Re: slow key creation

[Adam Schreiber <sadam gnome org>]

On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 12:14 PM, Reid <rsv869 gmail com> wrote:
> I'm running ubuntu 10.10 and Seahorse 2.32,0 which comes with this distro.
> I simply want to create a new PGP key but Seahorse, or some component, seems
> to take an indeterminate length of time to do this.  The pop-up box which
> notifies that key creation is underway just runs and runs.  Is this normal?

Yes, especially if you've just turned the computer on and/or are
generating a long key.  Move the mouse, type, surf the web and
creation will proceed.

Cheers,

Adam