Description of problem:

If I try and generate a new keypair with kleopatra (started from the KDE menu), it gives the error message "Could not create certificate: Invalid IPC response"

If I start kleopatra from a terminal emulator, when trying to generate a new keypair, it fails creation with the error: "Could not create certificate: Timeout" if a passphrase isn't entered in the terminal from where kleopatra was launched.

In the terminal emulator, while it said I should generate some entropy, it showed:
[bgmilne@localhost ~]$ kleopatra 
QObject(0x0)
QObject(0x0)
QObject(0x0)
Please enter the passphrase to
protect your new key
Passphrase:

The same steps work on Mageia 5 / KDE 4 / kleopatra 4.14.5


Does kleopatra support gnupg 2.1.x (a development vesion)?

[bgmilne@localhost ~]$ gpg2 --list-secret-keys  > /dev/null
gpg: NOTE: THIS IS A DEVELOPMENT VERSION!
gpg: It is only intended for test purposes and should NOT be
gpg: used in a production environment or with production keys!




Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
16.3.1-1.mga6

How reproducible:


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Log in as a new user
2. Start kleopatra from the KDE menu / krunner
3. File->New Certificate->OpenPGP->Fill in name/email->Next
4. Press 'Create Key' button
5. Get error "Could not create certificate: Invalid IPC response"

6.Quit kleopatra
7. start kleopatra from konsole, then repeat steps 3-5
8. Enter a passphrase in the shell when it prompts for it


(BTW., kgpg doesn't seem to be able to correctly create public/private keypairs either on Mageia 6 sta2, so at present there is no KDE-based solution to get the default wallet type of GPG configured which is unfortunate)