On 2015-03-12 18:55, Sven Reissmann wrote:
strange ~ # ping keys.gnupg.net PING pool.sks-keyservers.net (144.76.120.109) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from encrypt.to (144.76.120.109): icmp_req=1 ttl=56 time=6.71 ms 64 bytes from encrypt.to (144.76.120.109): icmp_req=2 ttl=56 time=6.84 ms
strange ~ # gpg --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --recv 886DDD89 gpg: requesting key 886DDD89 from hkp server keys.gnupg.net ?: keys.gnupg.net: Host not found gpgkeys: HTTP fetch error 7: couldn't connect: Success gpg: no valid OpenPGP data found. gpg: Total number processed: 0
Maybe gpg tries to contact a different address and fails. Have you tried adding "keys.gnupg.net" to /etc/hosts under one of the IPs you can ping?
Best regards, Alexander