gpg-agent runs but no graphical interface

hi
using KDE 3.2 on fedora core 1, i have earlier used
OpenPGP (or rather GPG) whith kmail.
i have got it all working after following:
http://kmail.kde.org/kmail-pgpmime-howto.html

it has worked until some time ago (probably when i
updated KDE 3.1.95 to 3.2).

since it did not work, i tried to reinstall all parts
needed following the configure && make && make install
procedures described, i ran ldconfig after each make
install. i also double checked that i have proper
versions of the source codes.
   1. libgcrypt (>= 1.1.10), i have 1.1.44
   2. libksba (>= 0.4.7), i have 0.4.7
   3. newpg (>= 0.9.4),  i have 0.9.4
   4. gpgme 0.3.x (>= 0.3.15; < 0.4.0), i have 0.3.16
   5. cryptplug 0.3.x (>= 0.3.15), i have 0.3.16
   6. pinentry (>= 0.6.8), i have 0.6.9

the gpg.conf and gpg-agent.conf files follow has got
the changes described in the howto.

eval "$(gpg-agent --daemon)"
returns nothing but the gpg-agent runs.

echo "test" | gpg -ase -r 0xDEADBEEF | gpg
(with an existing key), does not bring the graphical
passphrase box up. instead it writes the following to
the terminal:

You need a passphrase to unlock the secret key for
user: "Some Other <[email protected]>"
1024-bit DSA key, ID DEADBEEF, created 2003-04-24

gpg-agent[19059]: command get_passphrase failed: ec=-1
gpg: problem with the agent - disabling agent use
Enter passphrase:

any suggestions?

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