Cannot generate new PGP key

[Gabor Toth]

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)

[Seth Arnold (seth-arnold)]

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

[Gabor Toth (gabor-me)]

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: [phone]
Skype: gabor.me

Copenhagen, Denmark

On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 8:21 PM, Seth Arnold <email address hidden>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: 2.12.5-0...

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. The issue you are reporting is an upstream one and it would be nice if somebody having it could send the bug to the developers of the software by following the instructions at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/GNOME. If you have done so, please tell us the number of the upstream bug (or the link), so we can add a bugwatch that will inform us about its status. Thanks in advance.

[Gabor Toth (gabor-me)]

Hi Sebastien,

I have done that and reported it there. You can find it on this link:
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=728032

Best,

Gabor Toth

Phone: [phone]
Skype: gabor.me

Copenhagen, Denmark

On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 12:04 PM, Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden>wrote:

> Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
> Ubuntu better. The issue you are reporting is an upstream one and it
> would be nice if somebody having it could send the bug to the developers
> of the software by following the instructions at
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/GNOME. If you have done so, please
> tell us the number of the upstream bug (or the link), so we can add a
> bugwatch that will inform us about its status. Thanks in advance.
>
> --
> 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)
> InstallationMedi...