** Description changed:
+ nUboon2Age's recharacterization of bug: When the ~/.gnupg/ directory and
+ its contents are owned by root. To get Seahorse working again the
+ ~/.gnupg/ directory must be deleted. This allows Seahorse to run not
+ only new gpg creation but also run 'Sync and Publish keys' which
+ otherwise seems to stall indefinitely.
+
+ {original report below}
Binary package hint: seahorse
Seahorse will not generate a new key. I have used gksudo to launch
seahorse from the command line. Seahorse opens. I press on the 'new'
button to generate a new key. I select PGP key and press continue. I
fill out the fields for 'real name', 'email address', and 'comment'. I
click on the arrow for advanced options. I select 4096 for key strength.
I remove the check from the box that says never expires. I click on
'Create'. It asks me for a Passphrase for New PGP Key. I enter my
password two times, the same both times. I click oK.
A box pops up with an error message in it:
<big><b>Couldn't generate PGP key</b></big>
General error
The html tags are in the actual error message. No key is generated.
-
- I am running Ubuntu 8.10
+ I am running Ubuntu 8.10
gpg is installed:
e...@leibniz:~$ gpg --version
gpg (GnuPG) 1.4.9
e...@leibniz:~$ uname -a
Linux leibniz 2.6.27-9-generic #1 SMP Thu Nov 20 22:15:32 UTC 2008 x86_64
GNU/Linux
===========
I too have the similar problem:
right click on folder, select "Encrypt". At this point I get message that no
key are available and seahorse opens up.
I click on File, New, fill out name, email, comment, leave other
defaults alone. Next I get the password box I fill in the password, and
the working bar apears for about a minute or two and then I get an error
message saying that it can not generate key.
I was running 8.10 with latest patches, last night I upgraded to 9.04 to
see if it would help, but it did not, still get the same error.
Thanks for any one looking into this.
** Description changed:
nUboon2Age's recharacterization of bug: When the ~/.gnupg/ directory and
- its contents are owned by root. To get Seahorse working again the
- ~/.gnupg/ directory must be deleted. This allows Seahorse to run not
- only new gpg creation but also run 'Sync and Publish keys' which
- otherwise seems to stall indefinitely.
+ its contents are owned by root Seahorse gives: Couldn't generate PGP key
+ // General error. To get Seahorse working again the ~/.gnupg/ directory
+ must be deleted. This allows Seahorse to run not only new gpg creation
+ but also run 'Sync and Publish keys' which otherwise seems to stall
+ indefinitely.
{original report below}
Binary package hint: seahorse
Seahorse will not generate a new key. I have used gksudo to launch
seahorse from the command line. Seahorse opens. I press on the 'new'
button to generate a new key. I select PGP key and press continue. I
fill out the fields for 'real name', 'email address', and 'comment'. I
click on the arrow for advanced options. I select 4096 for key strength.
I remove the check from the box that says never expires. I click on
'Create'. It asks me for a Passphrase for New PGP Key. I enter my
password two times, the same both times. I click oK.
A box pops up with an error message in it:
<big><b>Couldn't generate PGP key</b></big>
General error
The html tags are in the actual error message. No key is generated.
I am running Ubuntu 8.10
gpg is installed:
e...@leibniz:~$ gpg --version
gpg (GnuPG) 1.4.9
e...@leibniz:~$ uname -a
Linux leibniz 2.6.27-9-generic #1 SMP Thu Nov 20 22:15:32 UTC 2008 x86_64
GNU/Linux
===========
I too have the similar problem:
right click on folder, select "Encrypt". At this point I get message that no
key are available and seahorse opens up.
I click on File, New, fill out name, email, comment, leave other
defaults alone. Next I get the password box I fill in the password, and
the working bar apears for about a minute or two and then I get an error
message saying that it can not generate key.
I was running 8.10 with latest patches, last night I upgraded to 9.04 to
see if it would help, but it did not, still get the same error.
Thanks for any one looking into this.
** Description changed:
- nUboon2Age's recharacterization of bug: When the ~/.gnupg/ directory and
- its contents are owned by root Seahorse gives: Couldn't generate PGP key
- // General error. To get Seahorse working again the ~/.gnupg/ directory
+ Bug Summary (by nUboon2Age): When the ~/.gnupg/ directory and its
+ contents are owned by root Seahorse gives: Couldn't generate PGP key //
+ General error. To get Seahorse working again the ~/.gnupg/ directory
must be deleted. This allows Seahorse to run not only new gpg creation
but also run 'Sync and Publish keys' which otherwise seems to stall
- indefinitely.
+ indefinitely. Bug fix suggestions in comments below.
- {original report below}
+ {original bug report below}
Binary package hint: seahorse
Seahorse will not generate a new key. I have used gksudo to launch
seahorse from the command line. Seahorse opens. I press on the 'new'
button to generate a new key. I select PGP key and press continue. I
fill out the fields for 'real name', 'email address', and 'comment'. I
click on the arrow for advanced options. I select 4096 for key strength.
I remove the check from the box that says never expires. I click on
'Create'. It asks me for a Passphrase for New PGP Key. I enter my
password two times, the same both times. I click oK.
A box pops up with an error message in it:
<big><b>Couldn't generate PGP key</b></big>
General error
The html tags are in the actual error message. No key is generated.
I am running Ubuntu 8.10
gpg is installed:
e...@leibniz:~$ gpg --version
gpg (GnuPG) 1.4.9
e...@leibniz:~$ uname -a
Linux leibniz 2.6.27-9-generic #1 SMP Thu Nov 20 22:15:32 UTC 2008 x86_64
GNU/Linux
===========
I too have the similar problem:
right click on folder, select "Encrypt". At this point I get message that no
key are available and seahorse opens up.
I click on File, New, fill out name, email, comment, leave other
defaults alone. Next I get the password box I fill in the password, and
the working bar apears for about a minute or two and then I get an error
message saying that it can not generate key.
I was running 8.10 with latest patches, last night I upgraded to 9.04 to
see if it would help, but it did not, still get the same error.
Thanks for any one looking into this.
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Seahorse won't generate a key when .gnupg directory owned by root, only gives
unhelpful "General error"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/321287
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