It is better (=future proof) to disable the gpg-agent part of the Gnome keyring.
-Patrick On 25.02.16 16:51, Mike Grunweg wrote: > Hi Olav and Patrick, > > thanks for the advice. I do have GnuPG 1.4 installed, but Enigmail is > configured to use gpg2, which is version 2.0. However, looking through > the debugging logs now, I see lots of messages of this kind: > > gpg: WARNING: The GNOME keyring manager hijacked the GnuPG agent. > gpg: WARNING: GnuPG will not work properly - please configure that tool > to not interfere with the GnuPG system! > > So apparently gpg-agent and the gnome keyring manager don't play well > together, somehow. Searching the internets for this message yields a lot > of hits, with different advice given, ranging from just stopping GnuPG > from complaining [1] to disabling the gpg-agent part of the gnome > keyring [2]. > > As non-expert for the inner workings of Enigmail/GnuPG, I am not sure > which of these options (if any) is the right one. After all, Enigmail > does fail to sign my emails, so it seems to be more than an annoying, > but harmless warning here. Any advice from a more expert perspective? > > Thanks a lot, > Mike > > [1] > https://gebner.org/how-to-get-rid-of-the-the-gnome-keyring-manager-hijacked-the-gnupg-agent-warning.html > [2] https://wiki.gnupg.org/GnomeKeyring > > Am 25.02.2016 um 13:40 schrieb Olav Seyfarth: >> Hi Mike, >> >>> Since upgrading Enigmail, I get error message ... gpg-agent >> Enigmail 1.9 needs GnuPG >= 2.x. I suspect you have 1.4 or gpg-agent >> does not work as it should. Please see Resolving issues with GnuPG 2.x >> and gpg-agent <https://enigmail.net/index.php/en/faq?view=category&id=14> > > > _______________________________________________ > enigmail-users mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or make changes to your subscription click here: > https://admin.hostpoint.ch/mailman/listinfo/enigmail-users_enigmail.net >
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