[Bug 924731] Re: unable to enter gpg passphrase via graphical helper due to pinentry crashing

[Dominik Viererbe]

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** Changed in: pinentry (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Incomplete

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Title:
  unable to enter gpg passphrase via graphical helper due to pinentry
  crashing

Status in pinentry package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  I have the following setup in my ~/.profile:

      export SSH_ASKPASS=/usr/lib/openssh/gnome-ssh-askpass
      eval `keychain --eval ssh-key-1 ssh-key-2 gpg-key-1 gpg-key-2`

  When I login via lightdm, I am then prompted to enter passwords/passphrases with a graphical input box. However recently,
  after successfully handling my ssh keys, when I attempt to enter a pass-phrase into the gpg unlock box, the input box disallows all input. The only options is to press the cancel button with the mouse and login on a tty. The problem appears to be caused by pinentry (pinentry-gtk2) since dmesg shows:

  [  145.876384] pinentry[3858]: segfault at c ip b691a1e6 sp bfd1d238 error 4 in libncurses.so.5.9[b6912000+20000]
  [  148.043642] pinentry[3867]: segfault at c ip b69c61e6 sp bfead1a8 error 4 in libncurses.so.5.9[b69be000+20000]

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: pinentry-gtk2 0.8.1-1ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-12.20-generic-pae 3.2.2
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-12-generic-pae i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 1.91-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Wed Feb  1 08:51:12 2012
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: pinentry
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-01-12 (19 days ago)

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