[Pkg-gnupg-maint] Bug#727821: gnupg: get 'gpg: problem with the agent - disabling agent use' when generating new key

[sharon kimble]

Package: gnupg
Version: 1.4.12-7+deb7u2
Severity: important

Dear Maintainer,
gpg --gen-key
Please select what kind of key you want:
   (1) RSA and RSA (default)
   (2) DSA and Elgamal
   (3) DSA (sign only)
   (4) RSA (sign only)
Your selection? 1
RSA keys may be between 1024 and 4096 bits long.
What keysize do you want? (2048) 4096
Requested keysize is 4096 bits
Please specify how long the key should be valid.
         0 = key does not expire
      <n>  = key expires in n days
      <n>w = key expires in n weeks
      <n>m = key expires in n months
      <n>y = key expires in n years
Key is valid for? (0) 0
Key does not expire at all
Is this correct? (y/N) y

You need a user ID to identify your key; the software constructs the user ID
from the Real Name, Comment and Email Address in this form:
    "Heinrich Heine (Der Dichter) <heinrichh at duesseldorf.de>"

Real name: Sharon Kimble
Email address: boudiccas at talktalk.net
Comment:
You selected this USER-ID:
    "Sharon Kimble <boudiccas at talktalk.net>"

Change (N)ame, (C)omment, (E)mail or (O)kay/(Q)uit? O
You need a Passphrase to protect your secret key.

gpg: problem with the agent - disabling agent use
We need to generate a lot of random bytes. It is a good idea to perform
some other action (type on the keyboard, move the mouse, utilize the
disks) during the prime generation; this gives the random number
generator a better chance to gain enough entropy.
.......+++++
....................+++++
gpg: writing self signature
gpg: RSA/SHA256 signature from: "1ACA3B11 [?]"
We need to generate a lot of random bytes. It is a good idea to perform
some other action (type on the keyboard, move the mouse, utilize the
disks) during the prime generation; this gives the random number
generator a better chance to gain enough entropy.
....+++++
...................+++++
gpg: writing key binding signature
gpg: RSA/SHA256 signature from: "1ACA3B11 [?]"
gpg: writing key binding signature
gpg: RSA/SHA256 signature from: "1ACA3B11 [?]"
gpg: writing public key to `/home/boudiccas/.gnupg/pubring.gpg'
gpg: writing secret key to `/home/boudiccas/.gnupg/secring.gpg'
gpg: using PGP trust model
gpg: key 1ACA3B11 marked as ultimately trusted
public and secret key created and signed.

gpg: checking the trustdb
gpg: 67 keys cached (3788 signatures)
gpg: 10 keys processed (1 validity counts cleared)
gpg: 3 marginal(s) needed, 1 complete(s) needed, PGP trust model
gpg: BLAH

The key that is generated is unable to sign emails  in claws-mail, and I've
generated about 5 in the last 24 hours but still have the problem. This makes
using gpg-keys unusable atm.

Thanks
Sharon Kimble.



-- System Information:
Debian Release: 7.2
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-686-pae (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages gnupg depends on:
ii  dpkg          1.16.12
ii  gpgv          1.4.12-7+deb7u2
ii  install-info  4.13a.dfsg.1-10
ii  libbz2-1.0    1.0.6-4
ii  libc6         2.13-38
ii  libreadline6  6.2+dfsg-0.1
ii  libusb-0.1-4  2:0.1.12-20+nmu1
ii  zlib1g        1:1.2.7.dfsg-13

Versions of packages gnupg recommends:
pn  gnupg-curl     <none>
ii  libldap-2.4-2  2.4.31-1+nmu2

Versions of packages gnupg suggests:
pn  gnupg-doc     <none>
ii  imagemagick   8:6.7.7.10-5+deb7u2
ii  libpcsclite1  1.8.4-1+deb7u1

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