This happens for me too (karmic, seahorse 2.28.1-0ubuntu1, gnupg 1.4.9-4ubuntu7). GnuPG needs to accumulate random data from the OS, which as I understand it comes from measuring the timing differences between keypresses. If you don't get the same effect, you could try generating lots of subkeys in turn, to use up whatever random data the OS has already accumulated. In any case, seahorse's design is flawed: it sits unresponsive while waiting for gpg to return, with no explanation of what's happening and no way to cancel. At the very least, it should pop up a message telling the user to type something.
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