tag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:/discussions/problems/50525-rarely-able-to-get-encryptiondecryption-to-actually-happenGPGTools: Discussion 2023-03-22T17:53:31Ztag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:Comment/411784732016-11-08T03:03:26Z2016-11-08T03:03:29Zrarely able to get encryption/decryption to actually happen<div><p>id like to add that i am getting a flood of pasteboard errors in
Console when running chrome. apparently there is an extension that
may be causing this - i am not sure which yet. I understand that an
extension called pushbullet is a culprit, but i dont know what that
is and dont have it installed.</p>
<p>i am running chrome Version 54.0.2840.71 (64-bit)<br>
with the following extensions:<br>
adblock<br>
1password<br>
mightytext<br>
GDrive<br>
Netflix Go<br>
The Great Suspender<br>
Windscribe<br>
Dropbox for Gmail</p></div>butterknifetag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:Comment/411784732016-11-08T03:13:33Z2016-11-08T03:13:35Zrarely able to get encryption/decryption to actually happen<div><p>found this thread that was closed without a resolution... same
errors and issues on my end...<br>
<a href="https://gpgtools.tenderapp.com/discussions/problems/36367-nothing-happens-after-choosing-service-openpgp-encrypt">
https://gpgtools.tenderapp.com/discussions/problems/36367-nothing-h...</a></p></div>butterknifetag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:Comment/411784732016-11-08T10:55:17Z2016-11-08T10:55:17Zrarely able to get encryption/decryption to actually happen<div><p>Hey butterknife,</p>
<p>welcome to the GPGTools support platform. Sorry you are having
problems using GPG Suite.</p>
<p>Chromium bug <a href="https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=467296">Issue
467296</a> is the tracker for this. Interestingly, chromium dev
team claims this was fixed April 2016 but in august a user reports
it is persisting for them.</p>
<p>I am not sure, but there may be a regression in chromium that
made this bug reutrn. Could you update their tracker with your
findings and experience.</p>
<p>As a workaround, can you copy / paste the cyphertext to TextEdit
and decrypt from there?</p>
<p>All the best,<br>
steve</p></div>Stevetag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:Comment/411784732016-11-09T04:22:24Z2016-11-09T04:22:25Zrarely able to get encryption/decryption to actually happen<div><p>Thanks Steve.</p>
<p>I disabled all extensions in chrome and restarted my machine. I
was then able to make full use of the tools until extensions were
re-enabled and its back to the same issue.</p>
<p>what is odd to me is that, no, i cannot just copy to textedit.
once the issue takes hold, its systemwide, textedit is just as
useless.</p>
<p>ill see about updating the chromium tracker.</p></div>butterknifetag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:Comment/411784732016-11-14T18:36:50Z2016-11-14T18:36:50Zrarely able to get encryption/decryption to actually happen<div><p>Thanks for the update.</p>
<p>Are you able to isolate a single extension or does that not
matter at all any activating any extension will lead to this
problem?</p>
<p>From what you describe it sounds pretty severe. Google has this
at priority 2. Not sure if there is a chance to get the priority
raised.</p>
<p>Please keep us posted if any new findings surface.</p></div>Stevetag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:Comment/411784732016-11-15T05:03:54Z2016-11-15T09:44:15Zrarely able to get encryption/decryption to actually happen<div><p>Steve - thanks for the reply.</p>
<p>I havent had time to whittle down the extensions. I have,
however, added a new extension that allows me to temporarily enable
and disable all extensions in chrome. I just restarted a minute ago
to be able to use the gpgtools as it just stopped working
again.</p>
<p>Its frustrating in that I can't quite figure out what is
happening to cause it to stop working.</p>
<p>here is what ive found so far after a few days of using gpgtools
on and off.</p>
<ul>
<li>a restart guarantees usage of the tools (i am mostly only
encrypting/decrypting in textedit currently)</li>
<li>attempting to decrypt pgp messages directly from chrome will
nearly always fail, whether or not I get one successful attempt or
not.</li>
<li>I suspect that if i am copy/pasting to and from chrome (which I
do a lot with 1password login credentials) that the pasteboard
issue will rear its ugly head - assuming that the pasteboard
failure it is the culprit here.</li>
<li>so far it has been happening after about every 5-10 attempts to
decrypt messages. the passphrase dialog box simply does not show up
and i get some feedback to the console regarding pasteboard
failures.</li>
</ul>
<p>i am going to leave the extension in chrome unenabled to see if
i can still get a failure.</p></div>butterknifetag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:Comment/411784732016-11-15T09:46:16Z2016-11-15T09:46:16Zrarely able to get encryption/decryption to actually happen<div><p>As mentioned already, this sounds pretty horrible. The next best
step is to figure if a single plugin is at fault or if using any
plugin at all triggers this chromium issue. Once that is clarified,
it is easier to determine where a fix needs to happen.</p></div>Stevetag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:Comment/411784732016-11-18T12:21:57Z2016-11-18T12:21:59Zrarely able to get encryption/decryption to actually happen<div><p>Hi Butterknife,<br>
As a fellow user.. just thinking out loud.. Are you using a
clipboard app?</p>
<p>If so, what happens if you quit that app, or if you clear its
cache before you go into a gpg activity?</p>
<p>Take care,<br>
Leo</p></div>Hoot Fluegelhorntag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:Comment/411784732016-11-23T20:32:00Z2016-11-23T20:32:01Zrarely able to get encryption/decryption to actually happen<div><p>Hey there, This is the exact same issue that i'm having. Its
very frustrating. I only use Chrome for half of what i do. Even
when I quite chrome it doesn't resolve the issue.<br>
I'm not sure what to do about it.</p>
<p>If anyone out there has found a fix to this please let me
know.</p></div>mjlanderstag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:Comment/411784732016-12-01T16:02:29Z2016-12-01T16:02:29Zrarely able to get encryption/decryption to actually happen<div><p>Dear all,</p>
<p>there was an update a few hours ago on the chromium tracker for
bug #467296. Erik from the chromium team wrote:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>If you're seeing this problem, try resetting your pasteboard
service by typing the terminal command:</p>
<p>""" killall pboard """</p>
<p>And then restart Chrome. If you [shortly] thereafter start
seeing this error again, then it's probably because Chrome is
leaking pasteboards [again]. I'll need to follow up to determine
the source.</p>
<p>If the problem doesn't shortly reappear, it's probably because
some other application is leaking pasteboards.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>So anybody with time on their hands, I am sure the chromium team
as well as our team would appreciate any test feedback regarding
that latest suggestion.</p>
<p>The chromium bug is linked at the top of this discussion
here.</p>
<p>Kind regards,<br>
steve</p></div>Stevetag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:Comment/411784732016-12-02T07:13:05Z2016-12-02T07:13:06Zrarely able to get encryption/decryption to actually happen<div><p>Thanks Steve. I'll definitely try it out and let you all know.
Btw, Ive been posting as giogringo@gmail on the chromium tracker in
case there's any confusion</p></div>butterknifetag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:Comment/411784732016-12-02T20:18:23Z2016-12-02T20:18:24Zrarely able to get encryption/decryption to actually happen<div><p>pasteboard failed today and i attempted the "killall pboard"
command, then restarting chrome.</p>
<p>unsuccessful.</p>
<p>i should note that i have been doing all my
decryption/encryption solely through textedit.</p>
<p>when chrome has not be launched, or not been used to do
copy/paste commands, it seems to run without a hitch. as i use
chrome and copy/paste, i invariably see the failure</p>
<p>i will copy this to the chromium tracker as well</p></div>butterknifetag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:Comment/411784732016-12-03T12:29:54Z2016-12-03T12:29:54Zrarely able to get encryption/decryption to actually happen<div><p>Wow.. some solid troubleshooting there Butterknife!<br>
Thanks for sharing this. Kudo's</p>
<p>Leo</p></div>Hoot Fluegelhorntag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:Comment/411784732016-12-09T05:20:05Z2016-12-11T08:55:15Zrarely able to get encryption/decryption to actually happen<div><p>I've been over at the chromium ticket trying to arrive at a
solution. we are whittling away at it as you may have seen in that
ticket you posted</p>
<p>you may have also seen that i clarified the issue a little
further since I didnt really understand the core issue of that
chromium pasteboard bug and what issues it caused for other users
(e.g., the reason for that tickets existence)</p>
<p>so i was just sort of glomming in my issues and expecting that
everything was abreast of the situation.</p>
<p>thanks Hoot.</p>
<p>update:</p>
<p>so now the fine folks over at chromium have made a new, more
specific ticket to track this issue as it pertains to the
gpgtools.</p>
<p>im not sure how to CC you (Steve) on it yet, but here is the url
if you want to bookmark it and follow along. meanwhile ill try to
get you added to the cc list.</p>
<p><a href="https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=672549#c2">https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=672549#c2</a></p></div>butterknifetag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:Comment/411784732016-12-09T05:30:08Z2016-12-09T05:30:09Zrarely able to get encryption/decryption to actually happen<div><p>actually - steve... i dont know your email, so unless you want
to divulge, its probably best if you ask Erik to add you to that
ticket.</p></div>butterknifetag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:Comment/411784732016-12-12T15:30:33Z2016-12-12T15:30:33Zrarely able to get encryption/decryption to actually happen<div><p>Subscribed to the new bug.</p>
<p>What I am curious about is the fact, that I am running chromium
and not running into the bug.</p>
<p>Can you share a list of the chrome extensions you are using(here
and in the chrome bug)?</p></div>Steve