Cannot generate new PGP key
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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seahorse (Ubuntu) |
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Undecided
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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
ProcVersionSign
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)
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