Can you tell us what command you tried to run to generate your key pair? On 15/03/12 at 10:29pm, pete wrote: > On Thu, 15 Mar 2012 21:09:28 +0000 > pete <p.nikolic1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Hi . > > > > I have just tried to generate a key pair and got the following > > > > gpg process did not finish cannot generate new key pair > > > > gpg: -:2: invalid algortihm > > gpg: -:8: missing colon > > > > > > Pete . > > > > > > Sorry for this misplaced post not sure how it go here > > > Pete i will repost correctly this time .. > > > -- > Linux 7-of-9 3.2.9-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Mar 1 09:31:13 CET 2012 > x86_64 AMD Phenom(tm) 9600B Quad-Core Processor AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux -- Evan LeCompte