OK, I'm getting frustrated with the interaction with the smart card. I have generated a new ElGamal encryption key, 0x16AF3873.
$ gpg --edit-key 51192ff2 gpg: NOTE: THIS IS A DEVELOPMENT VERSION! gpg: It is only intended for test purposes and should NOT be gpg: used in a production environment or with production keys! Secret key is available. pub 1024D/51192FF2 created: 2002-03-22 expires: never usage: CS trust: ultimate validity: ultimate sub 2048g/1DA6A1C7 created: 2003-06-27 expired: 2004-06-26 usage: E sub 2048g/9150664F created: 2004-07-01 expired: 2005-07-01 usage: E sub 2048g/96FAE64B created: 2002-03-22 expired: 2003-04-16 usage: E sub 2048g/0193A5EB created: 2003-04-15 expired: 2004-04-14 usage: E sub 2048g/16AF3873 created: 2005-08-10 expires: 2006-08-10 usage: E sub 1024R/4A1C1224 created: 2005-06-27 expires: never usage: S sub 1024R/F40CACBA created: 2005-06-27 expires: never usage: E sub 1024R/694C9CA5 created: 2005-06-27 expires: never usage: A OK, so I have exactly one valid signing key available on this machine (RSA 4A1c1224, which is on a smart card), as evidence: $ gpg --list-secret-keys gpg: NOTE: THIS IS A DEVELOPMENT VERSION! gpg: It is only intended for test purposes and should NOT be gpg: used in a production environment or with production keys! /home/amauer/.gnupg/secring.gpg ------------------------------- sec# 1024D/51192FF2 2002-03-22 ssb 2048g/1DA6A1C7 2003-06-27 ssb 2048g/9150664F 2004-07-01 ssb 2048g/16AF3873 2005-08-10 sec# 1024D/51192FF2 2002-03-22 ssb# 2048g/1DA6A1C7 2003-06-27 ssb# 2048g/9150664F 2004-07-01 ssb# 2048g/96FAE64B 2002-03-22 ssb# 2048g/0193A5EB 2003-04-15 ssb# 2048g/17804FC1 2005-08-10 ssb# 2048g/16AF3873 2005-08-10 ssb> 1024R/4A1C1224 2005-06-27 ssb> 1024R/F40CACBA 2005-06-27 ssb> 1024R/694C9CA5 2005-06-27 ssb# 1024D/3F52F59F 2004-12-13 But, when I go to sign a file (or email, or anything) I get: $ gpg --sign test.txt gpg: NOTE: THIS IS A DEVELOPMENT VERSION! gpg: It is only intended for test purposes and should NOT be gpg: used in a production environment or with production keys! gpg: secret key parts are not available gpg: no default secret key: general error gpg: signing failed: general error What could be causing this? Thanks -Alex Mauer "hawke" -- Bad - You get pulled over for doing 90 in a school zone and you're drunk off your ass again at three in the afternoon. Worse - The cop is drunk too, and he's a mean drunk. FUCK! - A mean drunk that's actually a swarm of semi-sentient flesh-eating beetles. OpenPGP key id: 0x51192FF2 @ subkeys.pgp.net _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users