[arch-general] Key "A6234074498E9CEE" could not be looked up remotely

[Albert Berger]

I have currently the same problem and have as the keyserver in the
'/etc/pacman.d/gnupg/gpg.conf' file the 'hkp://pool.sks-keyservers.net'. 
This address can be pinged OK. Why it has ceased to work?

Albert.

On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 02:43:54PM +0100, Viktor Garske wrote:
> [SOLUTION]
> 
> Okay, after I changed the keyserver line in /etc/pacman.d/gnupg/gpg.conf
> to hkp://pgp.mit.edu:11371 the refresh and upgrade worked.
> 
> Am 13.02.2015 um 14:35 schrieb Viktor Garske:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I've got a problem with pacman: when I try to upgrade the system pacman
> > writes "key "A6234074498E9CEE" could not be looked up remotely".
> >
> > Then I looked into this forum thread
> > (https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1501915#p1501915). I tried
> > the workaround but "pacman-key --refresh-keys" returned (after a long time):
> >
> > gpg: Refresh vom Schlüsselserver fehlgeschlagen: Dateiende
> > ==> FEHLER: Ein spezifizierter lokaler Schlüssel konnte nicht vom
> > Schlüssel-Server aktualisiert werden.
> >
> > (it means:)
> >
> > gpg: refresh failed from the key server: end of file
> > ==> ERROR: a specified local key could not be refreshed by the key server.
> >
> >
> > Do you have any solutions?
> >
> > -- Viktor
> 
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