[Gpg4win-users-en] gpg4win cant input the phassphrase
Dongsheng Song
dongsheng.song at gmail.com
Wed Sep 16 04:07:44 CEST 2009
1. pinentry-w32.exe dead silently.
C:\opt\GnuPG2>pinentry-w32.exe
C:\opt\GnuPG2>
2. pinentry-gtk-2.exe can NOT enter passphrases.
C:\opt\GnuPG2>pinentry-gtk-2.exe
Please note that you don't have secure memory on this system
OK Your orders please
GETPIN
(pinentry-gtk-2.exe:6016): Pango-WARNING **: failed to choose a font, expect ugl
y output. engine-type='PangoRenderWin32', script='common'
(pinentry-gtk-2.exe:6016): Pango-WARNING **: failed to choose a font, expect ugl
y output. engine-type='PangoRenderWin32', script='han'
OK
GETPIN
ERR 83886179 canceled
3. pinentry-qt4.exe can enter passphrases.
C:\opt\GnuPG2>pinentry-qt4.exe
Please note that you don't have secure memory on this system
OK Your orders please
GETPIN
D testpwd
OK
So how can I use pinentry-qt4.exe ? How can I got secure memory on my system ?
Regards,
Dongsheng Song
On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 23:00, Bernhard Reiter <bernhard at intevation.de> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Am Dienstag, 15. September 2009 03:33:03 schrieb Dongsheng Song:
>> I have not solve the problem, maybe it is a cjk releated issue.
>
> there are a number of pinentry options in Gpg4win 2.0.1rc1.
> Can you try them all separately like the following option:
>
> Just start
> pinentry-gtk.exe
> on the command line (command.com)
> and then use the commands, e.g.:
> GETPIN
> A window should come up where you can enter passphrases.
> Enter something and report back to the list!
>
> Try pinentry-qt4, pinentry-gtk and pinentry-w32.
>
> Thanks for your interest and the feedback!
> Bernhard
>
>> On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 23:16, Etsuro Makita <makitae at cello.ocn.ne.jp>
> wrote:
>> > Tokyo, Sept. 15, 2009
>> > Dear Mr. Song,
>> >
>> > I am a PGP and GPG user in Japan.
>> >
>> > I have the same problem as you with Gpg4win 2.0.0. and also with
>> > 2.0.1RC1.
>> >
>> > I could install Gpg4win into my WindowsXP PC, but I could input my
>> > passphrase into the text-box. No *-character appears in the box, when I
>> > am typing.
>> >
>> > Fast a month has passed, since you wrote on the following site: "Can't
>> > input anything to the pass phrase dialog". Did you solve meanwhile the
>> > problem?
>
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