[solved] pidgin otr ... generating key freeze

arcc · 2011-09-12 20:56:25

when i'm trying to generate a key in the otr plugin pidgin will freeze.
pidgin 2.10.0
otr 3.2.0

anyone knows a solution for this problem?

Last edited by arcc (2011-09-13 18:55:40)

knopwob · 2011-09-12 21:51:47

how long did you wait for it to finish? It takes a LONG time to finish (more than a minute wouldn't suprise me). And in this time the windows don't redraw, when you move another window infront of them, so it seems frozen.

arcc · 2011-09-13 18:55:22

ah, you're right. but why it take so long? on debian the key was generated nearly instantly...

stqn · 2011-09-13 22:27:12

Maybe some entropy is needed and /dev/urandom was empty, or something like that... Maybe moving the mouse would make it go faster. (It's been a while since I made a new OTR key though, so I don't remember how it went.)

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[solved] pidgin otr ... generating key freeze

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