Hello all. Just upgraded my SUSE 9.2 Pro system from kde-3.3 to 3.4. I use kmail for all my e-mail needs with integrated gpg for signing mail. I've never had any problems with gpg in the past. gpg-agent was set to start when I started my system and it would prompt me for my passphrase when I sent e-mail. However, now when I start my machine I get an error message about gpg-agent not running. Regardless of what I do, I cannot get gpg-agent to run correctly. And, when I send e-mail I get the following error message: You need a passphrase to unlock the secret key for user: (my key ID displayed here) Christopher Shanahan (N/A) This dialog will reappear every time the passphrase is needed. For a more secure solution that also allows caching the passphrase, use gpg-agent. gpg-agent was found in /usr/bin/gpg-agent, but does not appear to be running. For information on how to set up gpg-agent, see http://kmail.kde.org/kmail-pgpmime-howto.html I'm familiar with this howto and I just went through it again to make sure I didn't inadvertently break something. kmail seems to be setup correctly but I still cannot get my system to recognize gpg-agent as running. I used the following command, from the kmail-pgpmime-howto, to check gpg and it executed/finished without errors. cms@dl320:~/.gnupg> echo "test" | gpg -ase -r 0xA76872B8 | gpg You need a passphrase to unlock the secret key for user: "Christopher M. Shanahan (N/A) <cshanahan@comcast.net>" 1024-bit DSA key, ID A76872B8, created 2004-12-13 You need a passphrase to unlock the secret key for user: "Christopher M. Shanahan (N/A) <cshanahan@comcast.net>" 1024-bit ELG-E key, ID 9D972D71, created 2004-12-13 (main key ID A76872B8) gpg: encrypted with 1024-bit ELG-E key, ID 9D972D71, created 2004-12-13 "Christopher M. Shanahan (N/A) <cshanahan@comcast.net>" test gpg: Signature made Tue 22 Mar 2005 09:29:46 AM EST using DSA key ID A76872B8 gpg: Good signature from "Christopher M. Shanahan (N/A) <cshanahan@comcast.net>" Any ideas? I'm still reading but I thought I'd ask here, to speed things up. As always, TIA. Christopher Shanahan