[Bug 1556827] [NEW] Pinentry hangs for ~30s before asking for passphrase when invoked by Enigmail

[Rüdiger Kupper]

Public bug reported:

I have the same problem that another user has already reported in the Debian bug tracker:
When encrypting/decrypting mails with the enigmail plugin to thunderbird, it takes ~30 seconds until the pinentry dialog gets displayed.
This is with pinentry-gnome3. Enigmail does not work at all with pinentry-gtk2.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
Package: pinentry-gnome3 0.9.5-4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-30.36-generic 4.2.8-ckt3
Uname: Linux 4.2.0-30-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Mon Mar 14 10:09:24 2016
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-12-13 (91 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021)
SourcePackage: pinentry
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: enigmail (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: pinentry (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: pinentry (Debian)
     Importance: Unknown
         Status: Unknown


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug wily

** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #800032
   http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=800032

** Also affects: pinentry (Debian) via
   http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=800032
   Importance: Unknown
       Status: Unknown

** Also affects: enigmail (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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Title:
  Pinentry hangs for ~30s before asking for passphrase when invoked by
  Enigmail

Status in enigmail package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in pinentry package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in pinentry package in Debian:
  Unknown

Bug description:
  I have the same problem that another user has already reported in the Debian bug tracker:
  When encrypting/decrypting mails with the enigmail plugin to thunderbird, it takes ~30 seconds until the pinentry dialog gets displayed.
  This is with pinentry-gnome3. Enigmail does not work at all with pinentry-gtk2.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
  Package: pinentry-gnome3 0.9.5-4
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-30.36-generic 4.2.8-ckt3
  Uname: Linux 4.2.0-30-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu5
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Mon Mar 14 10:09:24 2016
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-12-13 (91 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021)
  SourcePackage: pinentry
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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