couch.uri is how the port is discovered by desktopcouch, iirc.
On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 7:26 PM, Paul Davis <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> >
