An error occured in avast! engine: Invalid argument

[ejames82]

hi,

my avast for linux used to work fine.  some update now has given me an error message:

'An error occurred in avast! engine: Invalid argument'

i have followed the instructions in this thread:

http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=57775.0

here is a screenshot of my modification of this file. (below)

i still get the same error.

could somebody help me fix this?  thanks

[ejames82]

my fault.  i should have kept it simple, and fortunately the fix was.

all i did was open up and terminal and become root:

sudo su

i gave my password, of course.  then put in the command given by zilog

sysctl -w kernel.shmmax=128000000

avast GUI popped right up.

thanks guys (and especially zilog, sorry for the clutter  :-)

this thread has been solved.  ejames82

[flynn1959]

Thank You for keeping this post going!

I just downloaded avast free for Linux and ran into the this install problem. This is clearly the best, most recent and simplest solution for the problem.

But I do have a question: How come if this has been going on a while, nobody ha put it where you first download the install package?

I'd of been glad to run these simple commands, if I'd only known....

Thanks for great software! Rick :-)

[Asyn]

But I do have a question: How come if this has been going on a while, nobody ha put it where you first download the install package?

No idea, but it's a sticky on the forum.
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=57775.0