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Bug#1119981: kmail: Email encryption no longer works in KMail on Debian 13 - Trixie

From unheard_laziness402@simplelogin.com
Newsgroups linux.debian.bugs.dist
Subject Bug#1119981: kmail: Email encryption no longer works in KMail on Debian 13 - Trixie
Date 2025-11-12 19:20 +0100
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Kindly disregard the last mail.

Inexplicably encrypt & sign suddenly works.

Cheers,
Tom



On 11/11/2025 1.38 pm, Tom Back wrote:
> Ah, I think I understand. The error I reported does not impact 
> functionality, it's basically cosmetic.
> 
> The reason I am unable to encrypt must then lay elsewhere. It's odd, I 
> can see my key in KMail but not assign KMail to use it.
> Identities > Cryptography > S/MIME signing [and] encryption certificate 
> only show, "No key"
> 
> Could you point me to a good up-to-date guide on configuring Kleopatra 
> and KMail? Those I have found are outdated, and search engines point me 
> to GMail guides rather than KMail - wonderfully frustrating.
> 
> Best wishes and thanks,
> Tom
> 
> 
> 
> On 04/11/2025 10.45 am, Sune Stolborg Vuorela - sune at vuorela.dk wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> Summary: You are correct. Use Kleopatra directly instead.
>>
>> It seems it is correct that loading the GnuPG settings module in KMail 
>> doesn't
>> work.
>>
>> But please note that the GnuPG settings module is just a component from
>> Kleopatra, so all the same settings can be reached using Kleopatra 
>> (and they
>> all configure the same GnuPG on your system).
>>
>> It also seems like it is an upstream bug that has been fixed in later 
>> upstream
>> versions (by doing stuff quite much differently in the 25.04 and later 
>> series)
>>
>> Sorry for the inconvenience.
>>
>> /Sune
>>
>> On Monday, November 3, 2025 1:12:02 PM Central European Standard Time Tom
>> wrote:
>>> Package: kmail
>>> Version: 4:24.12.3-1
>>> Severity: important
>>> X-Debbugs-Cc: unheard_laziness402@simplelogin.com
>>>
>>> Dear Maintainer,
>>>
>>> With gpg and kleopatra installed, when I go to:
>>> Settings > Configure Kmail > Security > Encryption > GnuPG Settings ...
>>>
>>> I receive the following error:
>>> KPluginFactory could not create a KCModule instance from
>>> /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-
>>> gnu/qt6/plugins/pim6/kcms/kleopatra/kleopatra_config_gnupgsystem.so
>>>
>>> At first I thought a component might be missing, then did sudo apt 
>>> install
>>> kde- full, however, the error persists. I now wonder if it could be 
>>> related
>>> with the transition from Plasma- and QT v.5 to v.6?
>>>
>>> NB. encryption worked flawlessly on Debian 12.
>>>
>>> Best wishes and thanks,
>>> Tom
>>>
>>>
>>> -- System Information:
>>> Debian Release: 13.1
>>>    APT prefers stable-updates
>>>    APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500,
>>> 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
>>> Foreign Architectures: i386
>>>
>>> Kernel: Linux 6.12.48+deb13-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
>>> Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8),
>>> LANGUAGE=en_US:en Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
>>> Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
>>> LSM: AppArmor: enabled
>>>
>>> Versions of packages kmail depends on:
>>> ii  akonadi-server
>>> 4:24.12.3-1 ii  kdepim-runtime
>>>     4:24.12.3-1 ii  kio6
>>>        6.13.0-6 ii  libakonadisearch-bin
>>>        4:24.12.3-1 ii  libakonadisearch-plugins
>>>           4:24.12.3-1 ii  libc6
>>>              2.41-12 ii  libgcc-s1
>>>             14.2.0-19 ii  libgpg-error0
>>>              1.51-4 ii  libgpgmepp6t64
>>>            1.24.2-3 ii  libgrantleetheme-plugins
>>>            24.12.3-1 ii  libkf6bookmarks6
>>>             6.13.0-1 ii  libkf6calendarcore6
>>>             6.13.0-1 ii  libkf6codecs6
>>>             6.13.0-1 ii  libkf6colorscheme6
>>>             6.13.0-1 ii  libkf6completion6
>>>             6.13.0-1 ii  libkf6configcore6
>>>             6.13.0-2 ii  libkf6configgui6
>>>             6.13.0-2 ii  libkf6configwidgets6
>>>             6.13.0-1 ii  libkf6contacts6
>>>             6.13.0-1 ii  libkf6coreaddons6
>>>             6.13.0-1 ii  libkf6crash6
>>>             6.13.0-1 ii  libkf6dbusaddons6
>>>             6.13.0-1 ii  libkf6guiaddons6
>>>             6.13.0-1 ii  libkf6i18n6
>>>             6.13.0-1 ii  libkf6iconthemes6
>>>             6.13.0-2 ii  libkf6iconwidgets6
>>>             6.13.0-2 ii  libkf6itemmodels6
>>>             6.13.0-1 ii  libkf6itemviews6
>>>             6.13.0-1 ii  libkf6jobwidgets6
>>>             6.13.0-1 ii  libkf6kcmutils6
>>>             6.13.0-2 ii  libkf6kcmutilscore6
>>>             6.13.0-2 ii  libkf6kiocore6
>>>             6.13.0-6 ii  libkf6kiofilewidgets6
>>>             6.13.0-6 ii  libkf6kiogui6
>>>             6.13.0-6 ii  libkf6kiowidgets6
>>>             6.13.0-6 ii  libkf6notifications6
>>>             6.13.0-1 ii  libkf6notifyconfig6
>>>             6.13.0-1 ii  libkf6parts6
>>>             6.13.0-1 ii  libkf6service-bin
>>>             6.13.0-1 ii  libkf6service6
>>>             6.13.0-1 ii  libkf6sonnetui6
>>>             6.13.0-1 ii  libkf6statusnotifieritem6
>>>             6.13.0-1 ii  libkf6textautocorrectioncore1
>>>             1.5.4-4 ii  libkf6textautocorrectionwidgets1
>>>            1.5.4-4 ii  libkf6textcustomeditor1
>>>           1.5.4-4 ii  libkf6textutils1
>>>          1.5.4-4 ii  libkf6userfeedbackcore6
>>>         6.13.0-1 ii  libkf6userfeedbackwidgets6
>>>         6.13.0-1 ii  libkf6widgetsaddons6
>>>         6.13.0-1 ii  libkf6windowsystem6
>>>         6.13.0-2 ii  libkf6xmlgui6
>>>         6.13.0-1 ii  libkpim6akonadiagentbase6
>>> [libkpim6akonadiagentbase6-24.12]    4:24.12.3-1 ii
>>> libkpim6akonadicontactcore6 [libkpim6akonadicontactcore6-24.1  
>>> 4:24.12.3-1
>>> 2]
>>> ii  libkpim6akonadicontactwidgets6 [libkpim6akonadicontactwidgets
>>> 4:24.12.3-1 6-24.12]
>>> ii  libkpim6akonadicore6 [libkpim6akonadicore6-24.12]
>>> 4:24.12.3-1 ii  libkpim6akonadimime6 [libkpim6akonadimime6-24.12]
>>>     4:24.12.3-1 ii  libkpim6akonadisearchdebug6
>>> [libkpim6akonadisearchdebug6-24.1  4:24.12.3-1 2]
>>> ii  libkpim6akonadisearchpim6 [libkpim6akonadisearchpim6-24.12]
>>> 4:24.12.3-1 ii  libkpim6akonadiwidgets6 [libkpim6akonadiwidgets6-24.12]
>>>     4:24.12.3-1 ii  libkpim6calendarutils6 
>>> [libkpim6calendarutils6-24.12]
>>>        4:24.12.3-1 ii  libkpim6gravatar6 [libkpim6gravatar6-24.12]
>>>           4:24.12.3-1 ii  libkpim6identitymanagementcore6
>>> [libkpim6identitymanagementco  24.12.3-1 re6-24.12]
>>> ii  libkpim6identitymanagementwidgets6 [libkpim6identitymanagemen  
>>> 24.12.3-1
>>> twidgets6-24.12]
>>> ii  libkpim6kontactinterface6 [libkpim6kontactinterface6-24.12]    
>>> 24.12.3-1
>>> ii  libkpim6ksievecore6 [libkpim6ksievecore6-24.12]
>>> 4:24.12.3-1 ii  libkpim6ksieveui6 [libkpim6ksieveui6-24.12]
>>>     4:24.12.3-1 ii  libkpim6ldapcore6 [libkpim6ldapcore6-24.12]
>>>        24.12.3-1 ii  libkpim6ldapwidgets6 [libkpim6ldapwidgets6-24.12]
>>>         24.12.3-1 ii  libkpim6libkdepim6 [libkpim6libkdepim6-24.12]
>>>          4:24.12.3-1 ii  libkpim6libkleo6 [libkpim6libkleo6-24.12]
>>>             4:24.12.3-3 ii  libkpim6mailcommon6 
>>> [libkpim6mailcommon6-24.12]
>>>                4:24.12.3-1 ii  libkpim6mailtransport6
>>> [libkpim6mailtransport6-24.12]          24.12.3-1 ii
>>> libkpim6messagecomposer6 [libkpim6messagecomposer6-24.12]      
>>> 4:24.12.3-4
>>> ii  libkpim6messagecore6 [libkpim6messagecore6-24.12]
>>> 4:24.12.3-4 ii  libkpim6messagelist6 [libkpim6messagelist6-24.12]
>>>     4:24.12.3-4 ii  libkpim6messageviewer6 
>>> [libkpim6messageviewer6-24.12]
>>>        4:24.12.3-4 ii  libkpim6mime6 [libkpim6mime6-24.12]
>>>           24.12.3-1 ii  libkpim6mimetreeparser6
>>> [libkpim6mimetreeparser6-24.12]        4:24.12.3-4 ii  
>>> libkpim6pimcommon6
>>> [libkpim6pimcommon6-24.12]                  4:24.12.3-1 ii
>>> libkpim6pimcommonakonadi6 [libkpim6pimcommonakonadi6-24.12]    
>>> 4:24.12.3-1
>>> ii  libkpim6templateparser6 [libkpim6templateparser6-24.12]
>>> 4:24.12.3-4 ii  libkpim6textedit6 [libkpim6textedit6-24.12]
>>>     24.12.3-1 ii  libkpim6tnef6 [libkpim6tnef6-24.12]
>>>      4:24.12.3-1 ii  libkpim6webengineviewer6
>>> [libkpim6webengineviewer6-24.12]      4:24.12.3-4 ii  libqgpgmeqt6-15
>>>                                           1.24.2-3 ii  libqt6core6t64
>>>                                           6.8.2+dfsg-9 ii  libqt6dbus6
>>>                                               6.8.2+dfsg-9 ii  
>>> libqt6gui6
>>>                                                   6.8.2+dfsg-9 ii
>>> libqt6keychain1                                                
>>> 0.15.0-1 ii
>>> libqt6network6                                                 
>>> 6.8.2+dfsg-9
>>> ii  libqt6webenginecore6
>>> 6.8.2+dfsg-4 ii  libqt6webenginecore6-bin
>>>      6.8.2+dfsg-4 ii  libqt6widgets6
>>>          6.8.2+dfsg-9 ii  libqt6xml6
>>>              6.8.2+dfsg-9 ii  libstdc++6
>>>                  14.2.0-19
>>>
>>> Versions of packages kmail recommends:
>>> ii  accountwizard                   4:24.12.3-1
>>> ii  gnupg                           2.4.7-21
>>> ii  kdepim-addons                   24.12.3-1
>>> ii  kdepim-themeeditors             4:24.12.3-1
>>> ii  mbox-importer                   4:24.12.3-1
>>> ii  pim-data-exporter               4:24.12.3-1
>>> ii  pim-sieve-editor                4:24.12.3-1
>>> ii  pinentry-gnome3 [pinentry-x11]  1.3.1-2
>>>
>>> Versions of packages kmail suggests:
>>> pn  clamav                                                     <none>
>>> ii  kaddressbook                                               
>>> 4:24.12.3-1
>>> ii  kleopatra                                                  
>>> 4:24.12.3-1
>>> pn  procmail                                                   <none>
>>> pn  spamassassin | bogofilter | spambayes | bsfilter | crm114  <none>
>>>
>>> -- no debconf information
>>
>>
> 

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Bug#1119981: kmail: Email encryption no longer works in KMail on Debian 13 - Trixie Tom <unheard_laziness402@simplelogin.com> - 2025-11-03 13:20 +0100
  Bug#1119981: kmail: Email encryption no longer works in KMail on Debian 13 - Trixie Sune Stolborg Vuorela <sune@vuorela.dk> - 2025-11-04 11:50 +0100
    Bug#1119981: kmail: Email encryption no longer works in KMail on Debian 13 - Trixie unheard_laziness402@simplelogin.com - 2025-11-06 14:40 +0100
    Bug#1119981: kmail: Email encryption no longer works in KMail on Debian 13 - Trixie unheard_laziness402@simplelogin.com - 2025-11-11 13:50 +0100
  Bug#1119981: kmail: Email encryption no longer works in KMail on Debian 13 - Trixie Sune Stolborg Vuorela <sune@vuorela.dk> - 2025-11-06 13:30 +0100
  Bug#1119981: kmail: Email encryption no longer works in KMail on Debian 13 - Trixie unheard_laziness402@simplelogin.com - 2025-11-12 19:20 +0100

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