Right, no idea what couch.uri is, but to fix it you should just need to move what's in the 0.10.0 up one directory. If there's nothing in that directory you can just delete it.
On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 2:14 PM, Dan Himes <[email protected]> wrote: > /var/lib/couchdb: > 0.10.0 couch.uri _users.couch > > It looks like it made a "back-up" directory 0.10.0 of the existing > databases (that's what's in 0.10.0 directory) > > On Thu, 2010-09-23 at 13:52 -0400, Paul Davis wrote: > >> What do you see in /var/lib/couchdb then? >> >> On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 12:39 PM, Dan Himes <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> >> >> 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 <[email protected]> >> >> >> 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 >> > > > > > Daniel E. Himes, Ph.D. > President > Virtual Learning Environment Solutions, Inc. > 4 Bartlett St ~ Marblehead Massachusetts ~ 01945-2720 > 781.277.1151 >
