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On 16/02/12 11:45, Grant Phillips-Sewell wrote: > Grant > > On Feb 16, 2012 11:36 AM, "Neil Winchurst" <barnaby@xxxxxxxxxxxx > <mailto:barnaby@xxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: > > I use VBox quite a lot to test out various distros. I have three set up > at the moment. > > I have just noticed that I cannot run kgpg in any of them. I get some > error message about gnupg and the permissions on an 'options' file. This > also refers to a file named gnu.config or some such name. According to > synaptic, both kgpg and gnupg are installed. > > Before I go any further I am wondering if gnupg and kgpg have known > problems in VBox. There is no point in me looking for any answers if > this is the case. > > Can anyone shed any light on this please? > > Neil > > > Does the software work ok on a native install of the distro? I would not > have thought that running inside a virtual machine would have made any > difference at all. > In all three cases I installed the distro from a DVD which I had burnt from a downloaded ISO file. I also would not expect it to make any difference that they are running in VBox. I think I must research this a lot more. When I try to run kgpg I get a message that it can't start gnugpg because either the options file is missing or the permissions are set wrongly. I can't see any problem with them. Oh well, more searching, Neil -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq