[kopete-bugs] [Bug 237050] Kopete OTR private key won't generate

[Gard Spreemann]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=237050


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--- Comment #2 from Gard Spreemann <gspreemann gmail com>  2010-11-20 00:39:26 ---
It's actually not a bug. I don't know the details of how OTR works, but many
cryptographic systems need to gather high-quality entropy to produce keys. This
can mean gathering physical data such as keyboard activity, mouse movement and
disk timings. 

I just generated a Kopete OTR key, and experienced the same thing you did.
Here's how to get it working: Just leave the key generation dialog in the
background and continue doing other work as usual (i.e. moving the mouse and
using the keyboard). A few (like 5-10) minutes later it'll have enough entropy
and the key generation will succeed.

I think the dialog should let the users know about this, though. I'll submit a
patch.

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