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The "Error_messages" page has been changed by GermanGalkin. The comment on this change is: added second solution to "start up error" section. http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Error_messages?action=diff&rev1=26&rev2=27 -------------------------------------------------- sudo port install couchdb }}} - === Gentoo failed start up error === + === Failed start up error === - I got this error on gentoo: + '''Problem''' I got this error on gentoo: {{{ =SUPERVISOR REPORT==== 14-Sep-2010::06:34:21 === @@ -351, +351 @@ I surmise the problem is that once you've run couchdb as root once, it mucks up all the file ownerships so you can't run it as the couchdb user again. - So my fix was to totally delete it all and start again, like this (running as root): + '''Solution 1''' So my fix was to totally delete it all and start again, like this (running as root): {{{ /etc/init.d/couchdb stop @@ -387, +387 @@ If you really can't loose whatever data and configs you have .. or you could back them up first :) + + '''Solution 2''' + I've got the same error on Ubuntu, it turned out to be a permissions issue for the log file ("/var/log/couchdb/couch.log" as specified in default.ini). + You can adjust permissions/ownership for the file or override log file location in local.ini (or in your favorite file in the config chain): + + {{{ + [log] + file = /home/couchdb/log/couch.log + }}} + + == Runtime Errors ==