[kde-linux] Kgpg problem - Big Problem!

[Anne Wilson]

On Saturday 18 March 2006 12:39, Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Saturday 18 March 2006 12:17, Grant Lewis wrote:
> > On Saturday 18 March 2006 05:40, Anne Wilson wrote:
> > > If there is a better place than this to ask, please direct me to it.
> > >
> > > I use Kontact/kmail with gpg-agent and kgpg with Fedora Core 4.  My
> > > keys and .gnupg files were created some time back in Mandriva.  I
> > > copied the key-rings across.
> > >
> > > New keys are being imported automatically, as can be demonstrated by
> > >
> > > /usr/bin/gpg --list-key key-ID
> > >
> > > However, they do not get added to the list shown in kgpg.  I tried
> > > rebooting, as I was told that refresh was problematic, but it made no
> > > difference.
> > >
> > > What could have gone wrong, and how can I fix it?
> > >
> > > Anne
> >
> > I'd say the easiest solution is to launch kgpg and use its import
> > function from the menu, then double click the imported key and set the
> > trust setting. I also had trouble with kgpg when importing my keys using
> > gpg command-line tools.  Once that's done a few crypto settings in kmail
> > are all that's required.
>
> Hi, Grant.  Thanks for replying.  I'd tried that method, but it didn't
> work. However, I think I may have found the solution at last.  My latest
> googling trip came up with a suggestion to try 'gpg
> --rebuild-keydb-caches', and I do believe that the new keys are all showing
> now.  It went on to say that the command should be put into the startup
> file for gnupg - it was talking about an older version, so it may not be
> relevant to newer ones, but I think it's worth a try.  I'm going to do that
> now.
>
Running the rebuild has added the additional keys, but now I have a folder 
full of encrypted messages that I can't read.  Then I discovered that I can't 
sign any more either.  Kgpg shows an empty file.  ~/.gnupg/pubring.gpg still 
is 1.3MB.  I wonder what's stopping kgpg seeing it?

Anne