Hi Seth, I have tried that and this is what I got:
"Not enough random bytes available. Please do some other work to give the OS a chance to collect more entropy! (Need 228 more bytes)" I got this a number of times with different number of bytes still needed. Not sure what is the point of displaying it but anyhow. That is not a bug I guess. However then came up the actual bug: "gpg: no writable public keyring found: eof Key generation failed: eof" This is the message I get and no key is generated. I suppose this is the same bug. Please let me know if there is any other data needed. Best, Gabor Toth Phone: +45-2163-4983 Skype: gabor.me Copenhagen, Denmark On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 8:21 PM, Seth Arnold <1304...@bugs.launchpad.net>wrote: > As a workaround, you can probably use gpg --gen-key to generate a key. > If there is an error, it may be more informative than seahorse's > wrapper. > > Thanks > > ** Information type changed from Private Security to Public > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1304888 > > Title: > Cannot generate new PGP key > > Status in "seahorse" package in Ubuntu: > New > > Bug description: > I have attempted to generate a new pair of PGP keys with Seahorse > (Passwords and Keys). It goes through till I set what I want - RSA key, > set the strength (tried the default and later also changed to stronger - no > difference in the bug behavior) put in full name and e-mail address and > then asked for password and to confirm it. > I did all that and the window came up "Generating Key" informing me that > if I do a lot of actions such as mouse movements and so on then I help to > generate the random data. The bar goes back and forth indicating the > process is working. > After a while, in some minutes later another window pops up with the > message: > > "Couldn't generate PGP key, General error" > > Leaves only on option "Close" No key gets generated. > > I am using Ubuntu 13.10 on a Dell Inspiron 17R system with 8 GB ram. > All packages are up to date. No other system errors currently (there was > something with wine porfolio package not updating, but I have fixed that > yesterday - I wouldn't think that it would be related anyway.) > Seahorse version: 3.8.2 > > Other than this error Seahorse seems to work all right and is keeping > my passwords, can add new ones manually and generally seems to perform > all right - besides the above bug. > > The bug can be reproduced every time on my system. Tried it 3 times > with the same result. > > Let me know if I should upload any extra log files. I can help on the > rest of the bug process too if needed (can not program, but can test > or do other such things). > > Marked it as security vulnerability since effects a security program, > also I need a PGP key for secure work and can't make one. > > Cheers, > > Gabor > > ProblemType: Bug > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 > Package: seahorse 3.8.2-0ubuntu1 > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-19.33-generic 3.11.10.5 > Uname: Linux 3.11.0-19-generic x86_64 > ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.2 > Architecture: amd64 > Date: Wed Apr 9 09:57:15 2014 > EcryptfsInUse: Yes > ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/seahorse > InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-09-14 (206 days ago) > InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 > (20130424) > MarkForUpload: True > SourcePackage: seahorse > UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-10-19 (171 days ago) > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/seahorse/+bug/1304888/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1304888 Title: Cannot generate new PGP key To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/seahorse/+bug/1304888/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
