Hi all,
I recently bought a second hand Panasonic Toughpad FZ-G1 which is a
tablet form-factor PC. I've loaded it with Debian 12 using the KDE
Plasma desktop (using X11 for now) and have `xvkbd` set up as a virtual
keyboard.
It is important to note this machine has a single USB (USB3 type A) port
and *NO* hardware keyboard beyond a couple of macro buttons on the bezel.
pinentry, it seems, does not get along with xvkbd. When I need to
unlock a private key, pinentry (I'm using pinentry-qt) blocks input
events from all other applications, including xvkbd. I'm not sure the
situation would change if I used something else.
While I can understand this on a standard keyboard-equipped computer in
normal circumstances, doing it on a touchscreen-driven tablet is
ridiculous. I basically cannot use GnuPG at all on this computer unless
my keys are stored without a passphrase, which is demonstrably worse
security than pinentry preventing input to other applications.
Is there a way to relax this restriction?
--
Stuart Longland (aka Redhatter, VK4MSL)
I haven't lost my mind...
...it's backed up on a tape somewhere.
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