I can reproduce this on an upgrade also. sudo /etc/init.d/couchdb start works fine, and gives me a running couchdb on http://127.0.0.1:5984/_utils/
sudo /etc/init.d/couchdb stop works fine, and shuts down couchdb. emur...@detox:~$ couchdb -i Erlang R13B01 (erts-5.7.2) [source] [smp:2:2] [rq:2] [async-threads:0] [kernel-poll:true] Eshell V5.7.2 (abort with ^G) 1> Apache CouchDB 0.10.0a (LogLevel=info) is starting. {"init terminating in do_boot",{{badmatch,{error,shutdown}},[{couch_server_sup,start_server,1},{erl_eval,do_apply,5},{erl_eval,exprs,5},{init,start_it,1},{init,start_em,1}]}} Crash dump was written to: erl_crash.dump init terminating in do_boot () -- Crash dump on 'couchdb' invocation https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/424023 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs