I'll just add it just happened to me in Description: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS (Lubuntu)
It just sat there as well until I clicked the Pop up that said it was generating a new key and typed random keys as suggested by Paul G in post #5. I'm not sure if this is a pop-up generated by Pidgin or by the OTR plug-in, but whichever it is it's horribly written. The whole issue could be resolved by adding text that reads "Please press some random keys to generate the key" or something along those lines so people would KNOW to do so instead of thinking it's a garbage plug-in or app that's now frozen -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to pidgin in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/303862 Title: Pidgin freezes when generating new OTR private key Status in Off-the-Record Messaging plugin for pidgin: New Status in “pidgin” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in “pidgin-otr” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Binary package hint: pidgin Package: pidgin-otr (Intrepid) 3.2.0-1 Version of Ubuntu: Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid) Systems used: AMD XP 3200+, 1 GB DDR, 160 GB HDD running Ubuntu 8.10 HP dv9500t laptop, 2.0 Ghz Core 2 Duo, 2 GB DDR, 160 GB HDD running of Ubuntu 8.10 LiveCD When I enable the pidgin-otr plugin and attempt to generate a new private key, Pidgin pops up a dialog box telling me that a new private key is being generated. However, key generation never completes and eventually I receive a notification that Pidgin or "Generating Private Key" is not responding. I have attempted to generate keys for both a XMPP (GMail Account) and an AIM account with the same result, and have repeated the process on both systems multiple times. I have successfully generated keys using the same version of OTR on Windows XP SP3 on the HP dv9500t laptop. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/pidgin Package: pidgin 1:2.5.2-0ubuntu1 ProcEnviron: PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: pidgin Uname: Linux 2.6.27-9-generic i686 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/pidgin-otr/+bug/303862/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
