Warren Sturm wrote: > On Sat, 2006-11-04 at 17:06 +0000, Anne Wilson wrote: > >> Thierry Sayegh De Bellis wrote: >> >>> Anne Wilson wrote: >>> >>> >>>> I've got a serious gpg problem on one workstation. I've spent hours trying to >>>> solve it, and need to get some ideas from someone experienced. I'll give >>>> full details if anyone volunteers. >>>> >>>> Anne >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> go for it, you never know :) >>> >>> >>> >> One new piece of evidence. Running 'gpg --list-keys' returns many lines >> like >> >> $ gpg --list-keys >> gpg: checking the trustdb >> gpg: [don't know]: invalid packet (ctb=00) >> gpg: keydb_search failed: invalid packet >> >> then correctly lists a few. It looks as though the database is >> corrupt. Now if I knew what it is called, or where it lives, I could >> restore a backup copy. Does anyone know? Thanks >> >> Anne >> > > On my fc4 system, it live in the .gnupg directory in my home directory. > I presume you mean the trustdb.gpg. I copied that from my old install directory, but then the messages seemed to indicate that pubring.gpg could be the problem, so I copied pubring.gpg and pubring.kbx. Now attempting to list keys gives me many more than previously, but then ends with gpg: [don't know]: invalid packet (ctb=00) gpg: keydb_search_next failed: invalid packet Anne
