That appears to be exactly what it is. Thank you. Dan
On Thu, 2010-09-23 at 19:28 +0100, Robert Newson 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 > >> > > Daniel E. Himes, Ph.D. President Virtual Learning Environment Solutions, Inc. 4 Bartlett St ~ Marblehead Massachusetts ~ 01945-2720 781.277.1151
