Can't select PGP key using OpenGPG and KMail on SuSE 9.0
Hi, My problem is that the "Your OpenGPG key" dialog box showing my PGP key won't allow me to select it. That is, I can change the background color of the entry in the list by moving the cursor over the entry and clicking the mouse button, but the OK button stays grayed. I have searched the net for answers, and while I found someone who had the same problem, his solution (disabling the default key in ~/.gnupg/ gpg.conf) did not work (it was already disabled). I have tried to disable gpg-agent in gpg.conf. I have tried to enable the default key in gpg.conf, using my key as the default value. None of these actions have resulted in success. Using gpg from the command line, I can verify that both the public and private keys exist. The public key is trusted with u/u (I generated it on this machine today). The pub/sec key ID is shown in the dialog box, but not the sub/ssb key ID. I have not tried to encrypt a message yet. The installation is only a few weeks old, and performed via FTP. KMail is version 1.5.4, KDE is 3.1.4, and gpg is 1.2.2. Any help is greatlyt appreciated. Carsten -- ====================================================================== Carsten P. Gehrke Delphi Research/SPAWAR System Center cgehrke@spawar.navy.mil +1 (619) 553-7822
This additonal information might help (or make things really strange): I was able to decrypt a message on this system that I sent to myself from another account on a different system using my public key for encryption. So the only thing that doesn't seem to work here is selecting a key for my identity. On Thursday 25 March 2004 17:20, Carsten P. Gehrke wrote:
Hi,
My problem is that the "Your OpenGPG key" dialog box showing my PGP key won't allow me to select it. That is, I can change the background color of the entry in the list by moving the cursor over the entry and clicking the mouse button, but the OK button stays grayed.
I have searched the net for answers, and while I found someone who had the same problem, his solution (disabling the default key in ~/.gnupg/ gpg.conf) did not work (it was already disabled). I have tried to disable gpg-agent in gpg.conf. I have tried to enable the default key in gpg.conf, using my key as the default value. None of these actions have resulted in success.
Using gpg from the command line, I can verify that both the public and private keys exist. The public key is trusted with u/u (I generated it on this machine today). The pub/sec key ID is shown in the dialog box, but not the sub/ssb key ID. I have not tried to encrypt a message yet.
The installation is only a few weeks old, and performed via FTP. KMail is version 1.5.4, KDE is 3.1.4, and gpg is 1.2.2. Any help is greatlyt appreciated.
Carsten -- ===================================================================== = Carsten P. Gehrke Delphi Research/SPAWAR System Center cgehrke@spawar.navy.mil +1 (619) 553-7822
-- ====================================================================== Carsten P. Gehrke Delphi Research/SPAWAR System Center cgehrke@spawar.navy.mil +1 (619) 553-7822
OK, just to complete this thread and provide information for anyone else who might come across this problem: A workaround seems to be to create another key pair. KMail will then allow you to select the first key. Although both keys are displayed, the OK button remains grayed for the second key. I created a key that was set to expire in a few days, and did not upload it to any keyserver (so it is stored only on my machine's secret keyring). On Friday 26 March 2004 14:57, Carsten P. Gehrke wrote:
This additonal information might help (or make things really strange): I was able to decrypt a message on this system that I sent to myself from another account on a different system using my public key for encryption. So the only thing that doesn't seem to work here is selecting a key for my identity.
On Thursday 25 March 2004 17:20, Carsten P. Gehrke wrote:
Hi,
My problem is that the "Your OpenGPG key" dialog box showing my PGP key won't allow me to select it. That is, I can change the background color of the entry in the list by moving the cursor over the entry and clicking the mouse button, but the OK button stays grayed.
I have searched the net for answers, and while I found someone who had the same problem, his solution (disabling the default key in ~/.gnupg/ gpg.conf) did not work (it was already disabled). I have tried to disable gpg-agent in gpg.conf. I have tried to enable the default key in gpg.conf, using my key as the default value. None of these actions have resulted in success.
Using gpg from the command line, I can verify that both the public and private keys exist. The public key is trusted with u/u (I generated it on this machine today). The pub/sec key ID is shown in the dialog box, but not the sub/ssb key ID. I have not tried to encrypt a message yet.
The installation is only a few weeks old, and performed via FTP. KMail is version 1.5.4, KDE is 3.1.4, and gpg is 1.2.2. Any help is greatlyt appreciated.
Carsten -- =================================================================== == = Carsten P. Gehrke Delphi Research/SPAWAR System Center cgehrke@spawar.navy.mil +1 (619) 553-7822
-- ===================================================================== = Carsten P. Gehrke Delphi Research/SPAWAR System Center cgehrke@spawar.navy.mil +1 (619) 553-7822
-- ====================================================================== Carsten P. Gehrke Delphi Research/SPAWAR System Center cgehrke@spawar.navy.mil +1 (619) 553-7822
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