On 16/11/14 16:54, Philip Jackson wrote: > On 16/11/14 05:59, da...@gbenet.com wrote: >> Werner, >> >> I have partly resolved the problem - which seems to be related to gnupg2 >> Thunderbird and >> Enigmail running on a 64 bit Linux. The only error message am now getting is >> "bad >> passphrase" when I've not even entered a passphrase but am about to too. > > I had this same difficulty around June this year when I migrated from Windows7 > to UbuntuStudio 1404. (both 64 bit). > > I wanted to use gnupg2 rather than the standard gnupg1-4.-16 which was > packaged > with Ubuntu and the gnupg website said that gnupg1 and gnupg2 could co-exist > ok > on the same machine. So I installed the Ubuntu gnupg2 package 2.0.22. > > I had migrated my Thunderbird profile ok from Windows7 to Ubuntu and was > happily > using Thunderbird 24.6 and enigmail 1.6 before I installed gnupg2. > Afterwards, > I could not get emails to be signed. I did get the bad passphrase message > without having been asked to provide one. I also got a 'no pinentry' message. > > I removed the Ubuntu gnupg2.0.22 package and using only gnupg1.4.16, > Thunderbird > and enigmail worked perfectly. > > I then set about learning how to install myself the latest version (at that > time) which was gnupg2.0.26 with help from this list. When I got it > installed, > enigmail then worked perfectly. > > I cannot advise how to install gnupg2.0.26 - it was above my pay-grade at the > time but I did manage it. And I have subsequently upgraded Thunderbird many > times (now at 31.2) and enigmail too (now at 1.7.2). I confirm that on > UbuntuStudio 14.04 64 bit, Thunderbird 31.2 with enigmail 1.7.2 works just > fine > with gnupg2.0.26. > > I wrote up some of my problem on launchpad (Ubuntu bug reports) and there is > at > least one other bug reporting similar behaviour. For further info on these, > try > these links : > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnupg2/+bug/1332864 > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnupg2/+bug/1313879 > > My conclusion was that there must have been some issue with the gnupg2.0.22 > package as prepared and released by ubuntu. > > Philip > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Gnupg-users mailing list > Gnupg-users@gnupg.org > http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users >
Hi Philip, I have not installed gnupg2 on my new Ubuntu LXDE 64 bit laptop. But am still stuck with "bad passphrase" until I get that resolved I'll not be installing gnupg2 from the web site. David -- “See the sanity of the man! No gods, no angels, no demons, no body. Nothing of the kind.Stern, sane,every brain-cell perfect and complete even at the moment of death. No delusion.” https://linuxcounter.net/user/512854.html - http://gbenet.com
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