Hello, by setting epg-debug to t I found that most of the moves are OK, but that the error comes from not being able to get the passphrase:
the " *gpg-error* buffer comes with: ,---- | gpgsm: Note: non-critical certificate policy not allowed | gpgsm: Note: non-critical certificate policy not allowed | gpgsm: Note: non-critical certificate policy not allowed | gpgsm: CRLs not checked due to --disable-crl-checks option | gpgsm: DBG: adding certificates at level -2 | gpgsm: ignoring gpg-agent inquiry 'PASSPHRASE' | gpgsm: error creating signature: No passphrase given <GPG Agent> `---- while the gpg-agent.log tells me: ,---- | DBG: chan_9 -> OK Pleased to meet you, process 3382246 | DBG: chan_9 <- RESET | DBG: chan_9 -> OK | DBG: chan_9 <- OPTION ttytype=dumb | DBG: chan_9 -> OK | DBG: chan_9 <- OPTION display=:0.0 | DBG: chan_9 -> OK | DBG: chan_9 <- OPTION xauthority=/home/angelv/.Xauthority | DBG: chan_9 -> OK | DBG: chan_9 <- OPTION putenv=XDG_SESSION_TYPE=x11 | DBG: chan_9 -> OK | DBG: chan_9 <- OPTION putenv=DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:path=/run/user/1000/bus | DBG: chan_9 -> OK | DBG: chan_9 <- OPTION putenv=INSIDE_EMACS=28.2,epg | DBG: chan_9 -> OK | DBG: chan_9 <- GETINFO version | DBG: chan_9 -> D 2.2.40 | DBG: chan_9 -> OK | DBG: chan_9 <- OPTION allow-pinentry-notify | DBG: chan_9 -> OK | DBG: chan_9 <- OPTION pinentry-mode=loopback | DBG: chan_9 -> OK | DBG: chan_9 <- HAVEKEY FC155E4BAF3DA44364C84711DA0B7137EA89D084 | DBG: chan_9 -> OK | DBG: chan_9 <- ISTRUSTED D1EB23A46D17D68FD92564C2F1F1601764D8E349 | DBG: chan_9 -> S TRUSTLISTFLAG relax | DBG: chan_9 -> OK | DBG: chan_9 <- RESET | DBG: chan_9 -> OK | DBG: chan_9 <- SIGKEY FC155E4BAF3DA44364C84711DA0B7137EA89D084 | DBG: chan_9 -> OK | DBG: chan_9 <- SETKEYDESC Please+enter+the+passphrase+to+unlock+the+secret+key+for+the+X.509+certificate:%0A%22/CN=Angel+M+de+Vicente/O=Instituto+de+Astrofisica+de+Canarias/STREET=Calle+Vía+Láctea,+s\x2fn/ST=Santa+Cruz+de+Tenerife/C=ES%22%0AS/N+00B4307E9B17A8814A2B5CAE68E09B520E,+ID+0x74A5504B,%0Acreated+2022-10-31,+expires+2024-10-30.%0A | DBG: chan_9 -> OK | DBG: chan_9 <- SETHASH 9 96D6D02821BA0498546EF7BD466B9712FD1C8126AD583F895CD8DDA26DD07B7BBFD74F8A5A6E3087C0893C7BBDD78CCB | DBG: chan_9 -> OK | DBG: chan_9 <- PKSIGN | DBG: agent_get_cache 'FC155E4BAF3DA44364C84711DA0B7137EA89D084'.0 (mode 2) ... | DBG: ... miss | DBG: agent_get_cache '6F4B59E5A9FBC6FB684CB55FDBB7CC30EEE197E3'.0 (mode 2) (stored cache key) ... | DBG: ... miss | DBG: chan_9 -> S INQUIRE_MAXLEN 255 | DBG: chan_9 -> [[Confidential data not shown]] | DBG: chan_9 <- [[Confidential data not shown]] | failed to unprotect the secret key: No passphrase given | failed to read the secret key | command 'PKSIGN' failed: No passphrase given | DBG: chan_9 -> ERR 67109041 No passphrase given <GPG Agent> | DBG: chan_9 <- [eof] `---- I have removed gnome-keyring and seahorse in my system (in case there was a conflict with them). Any ideas as to what might cause this? Cheers, -- Ángel de Vicente -- (GPG: 0x64D9FDAE7CD5E939) Research Software Engineer (Supercomputing and BigData) Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (https://www.iac.es/en)