New laptop woes - looking for help

[Eric "Shubes"]

Let me start by saying that I really don't know in detail how rpm key
signing works.

That being said, there is an 'rpm --import' command that installs a public
key as an rpm package for verification (see man rpm). That creates an
installed package named 'gpg-pubkey-*-*' for the key that you import. You
can use 'rpm -qi' for each installed key to see its contents.

HTH

Dazed_75 wrote:
> Same story after rebooting AND refreshing sources.  gpg 1.4.2 is
> installed and /var/lib/smart/packages/hplip-1.6.9-5.pm.1.i586.rpm exists
> though I have no clue how to check its signature.  Based on gpg --help,
> I tried
> 
>     larry at lapdog2:~> gpg --verify
>     /var/lib/smart/packages/hplip-1.6.9-5.pm.1.i586.rpm
>     gpg: no valid OpenPGP data found.
>     gpg: the signature could not be verified.
>     Please remember that the signature file (.sig or .asc)
>     should be the first file given on the command line.
> 
> So I guess I am doing something wrong.
> 
> On 10/22/06, *Dazed_75* < lthielster at gmail.com
> <mailto:lthielster at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>     Thanks for the tip Alan.  I had no trouble installing smart and
>     following the instructions. Smart started up just fine and indicated
>     188 upgrades and some new parts needed (I forget how many). 
>     Following the instructions it started to download a ton of stuff
>     though it got VERY slow after a while.  My cable connection seemed
>     ok when I checked form another machine.  Finally after about 4
>     hours, the download finished and the next step started:
> 
>     log ended up saying:
> 
>         Trying to import the key ac3c8ba827db6f5b from subkeys.pgp.net...
>         error: gpg failed to import keyid ac3c8ba827db6f5b, please make
>         sure that gpg is installed, that the keyserver subkeys.pgp.net
>         <http://subkeys.pgp.net> is working and that the package
>         /var/lib/smart/packages/hplip-1.6.9-5.pm.1.i586.rpm has a valid
>         signature.
> 
>         error: hplip-1.6.9-5.pm.1.i586.rpm: public key not available
> 
> 
>     also got an error box which said
> 
>         hplip-1.6.9-5.pm.1.i586.rpm: public key not available
> 
> 
>     and yet a third dialog box which said:
> 
>         gpg failed to import keyid ac3c8ba827db6f5b, please make sure
>         that gpg is installed, that the keyserver subkeys.pgp.net
>         <http://subkeys.pgp.net> is working and that the package
>         /var/lib/smart/packages/hplip-1.6.9-5.pm.1.i586.rpm has a valid
>         signature.
> 
>     I closed everything and ran smart again.  It went quickly to the
>     verify key again and failed again.  I am sending this before
>     rebooting and trying again so as to not lose the pasted quotes.
> 


-- 
-Eric 'shubes'