[Bug 321287] Re: Seahorse will not generate a key

[Peter]

Importance for me is actually _High_

** Description changed:

  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:
  em at leibniz:~$ gpg --version
  gpg (GnuPG) 1.4.9
  em at 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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