-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 07/02/12 01:09, Raffaele Ricciardi wrote:
> I've downloaded and compiled GPG2 on Debian Linux (Gnome). > > When GPG2 opens a popup to ask for a password, I can't switch to > another window without locking up the desktop. Neither the mouse > nor any key works anymore, not even the power button, and I have to > keep it pressed for 6 seconds to force power-off. > > Is there any way around this? I need to switch to another window > because I keep my passwords in a password database application I > may need to open, and on a laptop with a touchpad, a click can be > fired off inadvertently anyway. I think this is by design. See the following option in the man page for gpg-agent and make sure you understand the security implications before using it: - --no-grab: Tell the pinentry not to grab the keyboard and mouse. This option should in general not be used to avoid X-sniffing attacks. - -- Mike Cardwell https://grepular.com/ http://cardwellit.com/ OpenPGP Key 35BC AF1D 3AA2 1F84 3DC3 B0CF 70A5 F512 0018 461F XMPP OTR Key 8924 B06A 7917 AAF3 DBB1 BF1B 295C 3C78 3EF1 46B4 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQGGBAEBAgBwBQJPMPjVMBSAAAAAACAAB3ByZWZlcnJlZC1lbWFpbC1lbmNvZGlu Z0BwZ3AuY29tcGdwbWltZTgUgAAAAAAVABpwa2EtYWRkcmVzc0BnbnVwZy5vcmdt aWtlLmNhcmR3ZWxsQGdyZXB1bGFyLmNvbQAKCRCdJiMBwdHnBEryCACo0HhMurM/ XSvSA9S0gssjIherkf628zFY+1oZBu7c9Hj/tri+vZXco0K2TYlEU98+0FL3m5ls ovscAWV0MW6clhp7NfemPSD4su9eVs562Qu+ksFN7ATEwVHZsfMa42zr6Ad+uYCs gBcs0j+l2HnZ6ookwcpmm7K+BcC314y6ydnZiDw5iqvLPMTd51yEdHZFmge1/rNq sraNXeHtWG5mEuGvzUkkYeNE4YUoWQrVi22oRnO40vC2W4UIroWRUfmUPF3X5jFR DGjtwKPEEMZoCw+MiJKXi6FKO6uBKuf1dG/+ruxY2lxzon8Dhqp0fN8u+Ujs3k83 Gllmfm2Bg80u =0Vne -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
