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diff --git a/doc/debugging.texi b/doc/debugging.texi index 9406ba567..b9ae06e2b 100644 --- a/doc/debugging.texi +++ b/doc/debugging.texi @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ @node Debugging @chapter How to solve problems -Everone knows that software often does not do what it should do and thus +Everyone knows that software often does not do what it should do and thus there is a need to track down problems. We call this debugging in a reminiscent to the moth jamming a relay in a Mark II box back in 1947. @@ -87,9 +87,24 @@ in a standard way and directly available from @command{gpgsm}. @itemize @bullet @item Error code @samp{Not supported} from Dirmngr - Most likely the option @option{enable-ocsp} is active for gpgsm - but Dirmngr's OCSP feature has not been enabled using - @option{allow-ocsp} in @file{dirmngr.conf}. +Most likely the option @option{enable-ocsp} is active for gpgsm +but Dirmngr's OCSP feature has not been enabled using +@option{allow-ocsp} in @file{dirmngr.conf}. + +@item The Curses based Pinentry does not work + +The far most common reason for this is that the environment variable +@code{GPG_TTY} has not been set correctly. Make sure that it has been +set to a real tty devce and not just to @samp{/dev/tty}; +i.e. @samp{GPG_TTY=tty} is plainly wrong; what you want is +@samp{GPG_TTY=`tty`} --- note the back ticks. Also make sure that +this environment variable gets exported, that is you should follow up +the setting with an @samp{export GPG_TTY} (assuming a Bourne style +shell). Even for GUI based Pinentries; you should have set +@code{GPG_TTY}. See the section on installing the @program{gpg-agent} +on how to do it. + + @end itemize |