[issue219] gpg: keyserver receive failed: keyserver error

[linux_learner]

Please see my howto for the smart config.
http://wiki.suselinuxsupport.de/wikka.php?wakka=smartconfig

In particular you want to look at;

Network



Options  Value  Description
  http-proxy  url  use given proxy on HTTP downloads
  ftp-proxy  url  use given proxy on FTP downloads
  socket-timeout  seconds  timeout for download operations
  keyserver   server  some server (e.g. wwwkeys.uk.pgp.net)

For a list of keyserver see here
http://www.rossde.com/PGP/pgp_keyserv.html#pubserv

So while you're getting a time out on that server, that is for that
server (not a smart issue). Try another server.

On 10/3/06, George M at Labix Tracker <tracker at labix.org> wrote:
>
> New submission from George M <maker10 at gmail.com>:
>
> Hello All,
>
> Every time I try to update my installation of Suse 10.1 I get an error
> regarding
> gpg not being able to connect to subkeys.pgp.net.  I get a similar message
> every
> time I try:
>
> warning: rpmts_HdrFromFdno: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 6b9d6523
> Trying to import the key 3b3011b76b9d6523 from subkeys.pgp.net...
> gpg: requesting key 6B9D6523 from hkp server subkeys.pgp.net
> gpg: keyserver timed out
> gpg: keyserver receive failed: keyserver error
> error: gpg failed to import keyid 3b3011b76b9d6523, please make sure that
> gpg is
> installed, that the keyserver subkeys.pgp.net is working and that the
> package
> /var/lib/smart/packages/kdebase3-samba-3.5.4-123.1.i586.rpm has a valid
> signature.
> error: kdebase3-samba-3.5.4-123.1.i586.rpm: public key not available
>
> Thanks,
>
> George
>
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> messages: 733
> nosy: maker10
> priority: urgent
> project: smart
> status: unread
> title: gpg: keyserver receive failed: keyserver error
>
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