But why would that be in the system lib directory then?
On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 2:28 PM, Robert Newson <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >>> >> >
