• Registered: 2007-05-04
  • Posts: 3

Topic: Decryption failed: unknown error

Hi there,

Installed your extension. I can encrypt messages fine, but can't decrypt. I am definitely using the right password! I tried sending the FireGPG enrypted text to my mail client and I can decrypt it there using a gpg plugin for Apple Mail and the same key.

I am using:

* OSX 10.3.9
* Firefox 2.0.0.3
* GnuPG v1.2.4 (Darwin)

I get the error message: "Decryption failed: unknown error"

Any ideas?

Thanks!

  • From: Geneva
  • Registered: 2007-04-04
  • Posts: 1,040

Re: Decryption failed: unknown error

Do you use a password with unusual characters ?

the_glu's Website

  • Registered: 2007-05-04
  • Posts: 3

Re: Decryption failed: unknown error

no - just a mixture of alpha and numerical characters (no symbols).

  • From: Geneva
  • Registered: 2007-04-04
  • Posts: 1,040

Re: Decryption failed: unknown error

Strange. And we havn't any Mac, so I can't be usefull...

the_glu's Website

  • Registered: 2007-05-04
  • Posts: 3

Re: Decryption failed: unknown error

Ok I figured it out, perhaps you could add this info to your install instructions.

I had GPG version 1.2.4 installed. This does not support the --passphrase-file option you use in your extension.

I upgraded to GPG version 1.4.1 and now FireGPG works fine.

Latest version of gpg for mac can be obtained from http://macgpg.sourceforge.net/

Thanks for your hard work on the extension!