evolution/gpg signing error

When trying to use gpg to sign messages in evolution I am getting a broken pipe error and the message is not signed. I haven't found anything googling on this yet. Any clues what I may have done wrong? SuSE 9.0 pro evolution 1.4.5 from ULB (Thats not the problem had the same behavior with the package installed from the dvd.) gpg 1.2.2 installed from dvd. Selected pgp sign from the Security menu and added gpg key id in my account information. All works as expected in kmail just wanted to give Evolution a run for a few weeks to see what I think of it. TIA Allen -- Time is the best teacher. Unfortunately it kills all its students.