Weird GPG problem - Newbie needs help.

[Phillip]

Hello Everybody.
I'm just getting started with GPG and have a problem allready before my key 
is finished. Maybe you can help.

When generating a key with GPG 1.0.6 I get following errormsg., presumably at 
the end of the keygeneration (GPG asks me to do some actions and all that 
stuff / writes those characters (+-.)). What's the problem with this and do 
you suggest as a stategy to solve this problem?

>>>
gpg: [don't know]: invalid packet (ctb=67)
gpg: /home/qbert/.gnupg/pubring.gpg: copy to 
/home/qbert/.gnupg/pubring.gpg.tmp
failed: Ungültiges Paket
gpg: can't write public key: Ungültiges Paket
Schlüsselerzeugung fehlgeschlagen: Ungültiges Paket
<<<

Translations:
"Ungültiges Packet" means "invalid paket"
"Schlüsselerzeugung fehlgeschlagen:" means "key generation failed"

Thanks in advance.

Kind regards

Phillip R.