Ok, noone is listening, but maybe...never give up hope. Here is some more information: $ echo "test" |gpg -ase -r A0091BF2|gpg [...] gpg-agent[0x9944cd8] -> OK Your orders please gpg-agent[0x9944cd8] <- OPTION display=:0.0 gpg-agent[0x9944cd8] -> OK gpg-agent[0x9944cd8] <- OPTION ttyname=/dev/tty gpg-agent[0x9944cd8] -> OK gpg-agent[0x9944cd8] <- OPTION ttytype=xterm gpg-agent[0x9944cd8] -> OK gpg-agent[0x9944cd8] <- OPTION lc-ctype=de_DE.UTF-8 gpg-agent[0x9944cd8] -> OK gpg-agent[0x9944cd8] <- OPTION lc-messages=de_DE.UTF-8 gpg-agent[0x9944cd8] -> OK gpg-agent[0x9944cd8] <- [...] gpg-agent[9620]: DBG: agent_get_cache `B3D72D34E09713FA653ED3C49EC54794A0091BF2'... gpg-agent[9620]: DBG: ... miss gpg-agent[9620]: DBG: connection to PIN entry established gpg-agent[9620]: command get_passphrase failed: ec=-1 gpg-agent[0x9944cd8] -> ERR 116 no data available gpg: Schwierigkeiten mit dem Agenten - Agent-Ansteuerung wird abgeschaltet Geben Sie die Passphrase ein: gpg-agent[0x9944cd8] <- [EOF] Something else, even more ionteresting I think: $ pinentry-qt Warning: using insecure memory! [0xf700d02c] -> OK Your orders please OK Your orders please getpin [0xf700d02c] <- getpin Out of memory! Speicherzugriffsfehler With the "Out of Memory" the window closes, thats after some seconds. And that could be interesting, too: $ pinentry-gtk Speicherzugriffsfehler Well, Ägypten seems not to work at all.... Roland
