pgp keys not retrieved from pgp.mit.edu

[Brian Millan]

When using hp-plugin, the script completes successfully up to the point where one chooses to download the plugin from HP. When retrieving the keys from pgp.mit.edu an error states that the keys cannot be retrieved. Manual command line use of the gpg command substituting another keyserver runs without errors. I used the autoinstaller in interactive mode on MX Linux 18.3 which wants hp-3.18.12-plugin.run. This ran flawlessly after I changed LINE 44 to read:

    def __init__(self, pgp_site = 'keyserver.ubuntu.com', key = 0x4ABA2F66DBD5A95894910E0673D770CDA59047B9):

Specifically, 'pgp.mit.edu' was removed and 'keyserver.ubuntu.com' was substituted. Upon reflection it might be wiser to use 'pool.sks-keyservers.net' or some similar round robin.

I'm sorry about the lack of logs and/or error messages, but I am loathe to try and reproduce them, now that I have this working. I don't know how keyservers work, but this has been going on for a week or so as far as I know. Google search reveals many other users having trouble retrieving the keys at various times in the past. Having multiple keyservers available to the script seems prudent.

[Brian Millan (brian.millan)]

I'm sorry I forgot to mention what file LINE 44 is from. It is /usr/share/hplip/base/validation.py

[valent (valent-turkovic)]

I'm also seeing this on Fedora, same issue. pgp server works when I manually try to get the key via webui, but with console tools it times out each time.

There is some timing issue so hplip developers need to include multiple pgp key servers and not use mit.edu which is having some issues.

[zdohnal (zdohnal)]

Hi all,

just note - there is a bug with the patch https://bugs.launchpad.net/hplip/+bug/1799212 , but it was never reviewed by HP since its creation.