Hello, I have recently installed Erlang OTP 14A and recompile the latest couchdb trunk against it (07/07/2010). And I get a nasty crash right at starting: Apache CouchDB 0.12.0a37f492f-git (LogLevel=info) is starting. =CRASH REPORT==== 7-Jul-2010::16:39:38 === crasher: initial call: couch_event_sup:init/1 pid: <0.79.0> registered_name: [] exception exit: {{badmatch, {'EXIT', {{badmatch,{error,eacces}}, [{couch_log,init,1}, {gen_event,server_add_handler,4}, {gen_event,handle_msg,5}, {proc_lib,init_p_do_apply,3}]}}}, [{couch_event_sup,init,1}, {gen_server,init_it,6}, {proc_lib,init_p_do_apply,3}]} in function gen_server:init_it/6 ancestors: [couch_primary_services,couch_server_sup,<0.31.0>] messages: [] links: [<0.78.0>,<0.6.0>] dictionary: [] trap_exit: false status: running heap_size: 377 stack_size: 24 reductions: 116 neighbours: =SUPERVISOR REPORT==== 7-Jul-2010::16:39:38 === Supervisor: {local,couch_primary_services} Context: start_error Reason: {{badmatch,{'EXIT',{{badmatch,{error,eacces}}, [{couch_log,init,1}, {gen_event,server_add_handler,4}, {gen_event,handle_msg,5}, {proc_lib,init_p_do_apply,3}]}}}, [{couch_event_sup,init,1}, {gen_server,init_it,6}, {proc_lib,init_p_do_apply,3}]} Offender: [{pid,undefined}, {name,couch_log}, {mfargs,{couch_log,start_link,[]}}, {restart_type,permanent}, {shutdown,brutal_kill}, {child_type,worker}] =SUPERVISOR REPORT==== 7-Jul-2010::16:39:38 === Supervisor: {local,couch_server_sup} Context: start_error Reason: shutdown Offender: [{pid,undefined}, {name,couch_primary_services}, {mfargs,{couch_server_sup,start_primary_services,[]}}, {restart_type,permanent}, {shutdown,infinity}, {child_type,supervisor}] =CRASH REPORT==== 7-Jul-2010::16:39:38 === crasher: initial call: application_master:init/4 pid: <0.30.0> registered_name: [] exception exit: {bad_return, {{couch_app,start, [normal, ["/usr/local/etc/couchdb/default.ini", "/usr/local/etc/couchdb/local.ini"]]}, {'EXIT', {{badmatch,{error,shutdown}}, [{couch_server_sup,start_server,1}, {application_master,start_it_old,4}]}}}} in function application_master:init/4 ancestors: [<0.29.0>] messages: [{'EXIT',<0.31.0>,normal}] links: [<0.29.0>,<0.7.0>] dictionary: [] trap_exit: true status: running heap_size: 987 stack_size: 24 reductions: 163 neighbours: =INFO REPORT==== 7-Jul-2010::16:39:38 === application: couch exited: {bad_return,{{couch_app,start, [normal, ["/usr/local/etc/couchdb/default.ini", "/usr/local/etc/couchdb/local.ini"]]}, {'EXIT',{{badmatch,{error,shutdown}}, [{couch_server_sup,start_server,1}, {application_master,start_it_old,4}]}}}} type: temporary With erl: Erlang R14A (erts-5.8) [source] [64-bit] [smp:2:2] [rq:2] [async-threads:0] [hipe] [kernel-poll:false] I'm using Ubuntu 10.04 and did configure against xulrunner-devel-1.9.2.3 Any ideas or suggestions are welcome :) Thank you Nicolas Dufour nrdufour@gmail.com -- “Investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” —Benjamin Franklin