[Pkg-clamav-devel] Bug#577499: clamav-daemon will not start, even when purged and reinstalled

[Michael Tautschnig]

> Package: clamav-daemon
> Version: 0.96+dfsg-4~volatile1
> Followup-For: Bug #577499
> 
> 
> It use to work okay, but since the recent upgrade it has stopped working,
> and I can't make it start normally. I've done a purge of all the clamav bits
> and reinstalled and it still refuses to start.
> 
> Config is from virgin install.
> 
> 
> 
> Log file: clamav.log
> --------------------
> 
> Fri May  7 18:02:42 2010 -> +++ Started at Fri May  7 18:02:42 2010
> Fri May  7 18:02:42 2010 -> clamd daemon 0.96 (OS: linux-gnu, ARCH: i386, CPU: i486)
> Fri May  7 18:02:42 2010 -> Log file size limit disabled.
> Fri May  7 18:02:42 2010 -> Reading databases from /var/lib/clamav
> Fri May  7 18:02:42 2010 -> Not loading PUA signatures.
> Fri May  7 18:03:06 2010 -> Loaded 1168446 signatures.
> Fri May  7 18:03:07 2010 -> LOCAL: Unix socket file /var/run/clamav/clamd.ctl
> Fri May  7 18:03:07 2010 -> LOCAL: Setting connection queue length to 15
> Fri May  7 18:03:08 2010 -> ERROR: daemonize() failed
> Fri May  7 18:03:08 2010 -> Socket file removed.
> 
> 

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How much (free) memory do you have on this system (apparently a KVM domain).
libclamav in 0.96 requires quite a bit more memory.

Best,
Michael

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