[Sheflug] Problems Within Problems

[Alec Melling <melling [at] xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Using KDE 3.1.3 on Suse 8.2

Earlier this week I wrote of a problem I was having with KDE. Briefly KDE was 
graphically unstable, and logging off resulted in KDE rebooting.

I went through things and found that the problem was a fix I had picked up in 
Linux Magazine (issue 34. pp 42-43) to a passphrase problem with KGPG. 

To stop KGPG showing an error message "no passphrase" I had extended 
~/.xinitrc with the following script:

eval $(gpg-agent --daemon)
startkde
killall gpg-agent

This worked KGPG worked enabling encrypted messages to be decrypted. However 
the fault described at the start of this message materialised. Removal of the 
script no problem with KDE but problem with KGPG, and insertion of the script 
no problem with KGPG but problem with KDE - cause and effect!

This is a learning exercise for me and I would appreciate any advice as to 
where to go from here. I know that the idea behind the script is to get the 
gpg-agent to run in the background and to kill the agent when I log off. So 
any ideas as to how I can achieve this without destabilising KDE on the way?

- -- 
Alec Melling
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