[Solved] (Q) General error encountered by pacman-key? Never saw like so

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[Solved] (Q) General error encountered by pacman-key? Never saw like so

28 May 2023, 15:32:59

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gpg: error retrieving '[email protected]' via WKD: General error
gpg: error reading key: General error
gpg: refreshing 1 key from hkps://keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: keyserver refresh failed: General error
==> ERROR: Could not update key: BA1DFB64FFF979E7
gpg: error retrieving '[email protected]' via WKD: General error
gpg: error reading key: General error
gpg: refreshing 1 key from hkps://keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: keyserver refresh failed: General error
==> ERROR: Could not update key: D6D055F927843F1C
gpg: error retrieving '[email protected]' via WKD: General error
gpg: error reading key: General error
gpg: refreshing 1 key from hkps://keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: keyserver refresh failed: General error
==> ERROR: Could not update key: 9B729B06A680C281

Re: [Q] General error encountered by pacman-key? Never saw like so

Reply #1 – 28 May 2023, 23:18:43

The exact command? Often times PGP keyservers (in your case ubuntu's) misbehave.

Re: [Q] General error encountered by pacman-key? Never saw like so

Reply #2 – 29 May 2023, 01:27:35

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doas pacman -Scc --noconfirm
doas rm -rfv /var/cache/pacman /var/lib/pacman/sync
doas pacman-key --init
doas pacman -Syyu \
            --noconfirm \
            --overwrite=* \
            pacman \
            artix-keyring \
            archlinux-keyring \
            ubuntu-keyring
doas pacman-key --init
doas pacman-key --populate artix archlinux ubuntu
doas pacman-key --refresh-keys

Re: [Q] General error encountered by pacman-key? Never saw like so

Reply #3 – 29 May 2023, 02:29:53

And a key point is, i’m being made unable to connect to OSM thru Marble and too much websites i use often
And it feels weird that something else connects well to the internet, but keyring commands and too much websites don’t respond to the internet

Re: [Q] General error encountered by pacman-key? Never saw like so

Reply #4 – 29 May 2023, 21:39:28

Try setting 'keyserver hkp://keys.gnupg.net' in /etc/pacman.d/gnupg/gpg.conf.

Re: [Q] General error encountered by pacman-key? Never saw like so

Reply #5 – 30 May 2023, 01:04:39

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no user ID for key signature packet of class 10

Re: [Q] General error encountered by pacman-key? Never saw like so

Reply #6 – 01 June 2023, 14:06:23

Done solving w/in a few eariler questions also at this forum, w/in just adding a few new keyservers onto my gpg.conf and that one for pacman!