Public bug reported: I am not able to start tor browser since a couple of days because gpg loops refreshing keys. Killing gpg allows tor browser to start:
UID PID PPID C STIME TTY TIME CMD bor 31474 31391 97 06:30 ? 00:13:46 /usr/bin/gpg --status-fd 2 --homedir /home/bor/.local/share/torbrowser/gnupg_homedir --keyserver hkps://hkps.pool.sks-keyservers.net --keyserver-options ca-cert-file /usr/share/torbrowser-launcher/sks-keyservers.netCA.pem include-revoked no-honor-keyserver-url no-honor-pka-record --refresh-keys Yes, this is 18 *minutes*. See https://gist.github.com/rjhansen/67ab921ffb4084c865b3618d6955275f for description of DoS on key servers which seems to be the reason. Key server is hard coded in torbrowser-launcher. It needs to either be changed or made configurable. I also opened upstream issue: https://github.com/micahflee/torbrowser-launcher/issues/401 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: torbrowser-launcher 0.2.9-2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-25.26~18.04.1-generic 4.18.20 Uname: Linux 4.18.0-25-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.6 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity:Unity7:ubuntu Date: Wed Jul 3 06:46:16 2019 DistributionChannelDescriptor: # This is a distribution channel descriptor # For more information see http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DistributionChannelDescriptor canonical-oem-somerville-trusty-amd64-20140620-0 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-07-02 (1461 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 "Trusty" - Build amd64 LIVE Binary 20140620-04:25 SourcePackage: torbrowser-launcher UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-08-22 (314 days ago) ** Affects: torbrowser-launcher (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug bionic third-party-packages -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1835154 Title: Cannot start tor browser - gpg hangs refreshing keys To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/torbrowser-launcher/+bug/1835154/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
