What do you see in /var/lib/couchdb then?
On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 12:39 PM, Dan Himes <dhi...@vlesolutions.com> wrote: > Thank you so much for your time, Paul. I am trying to be clear and > specific for those whom may follow... > > In /etc/couchdb/default.ini I have: > > [couchdb] > database_dir = /var/lib/couchdb > view_index_dir = /var/lib/couchdb > util_driver_dir = /lib/couchdb/erlang/lib/couch-1.0.1/priv/lib > ... > > This makes me think that everything "just worked" when following the > installation instructions. Sheer luck, though: I unpacked everything > in /home/dhimes/apache-couch* and did as instructed (I found nothing > telling me to unpack the tarball to any specific directory). > > > On Thu, 2010-09-23 at 12:22 -0400, Paul Davis wrote: > >> Check what's in /etc/couchdb/default.ini to see if its pointing at a >> funny directory. Also, when you installed, did you make sure and >> change install paths? Or did your new ini get installed to >> /usr/local/etc/couchdb/default.ini? >> >> HTH, >> Paul Davis >> >> On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 12:16 PM, Dan Himes <dhi...@vlesolutions.com> wrote: >> > Thanks, Paul. >> > >> > /etc/init.d/couchdb stop >> > attempted to reload futon, but reload failed so couchdb was stopped >> > >> > I did command you indicated with "cp" instead of "mv" (and didn't >> > delete) >> > >> > /etc/init.d/couchdb start >> > >> > reload futon successful, but futon is still pointing to /0.10.0/ >> > directory. >> > >> > Tried to "configure," but says I'm not a server admin. I am, but now >> > need to see how to tell futon. I didn't run into this before, but maybe >> > I just didn't get that far. I had set myself up in couchdb 0.10.0 as a >> > db admin, but not a server admin. Old dbadmin credentials don't appear >> > to be recognized as login is hanging. >> > >> > On Thu, 2010-09-23 at 11:58 -0400, Paul Davis wrote: >> > >> >> Most odd. >> >> >> >> Sounds like a config changed from the previous version. Ie, the db >> >> path went from: >> >> >> >> /path/to/dbs/0.10.0/ >> >> >> >> to >> >> >> >> /path/to/dbs/ >> >> >> >> Which isn't out of this world unbelievable. To fix it, just do: >> >> >> >> sudo mv /path/to/dbs/0.10.0/* /path/to/dbs/ && rmdir /path/to/dbs/0.10.0/ >> >> >> >> Make sure couchdb is stopped when you do that to avoid other funny errors. >> >> >> >> Also, make sure to have a backup if you're not comfortable moving >> >> datafiles around on the command line. >> >> >> >> Paul >> >> >> >> On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 11:47 AM, Dan Himes <dhi...@vlesolutions.com> >> >> wrote: >> >> > Hello, >> >> > >> >> > I'm brand new, but I couldn't find a reference to this problem. I had >> >> > the ubuntu package couchdb 0.10 installed, but recently moved to 1.0.1 >> >> > by installing from source following the guide here: >> >> > http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Installing_on_Ubuntu). However, futon >> >> > now shows the database as 0.10.0/dbname (for example, >> >> > 0.10.0/hello-world), and when I click on it I get the error: >> >> > >> >> > +++ >> >> > Error: illegal_database_name >> >> > >> >> > Only lowercase characters (a-z), digits (0-9), and any of the characters >> >> > _, $, (, ), +, -, and / are allowed. Must begin with a letter. >> >> > +++ >> >> > >> >> > I understand what the error means, but not how to move past it. Thank >> >> > you for your help! >> >> > >> >> > Best regards, >> >> > Dan >> >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > Daniel E. Himes, Ph.D. >> > President >> > Virtual Learning Environment Solutions, Inc. >> > 4 Bartlett St ~ Marblehead Massachusetts ~ 01945-2720 >> > 781.277.1151 >> > > > > > Daniel E. Himes, Ph.D. > President > Virtual Learning Environment Solutions, Inc. > 4 Bartlett St ~ Marblehead Massachusetts ~ 01945-2720 > 781.277.1151 >
