gnupg annoyances (fixed)

[Zane C.B.]

For any one who was wondering, "no-grab" needed set in
~/.gnupg/gpg-agent.conf

On Tue, 8 Jan 2008 04:43:00 -0600
"Zane C.B." <v.velox at vvelox.net> wrote:

> Any one know what it takes to get security/gnupg to work? I have
> pinentry-gtk2, but having that installed does not help. Any
> suggestions?
> 
> 
> 
> > cat randomfile | gpg2 -s
> 
> You need a passphrase to unlock the secret key for
> user: "Zane C. Bowers <vvelox at vvelox.net>"
> 1024-bit DSA key, ID C18989DE, created 2006-06-16
> 
> Warning: using insecure memory!
> 
> ** ERROR **: could not grab keyboard
> aborting...
> gpg-agent[96284]: command get_passphrase failed: End of file
> gpg: problem with the agent: IPC write error
> gpg: Invalid passphrase; please try again ...
> 
> You need a passphrase to unlock the secret key for
> user: "Zane C. Bowers <vvelox at vvelox.net>"
> 1024-bit DSA key, ID C18989DE, created 2006-06-16
> 
> gpg: problem with the agent: IPC write error
> gpg: no default secret key: General error
> gpg: signing failed: General error
> Exit 2