Problem with socket : Connection refused

GnuPG
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@bernhard, although I’ve observed corroborations for Arch, at:

  • bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=2175265#p2175265

  • reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/1caz3sn

…I’ve recently experienced this:

RokeJulianLockhart@Beedell:~/Downloads$ gpg --decrypt launchpad.pgp
can't connect to 'socket:///home/RokeJulianLockhart/.gnupg/log-socket': Connection refused

…when attempting to decrypt reddit.com/r/ProtonMail/comments/ii23f8/comment/o115pro on another OS, with gpg --decrypt $filename, from:

  1. #!/usr/bin/env sh
rpm -qi $(rpm -qf $(command -v gpg))

  2. Name        : gnupg2
Version     : 2.4.9
Release     : 1.fc43
Architecture: x86_64
Install Date: Mon 05 Jan 2026 16:37:41 GMT
Size        : 6869331
Signature   :
              RSA/SHA256, Fri 02 Jan 2026 09:36:24 GMT, Key ID 829b606631645531
Source RPM  : gnupg2-2.4.9-1.fc43.src.rpm
Build Date  : Fri 02 Jan 2026 09:26:07 GMT
Build Host  : buildhw-x86-08.rdu3.fedoraproject.org
Packager    : Fedora Project
Vendor      : Fedora Project
Bug URL     : https://bugz.fedoraproject.org/gnupg2

…and lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-users/2025-April/067584.html corroborates that this affects Ubuntu, whereas lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-users/2025-June/067690.html cites openSUSE.

Strangely, I also note that it cites t/4669/8, which is 404, now.

I’m a new user, so I intended to post:

[quote="bernhard, post:2, topic:4669"]
This problem seems to be ArchLinux-specific.
[/quote]

@bernhard, although I've observed corroborations for Arch, at:

- [`bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=2175265#p2175265`][1]

- [`reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/1caz3sn`][2]

…I've recently experienced this:

> ~~~YAML
> RokeJulianLockhart@Beedell:~/Downloads$ gpg --decrypt launchpad.pgp
> can't connect to 'socket:///home/RokeJulianLockhart/.gnupg/log-socket': Connection refused
> ~~~

…when attempting to decrypt [`reddit.com/r/ProtonMail/comments/ii23f8/comment/o115pro`][6] on another OS, with `gpg --decrypt $filename`, from:

1.	~~~sh
	#!/usr/bin/env sh
	rpm -qi $(rpm -qf $(command -v gpg))
	~~~

1.	<blockquote>

	~~~YAML
	Name        : gnupg2
	Version     : 2.4.9
	Release     : 1.fc43
	Architecture: x86_64
	Install Date: Mon 05 Jan 2026 16:37:41 GMT
	Size        : 6869331
	Signature   :
	              RSA/SHA256, Fri 02 Jan 2026 09:36:24 GMT, Key ID 829b606631645531
	Source RPM  : gnupg2-2.4.9-1.fc43.src.rpm
	Build Date  : Fri 02 Jan 2026 09:26:07 GMT
	Build Host  : buildhw-x86-08.rdu3.fedoraproject.org
	Packager    : Fedora Project
	Vendor      : Fedora Project
	Bug URL     : https://bugz.fedoraproject.org/gnupg2
	~~~

	</blockquote>

…and [`lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-users/2025-April/067584.html`][3] corroborates that this affects Ubuntu, whereas [`lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-users/2025-June/067690.html`][4] cites openSUSE.

Strangely, I also note that it cites [`t/4669/8`][5], which is 404, now.

[1]: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=2175265#p2175265:~:text=can%27t%20connect%20to%20%27socket:///home/lpc123/%2Egnupg/log%2Dsocket%27:%20Connection%20refused

[2]: https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/1caz3sn/gnupglogsocket_refuses_connection/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

[3]: https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-users/2025-April/067584.html#:~:text====-,The%20issue%20is%20therefore%20not,===,-My%20config%20hasn%27t

[4]: https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-users/2025-June/067690.html#:~:text=It%20is%20fixed%20in%20libcrypt,https://bugzilla%2Eopensuse%2Eorg/show_bug%2Ecgi%3Fid=1226912%23c3

[5]: https://forum.gnupg.org/t/problem-with-socket-connection-refused/4669/8

[6]: https://www.reddit.com/r/ProtonMail/comments/ii23f8/comment/o115pro/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button