Supplementary info: I just installed couchdb on a brand new, Ubuntu 9.04 system, and I have the same problem there.
If I do `/usr/local/etc/init.d/couchdb start` then I get * Starting database server couchdb [ OK ] but no process is running thereafter. If I run according to the instructions in README, then the string "/usr/local/etc/couchdb/default.ini" is echoed twice to the console, but no process is running: $ sudo -i -u couchdb couchdb -b Apache CouchDB has started, time to relax. $ /usr/local/etc/couchdb/default.ini /usr/local/etc/couchdb/default.ini However it does work if I start without the -b (background) flag: $ sudo -i -u couchdb couchdb Apache CouchDB 0.9.0a767289 (LogLevel=info) is starting. Apache CouchDB has started. Time to relax. [info] [<0.1.0>] Apache CouchDB has started. Regards, Brian.
