Couldn't share keys error message on startup

[Dmitriy Geels]

Binary package hint: seahorse

Every login I get error message from seahorse-daemon: "Couldn't share keys: Can't publish discovery information on the network."

May be this caused by wireless connection, which is established later.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Oct 21 20:38:46 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/seahorse-daemon
Package: seahorse 2.28.0-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=ru_RU.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: seahorse
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic x86_64

[Lee Garrett (leegarrett)]

I *think* this bug affects me, too. When shutting the computer down, I get an error message:

"Couldn't share keys
Can't publish discovery information on the network."

However, the popup has no title, so I cannot be sure which program generates this error message. I think it has to do with UPnP discovery of LAN, as this error message popped up again while upgrading the avahi-daemon today.

[Anton Styagun (astyagun)]

Have the same error at every start in openSUSE 11.2. It happens on the desktop PC connected to the net via Ethernet cable. So it has nothing to do with the wireless connection. According to xprop the error is shown by seahorse-daemon process.

[Anton Styagun (astyagun)]

To stop this error from showing up on every system start I did the next:
- launched "Passwords and Encryption Keys" application
- menu "Remote" -> "Sync and Publish Keys..."
- button "Key Servers" in "Sync Keys" dialog
- tab "Key Sharing" in "Preferences" window
- unchecked checkbox "Share my keys with others on my network"

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thanks for the report, it has been some time without any response or feedback in this bug report and we are wondering if this is still an issue for you with the latest release of Ubuntu the Natty Narwhal, May you please test with that version and comment back if you're still having or not the issue? Please have a look at http://www.ubuntu.com/download to know how to install that version.Thanks in advance.

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

We're closing this bug since it is has been some time with no response from the original reporter. However, if the issue still exists please feel free to reopen with the requested information. Also, if you could, please test against the latest development version of Ubuntu, since this confirms the bug is one we may be able to pass upstream for help.