This is a freshly installed Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W. `gpg` and `dirmngr` are installed. I also tried it in a `bookworm` Docker container and I'm getting the same error. The web page for the keyserver shows that it's there. https://keyserver.ubuntu.com/pks/lookup?search=0x95C0FAF38DB3CCAD0C080A7BDC78B2DDEABC47B7&fingerprint=on&op=index So if it's an issue with my ISP connecting to that specific keyserver, how can I find other keyservers to try? -- How many people can stand on the shoulders of a giant before the giant collapses? Sent with Proton Mail secure email. On Monday, June 16th, 2025 at 7:00 PM, Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd at debian.org> wrote:> (Editing your email from the unreadable vertical format popular with some) > > On 17 June 2025 at 01:45, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote: > | Has the key changed? According to https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/linux/debian/ I should be able to get a key via > | > | $ gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-key '95C0FAF38DB3CCAD0C080A7BDC78B2DDEABC47B7' > | > | But on my Debian "bookworm" systems I am getting > | > | $ gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-key '95C0FAF38DB3CCAD0C080A7BDC78B2DDEABC47B7' > | gpg: directory '/home/znmeb/.gnupg' created > | gpg: keybox '/home/znmeb/.gnupg/pubring.kbx' created > | gpg: keyserver receive failed: Server indicated a failure > | > | Am I doing something wrong, or has the key changed? > > That is an error message you are getting from a particular remote > server. Have you tried another? Could you have network issues? PGP/GPG use a > network of mirroring servers. > > For what it is worth, it works here in a Debian container (using my > rocker/r-base container here) after I 'apt install gpg dirmngr': > > root at cd7dcc85a57f:/# gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-key '95C0FAF38DB3CCAD0C080A7BDC78B2DDEABC47B7' > gpg: /root/.gnupg/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created > gpg: key DC78B2DDEABC47B7: public key "Johannes Ranke johannes.ranke at jrwb.de" imported > > gpg: error running '/usr/bin/gpg-agent': probably not installed > gpg: failed to start gpg-agent '/usr/bin/gpg-agent': Configuration error > gpg: can't connect to the gpg-agent: Configuration error > gpg: Total number processed: 1 > gpg: imported: 1 > root at cd7dcc85a57f:/# > > Dirk > > -- > dirk.eddelbuettel.com | @eddelbuettel | edd at debian.org
Welp ... must be something about my ISP the keyserver doesn't like. It works from inside a container when the container host is using a VPN server in NL. Sigh ... another day wasted troubleshooting a service I pay for. -- How many people can stand on the shoulders of a giant before the giant collapses? Sent with Proton Mail secure email. On Monday, June 16th, 2025 at 7:23 PM, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky <znmeb at algocompsynth.com> wrote:> This is a freshly installed Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W. `gpg` and `dirmngr` are installed. I also tried it in a `bookworm` Docker container and I'm getting the same error. > > The web page for the keyserver shows that it's there. > > https://keyserver.ubuntu.com/pks/lookup?search=0x95C0FAF38DB3CCAD0C080A7BDC78B2DDEABC47B7&fingerprint=on&op=index > > So if it's an issue with my ISP connecting to that specific keyserver, how can I find other keyservers to try? > > > > > -- > How many people can stand on the shoulders of a giant before the giant collapses? > > Sent with Proton Mail secure email. > > > On Monday, June 16th, 2025 at 7:00 PM, Dirk Eddelbuettel edd at debian.org wrote: > > > (Editing your email from the unreadable vertical format popular with some) > > > > On 17 June 2025 at 01:45, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote: > > | Has the key changed? According to https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/linux/debian/ I should be able to get a key via > > | > > | $ gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-key '95C0FAF38DB3CCAD0C080A7BDC78B2DDEABC47B7' > > | > > | But on my Debian "bookworm" systems I am getting > > | > > | $ gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-key '95C0FAF38DB3CCAD0C080A7BDC78B2DDEABC47B7' > > | gpg: directory '/home/znmeb/.gnupg' created > > | gpg: keybox '/home/znmeb/.gnupg/pubring.kbx' created > > | gpg: keyserver receive failed: Server indicated a failure > > | > > | Am I doing something wrong, or has the key changed? > > > > That is an error message you are getting from a particular remote > > server. Have you tried another? Could you have network issues? PGP/GPG use a > > network of mirroring servers. > > > > For what it is worth, it works here in a Debian container (using my > > rocker/r-base container here) after I 'apt install gpg dirmngr': > > > > root at cd7dcc85a57f:/# gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-key '95C0FAF38DB3CCAD0C080A7BDC78B2DDEABC47B7' > > gpg: /root/.gnupg/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created > > gpg: key DC78B2DDEABC47B7: public key "Johannes Ranke johannes.ranke at jrwb.de" imported > > > > gpg: error running '/usr/bin/gpg-agent': probably not installed > > gpg: failed to start gpg-agent '/usr/bin/gpg-agent': Configuration error > > gpg: can't connect to the gpg-agent: Configuration error > > gpg: Total number processed: 1 > > gpg: imported: 1 > > root at cd7dcc85a57f:/# > > > > Dirk > > > > -- > > dirk.eddelbuettel.com | @eddelbuettel | edd at debian.org > > > _______________________________________________ > R-SIG-Debian mailing list > R-SIG-Debian at r-project.org > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-debian
On 17 June 2025 at 02:23, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote: | This is a freshly installed Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W. `gpg` and `dirmngr` are installed. I also tried it in a `bookworm` Docker container and I'm getting the same error. | | The web page for the keyserver shows that it's there. | | https://keyserver.ubuntu.com/pks/lookup?search=0x95C0FAF38DB3CCAD0C080A7BDC78B2DDEABC47B7&fingerprint=on&op=index | | So if it's an issue with my ISP connecting to that specific keyserver, how can I find other keyservers to try? Try eg https://www.google.com/search?q=list+of+public+gpg+key+servers which lists a number of them. My bet is that it may well be a port or something your ISP gets in a tizzy over rather than that specific server you tried. Dirk -- dirk.eddelbuettel.com | @eddelbuettel | edd at debian.org