[pkg-gnupg-maint] Bug#850708: Bug#850708: gpg: decryption failed: No secret key

[Daniel Kahn Gillmor]

Control: retitle 850708 pinentry-gtk-2 frequently fails to grab the keyboard under fvwm
Control: affects 850708 + fvwm

On Tue 2017-01-10 20:58:16 -0500, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> On 2017-01-10 18:26:57 -0500, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote:
>> what window manager are you using?
>
> fvwm

hm, both Vincent and gi1242 are using fvwm.  can you try installing
openbox or some other comparable minimalist window manager and let me
know whether you still see the same misbehavior?  it sounds to me like
y'all might have hit on a combination of tools (fvwm + pinentry-gtk2)
that don't work well together.

can you try pinentry-qt as well?  does it have the same problem?

So far, i think everyone who has reported this problem is using:

 * fvwm + pinentry-gtk2

I've just tested, and i'm also able to replicate the problem with this
combination.

Vincent has been unable to replicate the problem with:

 * fvwm + pinentry-curses

And I've been unable to replicate the problem with:

 * openbox + pinentry-gtk2
 * openbox + pinentry-qt
 * openbox + pinentry-gnome3
 * openbox + pinentry-curses

Unfortunately, i don't know enough about fvwm and how it might affect
kbd grabbing to know what the right thing to do here is.

    --dkg
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