Comment 5 for bug 1304888

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: +45-2163-4983
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.
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>
> 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)
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64
> (20130424)
> MarkForUpload: True
> SourcePackage: seahorse
> UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-10-19 (171 days ago)
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