Re: slow key creation

[Reid <rsv869 gmail com>]

Thanks Adam -

Why is that (the typing, mouse movement, etc)?  This sounds familiar.  I guess I don't understand enough about the key creation process.  There must be more to it than just creating a pass-phase.

On Sat, 2011-01-22 at 12:29 -0500, Adam Schreiber wrote:
> 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