[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 -- Viktor Garske E-Mail: viktor.garske@xxxxxxxxx Google+: http://google.com/+ViktorGarske