Public bug reported: I installed jenkins - it didn't start.
/var/log/jenkins/jenkins.log is empty No messages in syslog related to jenkins The service is stuck in stop/waiting state: root@Ivy:~# service jenkins status jenkins stop/waiting root@Ivy:~# service jenkins stop stop: Unknown instance: root@Ivy:~# service jenkins start jenkins start/running, process 2052 root@Ivy:~# service jenkins stop stop: Unknown instance: root@Ivy:~# service jenkins status jenkins stop/waiting I thought perhaps it was a java dependency that wasn't correctly defined, so I installed openjre, there was no change ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: jenkins 1.409.1-0ubuntu4.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-13.22-generic-pae 3.0.6 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-13-generic-pae i686 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4 Architecture: i386 Date: Thu Dec 8 12:15:57 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: jenkins UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: jenkins (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 oneiric -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/901810 Title: Jenkins won't start on a fresh Oneiric install To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jenkins/+bug/901810/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs