1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/afl-sharedmem.c b/src/afl-sharedmem.c
index fbb8e65d..22fe5a62 100644
--- a/src/afl-sharedmem.c
+++ b/src/afl-sharedmem.c
@@ -244,7 +244,11 @@ u8 *afl_shm_init(sharedmem_t *shm, size_t map_size,
 
   shm->shm_id =
       shmget(IPC_PRIVATE, map_size, IPC_CREAT | IPC_EXCL | DEFAULT_PERMISSION);
-  if (shm->shm_id < 0) { PFATAL("shmget() failed"); }
+  if (shm->shm_id < 0) {
+
+    PFATAL("shmget() failed, try running afl-system-config");
+
+  }
 
   if (shm->cmplog_mode) {
 
@@ -254,7 +258,7 @@ u8 *afl_shm_init(sharedmem_t *shm, size_t map_size,
     if (shm->cmplog_shm_id < 0) {
 
       shmctl(shm->shm_id, IPC_RMID, NULL);  // do not leak shmem
-      PFATAL("shmget() failed");
+      PFATAL("shmget() failed, try running afl-system-config");
 
     }