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

[Dr A. J. Trickett]

On Saturday 08 May 2010, Michael Tautschnig wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> [...]
> 
> How much (free) memory do you have on this system (apparently a KVM
>  domain). libclamav in 0.96 requires quite a bit more memory.

from /proc/meminfo

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It's a hosted KVM box so more memory costs me money.

-- 
Adam Trickett
Overton, HANTS, UK

The test of the goodness of a thing is its fitness for use.  If it
fails on this first test, no amount of ornamentation or finish will
make it any better, it will only make it more expensive and foolish.
    -- Frank Pick, lecture to the Design and Industries Assoc, 1916