry': End of file > gpg-agent[7019]: failed to unprotect the secret key: No pinentry > gpg-agent[7019]: failed to read the secret key > gpg-agent[7019]: command 'PKDECRYPT' failed: No pinentry
I'm still baffled. i followed exactly the steps that you did and the QT
prompt shows up for me :(
What version of enigmail are you running? where did you get it from?
can you turn on debug-pinentry in your dirmngr.conf and see what it says?
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