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