On Sat, 23 Jun 2007 11:51:08 -0400 Derick Centeno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Jun 2007 07:53:05 +1000 > David Seikel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Thu, 14 Jun 2007 09:13:59 -0400 Derick Centeno > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On Thu, 14 Jun 2007 03:41:32 -0500 > > > "Ron Rogers Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 21:11:50 -0400 > > > > Derick Centeno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi Ron > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for your suggestions, but when I created the files and > > > > > followed your instructions e17 ceased to work properly at > > > > > all. snip... > > > > > > > Sorry it didn't work, it does work for me, though > > > > there are a there are a few things I thought of: > > > > > > > > 1. It may be necessary to have the gpg-agent.desktop file in > > > > ~/.e/e/applications/all as well. > > > > > > > I tend to follow, as much as possible, an ideal I picked up from a > > > professor regarding programming. The concept essentially is one > > > of emphasizing efficiency. Duplicating one file in multiple > > > places doesn't appear to implement that concept. > > > > > > I believe such duplication implies a problem demanding a better > > > strategy. > > > > It's not a duplication, ~/.e/e/applications/all/ is the correct > > place for the gpg-agent.desktop file. ~/.e/e/applications/startup/ > > should only have it's .order file modified to add a reference to > > that file. Add the reference with no path as was suggested in the > > first place by Ron. > > > > If you are still experimenting with this then I would simplify the > > exec line in that .desktop file to just call gpg-agent directly, > > and leave out the eval "$()" type stuff - > > > > Exec=gpg-agent --daemon > > > > Just tried to install gpg-agent on my ubuntu box for some quick > > tests and failed coz the ubuntu repos are still screwed after a > > month. Guess I should install it under YDL and test it properly. > > B-) > > Hi Dave: > The recommendation you suggested didn't work. I look forward to when > you decide to attempt a workable procedure which will function within > YDL 5. Finally got the thing installed so I could do a quick bit of investigation. I was right the first time, putting gpg-agent into a .desktop file will not work. gpg-agent returns a bit of text that needs to be run via eval to create some environment variables. For example - [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ gpg-agent --daemon GPG_AGENT_INFO=/tmp/gpg-tdo8Y3/S.gpg-agent:29480:1; export GPG_AGENT_INFO; (The output is one line, my mail client wrapped it.) This environment variable GPG_AGENT_INFO will be different each time you run gpg-agent. GPG_AGENT__INFO needs to be passed into the environment of programs that need to use it. Environment variables usually get passed from parent program to child program. So if enlightenment is to pass it on to programs it starts up, then GPG_AGENT_INFO needs to be passed to enlightenment by whatever program starts enlightenment in the first place. Which means that gpg-agent has to run before enlightenment. Using a script to start enlightenment is the best way to go. You basically need to get gdm (or whatever method you use to start enlightenment) to run a script that looks a bit like this instead of running enlightenment_start directly - eval `gpg-agent --daemon` enlighhtenment_start I'm not that familiar with gdm, but I think it uses .desktop files in /usr/share/xsession to determine what window managers it can start. On the other hand, just in case you ever want to use some other window manager, it would be better to start gpg-agent as part of the X session startup. /etc/X11/xinit/Xsession may be worth investigating. Note the use of SSH_AGENT, which is a similar environment variable for doing the exact same thing for ssh. The info page for gnupg also mentions a GPG_TTY environment variable, and a pinentry program. So just running gpg-agent is not the end of the story. The quick check to see if the above is working is to start up a terminal from enlightenment and print the environment variables value - echo "$GPG_AGENT_INFO" This is not so much an enlightenment issue, as an X or gdm issue, gpg-agent needs to be run before the window manager. Getting all this to work properly under YDL is not currently on my TODO list. Maybe if you ask Kai nicely he will tell me to dedicate some time to it, or one of the other engineers.
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