Error Generating ElGamal Key

[Matthew M. Copeland]

I tried commenting out lock-once in the options file, but it still has the
problem.

Matthew
dyelar at rdl.designlab.ukans.edu


On Tue, 23 Feb 1999, Remi Guyomarch wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 23, 1999 at 02:10:31AM -0600, Matthew M. Copeland wrote:
> > 
> > I get the following error when attempting to generate a 2048 El Gamal Key
> > running under Red Hat Linux 5.1 (kernel 2.0.35).  I get the same problem
> > when I attempt to genereate a key of size 1024.  I am running gnupg0.9.3
> > with just the standard compile options.  Any Ideas?
> > 
> > We need to generate a lot of random bytes. It is a good idea to perform
> > some other action (work in another window, move the mouse, utilize the
> > network and the disks) during the prime generation; this gives the random
> > number generator a better chance to gain enough entropy.
> > .........+++++................+++++.........................+++++...+++++
> [...]
> > 
> > gpg: waiting for lock (hold by 21285 - probably dead) ...
> > gpg: waiting for lock (hold by 21285 - probably dead) ...
> [...]
> 
> Try playing with "lock-once" in ~/.gnupg/options.
> Mine is commented-out and I don't have this problem.
> 
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