On Mon, May 08, 2017 at 03:45:40AM +0530, Arun Isaac wrote: > >> Since upgrading pinentry-gtk-2 from 0.9.7 to 1.0.0, I've noticed some > >> strange behavior. Whenever I try to do something that requires access > >> to my secret key, no window appears, and I get an error like the > >> following: > >> > >> $ gpg --sign /tmp/message > >> gpg: signing failed: Operation cancelled > >> gpg: signing failed: Operation cancelled > > I am experiencing the exact same problem with pinentry-gtk-2 in exwm > (Emacs X Window Manager). The pinentry window seems to get closed > immediately after it appears. I thought that this was some bug in > exwm. But, now that you mention this, maybe something's wrong with > pinentry-gtk-2. Chiming in to say that Guix's pinentry-gtk-2 works fine for me on Debian unstable.