Re: gpg not working with kmail

2008-05-25 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Sun May 25 2008, Mumia W.. wrote: > Mr. Cartwright, you could force a downgrade of gnupg by using > apt-pinning (documented in "man apt_preferences"). I looked at pinning once.. > > You could also download the lenny gnupg package (1.4.6-2.2) manually and > use dpkg's "--force-downgrade" option

Re: gpg not working with kmail

2008-05-25 Thread Mumia W..
On 05/25/2008 02:06 PM, Paul Johnson wrote: On Saturday 24 May 2008 02:27:01 pm Paul Cartwright wrote: On Sat May 24 2008, Ron Johnson wrote: If apt can't find gnupg, your system is totally screwed up. ok, so I should screw Debian and try SUSE.. or do you have anything informative to say? Th

Re: gpg not working with kmail

2008-05-25 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Sun May 25 2008, Paul Johnson wrote: > That's about as obtuse of an interpretation as one could have possibly come > up with.  Ron is suggesting you have damaged your gnupg installation by > compiling your own gpg over it.  Remove your self-compiled gpg and use > gnupg as designed. yup, sorry a

Re: gpg not working with kmail

2008-05-25 Thread Paul Johnson
On Saturday 24 May 2008 02:27:01 pm Paul Cartwright wrote: > On Sat May 24 2008, Ron Johnson wrote: > > If apt can't find gnupg, your system is totally screwed up. > > ok, so I should screw Debian and try SUSE.. > or do you have anything informative to say? That's about as obtuse of an interpretat

Re: gpg not working with kmail

2008-05-25 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/25/08 13:55, Paul Cartwright wrote: > On Sun May 25 2008, Ron Johnson wrote: >> # apt-get update > > Reading package lists... Done > > >> # apt-cache policy gnupg > > ~# apt-cache policy gnupg > gnupg: > Installed: 1.4.9-1 > Candidate: 1.

Re: gpg not working with kmail

2008-05-25 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Sun May 25 2008, Ron Johnson wrote: > # apt-get update Reading package lists... Done > # apt-cache policy gnupg ~# apt-cache policy gnupg gnupg: Installed: 1.4.9-1 Candidate: 1.4.9-1 Version table: *** 1.4.9-1 0 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1.4.6-2.2 0 990 http://ftp.

Re: gpg not working with kmail

2008-05-25 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/25/08 12:51, Paul Cartwright wrote: > On Sun May 25 2008, Osamu Aoki wrote: [snip] > >> Oh, please remove backport if you are using lenny or sid. > > I did.. > someone else asked me to try these commands.. and it still can't find gnupg > to >

Re: gpg not working with kmail

2008-05-25 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Sun May 25 2008, Chris Bannister wrote: > I'd comment it out. I think any packages you have installed from > backports would probably have a later package in lenny. > > After commenting it out do an update and a dist-upgrade. ~# apt-get dist-upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building depend

Re: gpg not working with kmail

2008-05-25 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Sun May 25 2008, Osamu Aoki wrote: > $ ls -l /var/lib/dpkg/info/gnupg* > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 19853 2007-09-30 13:04 > /var/lib/dpkg/info/gnupg-doc.list -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 28520 2007-09-30 > 13:06 /var/lib/dpkg/info/gnupg-doc.md5sums -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   602 > 2007-09-20 10:33 /var/l

Re: gpg not working with kmail

2008-05-25 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 08:34:44AM -0400, Paul Cartwright wrote: > On Sun May 25 2008, Chris Bannister wrote: > > > deb http://www.backports.org/debian/ etch-backports main contrib non-free > > > > Have you updated from etch -> lenny and have forgot to remove backports? > > > > -- > > you are corr

Re: gpg not working with kmail

2008-05-25 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 08:16:23AM -0400, Paul Cartwright wrote: > On Sun May 25 2008, Osamu Aoki wrote: > > Did you verify with debsums as I said? > > > > $ debsums gnupg > > # debsums gnupg > debsums: no md5sums for gnupg How about $ ls -l /var/lib/dpkg/info/gnupg* -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 198

Re: gpg not working with kmail

2008-05-25 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Sun May 25 2008, Chris Bannister wrote: > > deb http://www.backports.org/debian/ etch-backports main contrib non-free > > Have you updated from etch -> lenny and have forgot to remove backports? > > -- you are correct, I did not remove backports. should I comment out the line, or change it to

Re: gpg not working with kmail

2008-05-25 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Sun May 25 2008, Osamu Aoki wrote: > Did you verify with debsums as I said? > > $ debsums gnupg # debsums gnupg debsums: no md5sums for gnupg -- Paul Cartwright Registered Linux user # 367800 Registered Ubuntu User #12459 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "u

Re: gpg not working with kmail

2008-05-25 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 05:25:56PM -0400, Paul Cartwright wrote: > ok, why couldn't I find it?# cat sources.list > deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free > deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian lenny main > > deb-src http://security.us.debian.org/ lenny/updates main cont

Re: gpg not working with kmail

2008-05-24 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 05:27:01PM -0400, Paul Cartwright wrote: > On Sat May 24 2008, Ron Johnson wrote: > > If apt can't find gnupg, your system is totally screwed up. Did you verify with debsums as I said? $ debsums gnupg You claimed you did overwrite before. If that caused some problem, thi

Re: gpg not working with kmail

2008-05-24 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Sat May 24 2008, Ron Johnson wrote: > That doesn't tell us anything.  Try this: > > $ apt-cache policy gnupg > > -- # apt-cache policy gnupg gnupg: Installed: 1.4.9-1 Candidate: 1.4.9-1 Version table: *** 1.4.9-1 0 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1.4.6-2.2 0 990 http://ftp.

Re: gpg not working with kmail

2008-05-24 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Sat May 24 2008, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: > Well, what does it say if you run apt-get update, then apt-get install > gnupg? Note also errors or anything else in the first command. > > What about apt-cache policy gnupg? t# apt-get update Hit http://security.us.debian.org lenny/updates Release

Re: gpg not working with kmail

2008-05-24 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/24/08 16:27, Paul Cartwright wrote: > On Sat May 24 2008, Ron Johnson wrote: >> If apt can't find gnupg, your system is totally screwed up. >> >> -- > > ok, so I should screw Debian and try SUSE.. > or do you have anything informative to say? T

Re: gpg not working with kmail

2008-05-24 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/24/08 16:25, Paul Cartwright wrote: > On Sat May 24 2008, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: >>> Should I have come here first >>> and asked why I couldn't find a package >> In this particular case, yes, because this package should be available. >> As a

Re: gpg not working with kmail

2008-05-24 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
Paul Cartwright wrote: > On Sat May 24 2008, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: > >>> Should I have come here first >>> and asked why I couldn't find a package >>> >> In this particular case, yes, because this package should be available. >> As a matter of fact, it should already be installed, b

Re: gpg not working with kmail

2008-05-24 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Sat May 24 2008, Ron Johnson wrote: > If apt can't find gnupg, your system is totally screwed up. > > -- ok, so I should screw Debian and try SUSE.. or do you have anything informative to say? -- Paul Cartwright Registered Linux user # 367800 Registered Ubuntu User #12459 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: gpg not working with kmail

2008-05-24 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Sat May 24 2008, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: > > Should I have come here first > > and asked why I couldn't find a package > > In this particular case, yes, because this package should be available. > As a matter of fact, it should already be installed, because it is > required by debian-archive

Re: gpg not working with kmail

2008-05-24 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/24/08 14:24, Paul Cartwright wrote: > On Sat May 24 2008, Osamu Aoki wrote: [snip] > >> Checkinstall does not protect system from such brutal act. Checkinstall >> is designed to install everything under one directory in /usr/local (or >> possib

Re: gpg not working with kmail

2008-05-24 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
Paul Cartwright wrote: > Should I have come here first > and asked why I couldn't find a package In this particular case, yes, because this package should be available. As a matter of fact, it should already be installed, because it is required by debian-archive-keyring, which in turn is required

Re: gpg not working with kmail

2008-05-24 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Sat May 24 2008, Osamu Aoki wrote: > I do not understand your confidence.  What do you mean "works".  Just > because it did not fail, it does not mean it worked right. that is a distinct possibility. > > When you --prefix=/usr/bin , you already over wrote into non /usr/local > lcation which is

Re: gpg not working with kmail

2008-05-24 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 11:41:49AM -0400, Paul Cartwright wrote: > On Sat May 24 2008, Osamu Aoki wrote: > > I am updating it with new one.  Its draft is here: > > > > http://people.debian.org/~osamu/pub/getwiki/html/ch03.en.html#basicprecauti > >ons http://people.debian.org/~osamu/pub/getwiki/html

Re: gpg not working with kmail

2008-05-24 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Sat May 24 2008, Osamu Aoki wrote: > > it tells me gnupg is already the latest.. whats the FORCE command, or is > > that possible.. > > If you overwrite files in /usr/bin by make install, apt will not know that. > > Have you chacked with debsums to see files are really from Debian? no, I used t

Re: gpg not working with kmail

2008-05-24 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Sat May 24 2008, Osamu Aoki wrote: > I am updating it with new one.  Its draft is here: > > http://people.debian.org/~osamu/pub/getwiki/html/ch03.en.html#basicprecauti >ons http://people.debian.org/~osamu/pub/getwiki/html/ch13.en.html (See > caution here) nice reference, thanks! and I did insta

Re: gpg not working with kmail

2008-05-24 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 09:10:41AM -0400, Paul Cartwright wrote: > On Sat May 24 2008, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: > > > been so long now, either I couildn't find the magic apt-get install > > > PACKAGE_NAME, then went to gnupg.org and downloaded 1.4.9, or... I really > > > don't remember. The poin

Re: gpg not working with kmail

2008-05-24 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 10:44:52PM +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote: > Well... "It works" and "It is properly configured" is different thing. > > Installig as such is something you should avoid. > > http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-system.en.html#s-diverse I am updating it with new one. It

Re: gpg not working with kmail

2008-05-24 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 09:04:29AM -0400, Paul Cartwright wrote: > On Sat May 24 2008, Osamu Aoki wrote: > > > been so long now, either I couildn't find the magic apt-get install > > > PACKAGE_NAME, then went to gnupg.org and downloaded 1.4.9, or... I really > > > don't remember. The point is, once

Re: gpg not working with kmail

2008-05-24 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Sat May 24 2008, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: > > been so long now, either I couildn't find the magic apt-get install > > PACKAGE_NAME, then went to gnupg.org and downloaded 1.4.9, or... I really > > don't remember. The point is, once it was installed, kmail stopped > > working. Then it was impos

Re: gpg not working with kmail

2008-05-24 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Sat May 24 2008, Osamu Aoki wrote: > > been so long now, either I couildn't find the magic apt-get install > > PACKAGE_NAME, then went to gnupg.org and downloaded 1.4.9, or... I really > > don't remember. The point is, once it was installed, kmail stopped > > working. Then it was impossible to u

Re: gpg not working with kmail

2008-05-24 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 07:03:58AM -0400, Paul Cartwright wrote: > On Sat May 24 2008, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > I recompiled using ./configure --prefix=/usr/bin > > > > Why, for $DEITY's sake, why???  If you're gonna build your own > > packages, use Slackware. > > been so long now, either I co

Re: gpg not working with kmail

2008-05-24 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
Paul Cartwright wrote: > On Sat May 24 2008, Ron Johnson wrote: > >>> I recompiled using ./configure --prefix=/usr/bin >>> >> Why, for $DEITY's sake, why??? If you're gonna build your own >> packages, use Slackware. >> > > been so long now, either I couildn't find the magic apt-

Re: gpg not working with kmail

2008-05-24 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Sat May 24 2008, Ron Johnson wrote: > > I recompiled using ./configure --prefix=/usr/bin > > Why, for $DEITY's sake, why???  If you're gonna build your own > packages, use Slackware. been so long now, either I couildn't find the magic apt-get install PACKAGE_NAME, then went to gnupg.org an

Re: gpg not working with kmail

2008-05-23 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/23/08 21:26, Paul Cartwright wrote: > On Fri May 23 2008, Paul Johnson wrote: >> I'd remove the local installation of gpg before trying to dike out the >> Debian one. Or use the reinstall option instead of trying to purge and >> install again. >

Re: gpg not working with kmail

2008-05-23 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Fri May 23 2008, Paul Johnson wrote: > I'd remove the local installation of gpg before trying to dike out the > Debian one.  Or use the reinstall option instead of trying to purge and > install again. I recompiled using ./configure --prefix=/usr/bin now it works. the INSTALL file in gnupg say

Re: gpg not working with kmail

2008-05-23 Thread Paul Johnson
On Friday 23 May 2008 06:59:50 pm Paul Cartwright wrote: > On Fri May 23 2008, Ron Johnson wrote: > > Why in $DEITY's name are you purging gnupg??? > > I was told to try to purge the packages, and if that didn't work to > reinstall them... I'd remove the local installation of gpg before tr

Re: gpg not working with kmail

2008-05-23 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/23/08 20:59, Paul Cartwright wrote: > On Fri May 23 2008, Ron Johnson wrote: >> Why in $DEITY's name are you purging gnupg??? > > I was told to try to purge the packages, and if that didn't work to reinstall > them... You need to get r

Re: gpg not working with kmail

2008-05-23 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Fri May 23 2008, Ron Johnson wrote: > Why in $DEITY's name are you purging gnupg??? I was told to try to purge the packages, and if that didn't work to reinstall them... -- Paul Cartwright Registered Linux user # 367800 Registered Ubuntu User #12459 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EM

Re: gpg not working with kmail

2008-05-23 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/23/08 18:22, Paul Cartwright wrote: > On Fri May 23 2008, Paul Johnson wrote: >>> I'm not sure, maybe apt-get couldn't find it? >>> >>> # apt-get install gpg >>> Reading package lists... Done >>> Building dependency tree >>> Reading state informa

Re: gpg not working with kmail

2008-05-23 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Fri May 23 2008, Paul Johnson wrote: > > I'm not sure, maybe apt-get couldn't find it? > > > > # apt-get install gpg > > Reading package lists... Done > > Building dependency tree > > Reading state information... Done > > E: Couldn't find package gpg > > It's gnupg, not gpg. wow, I tried the ap

Re: gpg not working with kmail

2008-05-23 Thread Paul Johnson
On Friday 23 May 2008 03:17:42 pm Paul Cartwright wrote: > On Fri May 23 2008, Ron Johnson wrote: > > Why have you installed the non-Debian gpg? > > I'm not sure, maybe apt-get couldn't find it? > > # apt-get install gpg > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state inf

Re: gpg not working with kmail

2008-05-23 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Fri May 23 2008, Ron Johnson wrote: > Why have you installed the non-Debian gpg? I'm not sure, maybe apt-get couldn't find it? # apt-get install gpg Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: Couldn't find package gpg -- Paul Cartwright

Re: gpg not working with kmail

2008-05-23 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/23/08 13:49, Paul Cartwright wrote: > On Fri May 23 2008, Bob Cox wrote: >>> While scanning for SMIME support backend GpgME: >>> Engine /usr/bin/pgpsm is not installed properly >>> >>> >>> locate pgp shows /usr/local/bin >>> what am I doing wrong

Re: gpg not working with kmail

2008-05-23 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Fri May 23 2008, Bob Cox wrote: > > While scanning for SMIME support backend GpgME: > > Engine /usr/bin/pgpsm is not installed properly > > > > > > locate pgp shows /usr/local/bin > > what am I doing wrong? > > What does 'which gpg' show? > > I think you should be seeing /usr/bin/gpg  (gpg, not

Re: gpg not working with kmail

2008-05-23 Thread Bob Cox
On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 12:32:14 -0400, Paul Cartwright ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I have gnupg 1.4.9 installed and kmail 1.9.9 on KDE 3.5.9 > when I try to go to SETTINGS-Configure kmail-Security the GpgME section is > greyed out. When I hit rescan it tells me: > While scanning for OpenPGP s

gpg not working with kmail

2008-05-23 Thread Paul Cartwright
I have gnupg 1.4.9 installed and kmail 1.9.9 on KDE 3.5.9 when I try to go to SETTINGS-Configure kmail-Security the GpgME section is greyed out. When I hit rescan it tells me: While scanning for OpenPGP support backend GpgME: Engine /usr/bin/pgp is not installed properly While scanning for SMIME