Client: "Invalid device name"

Created on 9 Nov 2017 · 9Comments · Source: keybase/client

I'm trying to login for the first time on Ubuntu 16.04 (64 bit) and it doesn't want to accept any device names. I've just created an account on the website and downloaded the client.

I enter various device names:

keybase2

It gave this error message no matter what I tried:

keybase1

After a few attempts, this error message was shown:

keybase3

my log id: f264d76cf7b220e241c6951c

Source

j127

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Most helpful comment

Megawhoops. It's a bug in our Linux build, the fix is in https://github.com/keybase/client/pull/9455 and we'll have a launch tomorrow. Thanks!

maxtaco on 9 Nov 2017

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All 9 comments

Sorry about this, something is weird, and it's getting misreported as a bad device. @patrickxb do you have any ideas?

maxtaco on 9 Nov 2017

Facing the same issue on RHEL

agiantwhale on 9 Nov 2017

Megawhoops. It's a bug in our Linux build, the fix is in https://github.com/keybase/client/pull/9455 and we'll have a launch tomorrow. Thanks!

maxtaco on 9 Nov 2017

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the same issue on Ubuntu. Looking forward to try it again tomorrow.

oren on 9 Nov 2017

Also, i would suggest explaining what are the implications of public name. what does it mean and can i change it later on etc.. Thanks

oren on 9 Nov 2017

I hit the same issue on Ubuntu 16.04. Thanks for the quick fix − looking forward to it!

JeanFred on 9 Nov 2017

We _just_ shipped a new Linux build that should fix this issue. Please let us know if anyone's still seeing it after updating to 1.0.35-20171109144506+0a5d2ba25.