# Onlykey-gpg init gets stuck **URL:** \ **Category:** SSH, OpenPGP, GPG\ **Created:** [June 5, 2021, 4:21pm UTC](https://onlykey.discourse.group/t/onlykey-gpg-init-gets-stuck/414 "2021-06-05T16:21:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![un1q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/43a26b/32.png) [@un1q](https://onlykey.discourse.group/u/un1q)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2021, 4:21pm UTC](https://onlykey.discourse.group/t/onlykey-gpg-init-gets-stuck/414/1 "2021-06-05T16:21:57Z")
Hi, Am a new onlykey user. Am trying to setup the gpg keys and am stuck at the onlykey-gpg init command. **Environment :** OS : Mac OS X Catalina Onlykey App : 5.3.0 Onlykey firmware : 2.1.0 gpg (GnuPG) 2.3.1 libgcrypt 1.9.3 **Steps followed:** 1. Set the onlykey in config mode and set the derived key mode to “button press” by executing the command “onlykey-cli derivedkeymode 1” 2. Couldn’t figure out how to exit config mode evern after searching for more than 30min on docs/google. **What is the correct procedure to come out of config mode ?** 3. One of the forum post mentioned to just remove and reconnect. So did the same. Remove the key and reconnect. enter the pin to unlock 4. Run : rm -rf ~/.gnupg ; onlykey-gpg init “user1 [user1@xyz.com](mailto:user1@xyz.com)" 5. Here is where it gets stuck. It initially asks to enter 3 digit code 262. I just touch a key and then it shows enter code 512. Again i touch a key , the LED turns GREEN but the cli command is stuck there. I have also tried to enter the code on onlykey but the result is same. It gets stuck after showing the second 3 digit challenge code the second time. I have to do ctrl+c after waiting for more than 15min. ```auto 2021-06-05 23:51:32,442 WARNING This GPG tool is still in EXPERIMENTAL mode, so please note that the API and features may change without backwards compatibility! [__init__.py:128] 2021-06-05 23:51:32,502 WARNING NOTE: in order to re-generate the exact same GPG key later, run this command with "--time=0" commandline flag (to set the timestamp of the GPG key manually). [__init__.py:39] Enter the 3 digit challenge code on OnlyKey to authorize |ed25519> 2 6 2 Enter the 3 digit challenge code on OnlyKey to authorize |ed25519> 5 1 2 ^C gpg: signal Interrupt caught ... exiting Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/bin/onlykey-gpg", line 8, in sys.exit(gpg_tool()) File "/usr/local/bin/onlykey_agent.py", line 6, in gpg_tool = lambda: libagent.gpg.main(DeviceType) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/libagent/gpg/ __init__.py", line 381, in main return args.func(device_type=device_type, args=args) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/libagent/gpg/ __init__.py", line 212, in run_init check_call(keyring.gpg_command(['--homedir', homedir, verbosity, File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/libagent/gpg/ __init__.py", line 114, in check_call subprocess.check_call(args=args, stdin=stdin, env=env) File "/usr/local/Cellar/python@3.9/3.9.5/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/subprocess.py", line 368, in check_call retcode = call(*popenargs, **kwargs) File "/usr/local/Cellar/python@3.9/3.9.5/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/subprocess.py", line 351, in call return p.wait(timeout=timeout) File "/usr/local/Cellar/python@3.9/3.9.5/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/subprocess.py", line 1189, in wait return self._wait(timeout=timeout) File "/usr/local/Cellar/python@3.9/3.9.5/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/subprocess.py", line 1917, in _wait (pid, sts) = self._try_wait(0) File "/usr/local/Cellar/python@3.9/3.9.5/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/subprocess.py", line 1875, in _try_wait (pid, sts) = os.waitpid(self.pid, wait_flags) KeyboardInterrupt ``` **Questions:** 1. What am i doing wrong in generating the key ? Is there something am missing ? 2. What is the correct procedure to come out of config mode ? 3. How do i know if i have set the Derived Key User Input Mode as “button press” ? The App does not read the preferences. So how can i check the same ? TIA. EDIT: Added additional info , Reordering/updating my questions. ---
**Author:** ![un1q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/43a26b/32.png) [@un1q](https://onlykey.discourse.group/u/un1q)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2021, 7:44am UTC](https://onlykey.discourse.group/t/onlykey-gpg-init-gets-stuck/414/2 "2021-06-06T07:44:43Z")
I could solve the problem. Just putting this for other’s reference. The problem seems to be on the gpg version. I had installed the gpg on mac using brew `brew install gnupg` . This installed gpg version 2.3.1. This version seems to be not compatible with onlykey-gpg creating the above mentioned problems of getting stuck. Resoultion : 1. uninstall brew gnupg version `brew uninstall gnupg` 2. Install gnupg by installing GPGsuite from [gpgtools.org](https://gpgtools.org/) 3. delete the ~/.gnupg/onlykey directory and rerun the onlykey-gpg init command. ---
**Author:** ![t11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e7dd6/32.png) [@t11](https://onlykey.discourse.group/u/t11)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2021, 12:09pm UTC](https://onlykey.discourse.group/t/onlykey-gpg-init-gets-stuck/414/3 "2021-06-07T12:09:31Z")
Thanks for the detailed report here. It looks like there may be some issues with gnupg 2.3 support for other things too - [Update scdaemon.conf for gnupg 2.3 with MacOS (and possibly others) · Issue #256 · drduh/YubiKey-Guide · GitHub](https://github.com/drduh/YubiKey-Guide/issues/256) I will test this out and see if I can reproduce issue.