Enigmail 1.9.2 fails to communicate with gpg-agent

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Enigmail 1.9.2 fails to communicate with gpg-agent

Forum: Enigmail Support

Creator: James M. Moe

Created: 2016-06-21

Updated: 2016-06-22

James M. Moe - 2016-06-21

opensuse 42.1
tb 38.7.0

The error message below pops up all the time now. I have not change anything regarding GPG, gpg-agent, or Gnome except regular updates.

"GnuPG reported an error in the communication with gpg-agent (a component of GnuPG).
"This is a system setup or configuration error that prevents Enigmail from working properly and cannot be fixed automatically.
"We strongly recommend that you consult our support web site at https://enigmail.net/faq."

Two problems:
1. The URL provided is completely bogus. FF refuses to even allow it.
2. The FAQ does not provide any information about this issue.

Where may I find information that will, once again, allow Engmail and gpg-agent to get along?

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Ludwig Hügelschäfer - 2016-06-21

Hi, the URL should be: https://www.enigmail.net/faq The "www." is missing, so the certificate doesn't match. We will correct this.

https://www.enigmail.net/index.php/en/faq?view=category&id=14 provides all the information you need. Just open the item "Resolving issues with GnuPG 2.x and gpg-agent".

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James M. Moe - 2016-06-22

None of the suggestions on that FAQ apply to this issue. The keywords "hijack" or "configure" do not appear in the FAQ page.

These are the relevant (I hope) parts from the log:

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!
[GNUPG:] ERROR check_hijacking 33554509
[GNUPG:] GOOD_PASSPHRASE

and

2016-06-21 18:13:10.251 [DEBUG] errorHandling.jsm: parseErrorOutputWith: statusFlags = 00400000
2016-06-21 18:13:10.251 [DEBUG] errorHandling.jsm: parseErrorOutputWith: return with c.errorMsg = 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!

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Patrick Brunschwig - 2016-06-22

Please follow the the guide Resolving issues with GnuPG 2.x and gpg-agent on the FAQ page. You can directly jump to step 4.

Even if "hijack" or "configure" don't appear on that page, the guide is made exactly for your issue.

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