It resulted in a large number of gpg-agents running as I stated - I might need to see if .xinitrc does the job. .xsession did not seem to be called on this install. It does at least seem to work in that I could access Key Management whereas when it's completely failing it throws script errors just trying to get to the management console.
On 03/14/13 09:28, Patrick Brunschwig wrote: > You should not start gpg-agent in .bashrc. This will start an agent > for every bash started and will most likely not lead to the desired > result. > > Furthermore, I doubt that GPG_AGENT_INFO will be available to > Thunderbird if Thunderbird is started without a shell. > > You should definitely try to get gpg-agent started from .xsession or > .xinitrc (depends on your machine setup) > > -Patrick > > > On 14.03.13 14:15, Patrick Fleming wrote: >> Due to other upgrades needed on the server I again tried >> Thunderbird 17.0.3 with Enigmail 1.5.1. I was able to get gpg-agent >> running from login (bashrc - wouldn't work from .xsession don't >> know why) When starting from bashrc I could see 8-10 instances of >> gpg-agent started. Running Thunderbird, I could open the key >> management window and see the keys. I opened and closed Thunderbird >> several times, each time checking that the key management window >> would open with no problems. I then looked at a known encrypted and >> the message was completely blank. > >> Again, this is a production machine with multiple users so I can >> only play with it outside normal work hours. Any other suggestions? >> Do the multiple instances of gpg-agent defeat what I'm trying to do >> and should I work on figuring out starting from .xsession instead? > >> Thanks, Patrick > >> On 03/08/13 08:03, Patrick Brunschwig wrote: >>> On 07.03.13 14:34, Patrick Fleming wrote: >>>> I'm also not sure how Enigmail 1.4 is different from 1.5.1 in >>>> that 1.4 works on the CentOS system and 1.5.1 does not. (And I >>>> have no problem on my Debian system with Enigmail 1.5.1, >>>> Thunderbird 17.0.3 and GPG 2.0.14 - 32bit vs 64bit for the >>>> CentOS box - maybe that's the difference?) >>> >>> The difference between 1.4 and 1.5.1 is that the core components >>> of Enigmail have been rewritten entirely since v1.4. In other >>> words, apart from performing the same tasks, the core components >>> do not resemble each other in the slightest way. >>> >>> -Patrick >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ enigmail-users >>> mailing list [email protected] >>> https://admin.hostpoint.ch/mailman/listinfo/enigmail-users_enigmail.net >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> enigmail-users mailing list [email protected] >>> https://admin.hostpoint.ch/mailman/listinfo/enigmail-users_enigmail.net > > _______________________________________________ > enigmail-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://admin.hostpoint.ch/mailman/listinfo/enigmail-users_enigmail.net >
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