[Bug 228781] Re: Seahorse freezes up when generating a new subkey

[Matthew Exon]

This happens for me too (karmic, seahorse 2.28.1-0ubuntu1, gnupg
1.4.9-4ubuntu7).  GnuPG needs to accumulate random data from the OS,
which as I understand it comes from measuring the timing differences
between keypresses.  If you don't get the same effect, you could try
generating lots of subkeys in turn, to use up whatever random data the
OS has already accumulated.  In any case, seahorse's design is flawed:
it sits unresponsive while waiting for gpg to return, with no
explanation of what's happening and no way to cancel.  At the very
least, it should pop up a message telling the user to type something.

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Seahorse freezes up when generating a new subkey
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/228781
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