client: Unable to enter "Keybase passphrase" to add second desktop client (Ubuntu)

Adding a second desktop client (ubuntu) Installed keybase, ran it, typed a long passphrase in my first client GUI shows me a list of private folders I can not get into. There’s a dialog labeled “Pinentry” that says:

Please enter your Keybase passphrase to unlock the secret key for Device […] Reason: you must sign your new paper key

It will not accept my keybase passphrase. I tried putting in my paper key, but nada. I am totally locked out on the second computer:

djh@djh-dell-p5510:~$ ls /keybase/private
dannyman  dannyman,genos,rjmb  dannyman,rjmb
djh@djh-dell-p5510:~$ ls /keybase/private/dannyman

Used to be an error. Now it just hands.

my log id: 1be4929a0457ca5a723e3a1c

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Created 8 years ago
Comments: 19 (11 by maintainers)

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Ok, thank you, that really helps. OK, let’s try some more creative ideas for dell-p5510

Can you do this, on dell-p5510?

keybase ctl stop
mv $HOME/.config/keybase $HOME/.config/keybase-old
run_keybase

And then try to reprovision again?

I’m curious to know if you’ll have the same issue. Thank you for all of your help.

maxtaco on Oct 14, 2016

It’s safe to nuke the old directory, and it’s not a surprise that it’s different, it’s a totally new set of keys.

I’m very glad you’re able to use your laptop now, but I’m highly perplexed/troubled (as is @patrickxb) as to what happened the first time. It’s clear you were using the correct passphrase, so you must have hit some rare bug that we’ve never seen before.

maxtaco on Oct 15, 2016