All of a sudden:
I can encrypt but I cannot sign.
I cannot delete a fake user I made.
I click the “Change Password” button and the icon outline jumps to “close”.
At first I removed Kleopatra. Then I purged it.
Then I backed up /.gnupg/ and emptied it.
Then I took a copy from one month back and tried using what was a good backup.
In the end I compiled everything and started blank and Kleopatra is still insane.
And GnuPGLogWatcher is missing as well.
Linux host 6.12.73+deb13-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.12.73-1 (2026-02-17) x86_64 GNU/Linux
6.12.73+deb13-amd64
Only terminal functions.
What in the world happened to Kleopatra?
UPDATE
This is getting wild. I have never saved my passphrase in kleopatra - and all of a sudden it can sign and I am missing a few tabs.
I only have four tabs under configuration.
Things I’ve run:
gpg-agent --version
gpg-agent (GnuPG) 2.5.17
gpg --version
gpg (GnuPG) 2.5.17
libgcrypt 1.12.0
gpg -vvv debug verbose
gpg --check-trustdb
gpg --update-trustdb
gpgconf --list-dirs
gpgconf --apply-defaults
gpgconf --list-components
gpgconf --check-programs
keyboxd:1:0:
dirmngr:1:0:
gpgconf --kill dirmngr
gpg-agent.conf
pinentry-program /usr/bin/pinentry
\________________________\_
COMMENTED SECTION
gpg-connect-agent reloadagent /bye
ls /usr/bin | grep pinentry
pinentry-program /usr/bin/pinentry-tty
sudo update-alternatives --config pinentry
$ export GPG_TTY=$(tty)
$ unset DISPLAY
$ gpg-connect-agent updatestartuptty /bye
$ sudo gpg-connect-agent updatestartuptty /by
$ which pinentry
/usr/local/bin/pinentry
$ ls -al /usr/bin/pinentry\*
pinentry-program /usr/local/bin/pinentry
I got everything to work.
Backend error: gpgconf does not seem to know the entry for dirmngr/ldaptimeout
Backend error: gpgconf does not seem to know the entry for dirmngr/max-replies
removed gnupg-agent
removed scdaemon
removed libpam-poldi
removed dirmngr (which removes everything)
changed to pinentry-program /usr/bin/pinentry-qt
Death to all computers!!!
Fixed.
