Running gvm-check-setup unable to fix the FIX

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I have tried everything under the sun to get this blocker FIXED, and I am at a loss. I have no idea what to do anymore, I have tried so many different commands and cannot seem to get past this…

(root㉿kali)-[~]
└─# gvm-check-setup
gvm-check-setup 25.04.0
This script is provided and maintained by Debian and Kali.
Test completeness and readiness of GVM-25.04.0
Step 1: Checking OpenVAS (Scanner)…
OK: OpenVAS Scanner is present in version 23.20.1.
OK: Notus Scanner is present in version 22.6.5.
OK: Server CA Certificate is present as /var/lib/gvm/CA/servercert.pem.
Checking permissions of /var/lib/openvas/gnupg/*
OK: redis-server is present.
grep: /etc/openvas/openvas.conf: No such file or directory
ERROR: scanner is not configured to use a redis-server socket.
FIX: Configure the db_address setting of the scanner to the path of the redis-server socket.

ERROR: Your GVM-25.04.0 installation is not yet complete!

Please follow the instructions marked with FIX above and run this
script again.

IMPORTANT NOTE: this script is provided and maintained by Debian and Kali.
If you find any issue in this script, please report it directly to Debian or Kali

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@PinkFlamingo01 How you installed it? Usually it works fine on fully patched kali linux.

Eero

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@PinkFlamingo01

It looks like the whole installation has gone terribly wrong—how did you do it.

Eero

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THIS Please report the issue to Kali.

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@bricks

The Kali script does work well, as long as there’s enough disk space and Kali has been updated to the latest version before installation. I’ve installed it on my test systems at least 50 times over the past month, and I’ve never encountered any issues.

Eero

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Personally I don’t care if it works or not. It’s not relevant to me and any issue reported by the script is not my business. If it catches an issue Kali should provide docs for fixing it.

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@bricks @PinkFlamingo01

I’m genuinely interested in this Kali issue, but there’s no basic information provided — no details on what was done, how it was done, or how the system was set up. The user should start with a clean Kali installation and then run the following commands:

export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive

apt -y update

apt -y upgrade

apt -y install openvas

gvm-setup

gvm-check-setup

With the information currently available, it’s completely impossible to offer any meaningful help. In most cases, the issue is user error — typically due to insufficient memory, disk space, or both.

Eero

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