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List:       gnupg-users
Subject:    Re: gnupg doesn't create new keys
From:       Jan_Kundrát <jkt () kde ! org>
Date:       2016-03-14 19:39:43
Message-ID: 60d2ef01-2a70-415a-bd24-3b231b2c897e () kde ! org
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On Monday, 14 March 2016 20:27:17 CET, Fabian Santiago wrote:
> when i run it with --gen-key, it goes through the motions but 
> on the final step of collecting entropy, it simply hangs and 
> does nothing and my new key is not created.

Are you sure that it isn't "just" waiting for more bits of 
entropy/randomness from the kernel?

I guess that `strace` should probably verify this. If it's stick reading 
from /dev/random, it's the lack of randomness that is slowing it down.

Cheers,
Jan

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