Virtualmin installation failed

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Dear All,

I’m trying to install virtualmin on a fresh CentOS 5 distro via the install script. The installation failed, when checking the log files here is where it fails :

Starting saslauthd: saslauthd[23617] :detach_tty : Cannot start saslauthd
saslauthd[23617] :detach_tty : Another instance of saslauthd is currently running
[FAILED]
Configuring Virtualmin
Configuring Procmail
Configuring Webalizer
Updating /etc/shells
Enabling MySQL and PostgreSQL
Enabling Apache
Configuring and enabling BIND
Configuring resolv.conf to use local DNS server
Configuring and enabling Mailman
List creation error : List creation command failed :
Enabling status monitoring
Error occurred while enabling status monitoring: An error was detected in the new Cron configuration : 

 
0,5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55 * * * * /etc/webmin/status/monitor.pl


 at …/web-lib-funcs.pl line 1360.

Hiding the Webmin upgrade page

Error occurred hiding Webmin upgrade page:

Configuring firewall rules

Allowing traffic on TCP port: ssh

Allowing traffic on TCP port: smtp

Allowing traffic on TCP port: domain

Allowing traffic on TCP port: ftp

Allowing traffic on TCP port: ftp-data

Allowing traffic on TCP port: pop3

Allowing traffic on TCP port: pop3s

Allowing traffic on TCP port: imap

Allowing traffic on TCP port: imaps

Allowing traffic on TCP port: http

Allowing traffic on TCP port: https

Allowing traffic on TCP port: 10000

Allowing traffic on TCP port: 20000

Allowing traffic on UDP port: domain

Allowing traffic on UDP port: ftp

Allowing traffic on UDP port: ftp-data

Re-checking supported Webmin modules


error: %post(virtualmin-base-1.0-61.rh.noarch) scriptlet failed, exit status 255





Any idea of what’s wrong ?

Thanks,

Mathieu

            


            

              
              
              
            


            

                
                
              


          

          

            

              



              
                  
                  
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Hmm, you’re getting a few errors there it looks like.


Are you by chance using a VPS?  If so, what type of VPS are you using?


Also, what’s the output of this command:


free -m

            


            

              
              
              
            


            

                
                
              


          

          

            

              



              
                  
                  
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Yes i’m using a VPS, this one : http://www.hostsign.co.uk/site/onedollarvps.html with only 128Mb of RAM.


free -m returns me :


free -m

total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached


Mem:           256         20        235          0          0          0


-/+ buffers/cache:         20        235


Swap:            0          0          0


(no swap at all ?)


Thanks for your quick answer :slight_smile:

            


            

              
              
              
            


            

                
                
              


          

          

            

              



              
                  
                  
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Howdy,


Ah, I suspect that’s your issue.  Let me guess… that’s an OpenVZ-based VPS? :slight_smile:


They tend to be a bit low on memory, and don’t come with swap.


You’d really want at least 512MB of dedicated memory, but possibly more if there isn’t any swap to work with.


During the installation process, it’s likely running out of RAM in several places, causing the errors you were seeing.


It may be worth shelling out the extra $4/month for the VPS that comes with 640MB of RAM :slight_smile:


I’d suggest getting more dedicated RAM, then re-running the installer and see if that helps.


-Eric