Intermittent problems with gpg and a NEO key? And you need it to work NOW? Use this.

.gpg-rescue.sh

#!/bin/bash

echo "kill gpg-agent"
code=0
while [ 1 -ne $code ]; do
	killall gpg-agent
	code=$?
	sleep 1
done

echo "kill ssh"
killall ssh

echo "kill ssh muxers"
for pid in `ps -ef | grep ssh | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}'`; do
	kill $pid
done

echo "restart gpg-agent"
eval $(gpg-agent --daemon)

echo
echo "All done. Now unplug / replug the NEO token."
echo