[OTR-users] Error

[Ian Goldberg]

On Sat, Jun 18, 2005 at 09:28:57PM +0100, phusion9 wrote:
> Hi!                 
> 
> I'm having an error when I try to generate a private key for my MSN account
> to make a private conversation. 
> 
> I use Gaim v1.3.1 for windows with the plugin Off-the-Record Messaging 2.0.2
> 
>  
> 
> It shows that it's done but when I click ok . an error message appears:
> 
> OTR error
> 
> "Error creating OTR key Exchange Message:
> 
> Unusable secret key"
> 
>  
> 
> Can you help me? What should I do to solve this problem?

That error message means gaim-otr created your private key, but then
found it unusable later, probably when it tried to read it back from
disk.  Do you have an otr.private_key file in your gaim user directory
(the same directory as accounts.xml, blist.xml, etc.)?  What's in it?

   - Ian