error on attempting to read from database
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                 Key: COUCHDB-1135
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-1135
             Project: CouchDB
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: Database Core
    Affects Versions: 1.0.2
         Environment: OS - Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.5 
            Reporter: Gilbert Agum
            Priority: Critical


Couchdb errors on attempting to read from a database 

i.e. the response to curl requests that attempt to read the namespace is 

{"error":"kill","reason":"{gen_server,call,\n    [couch_server,\n     {open,<<\"test_005\">>,\n         [{user_ctx,\n              {user_ctx,null,\n                  [<<\"_admin\">>],\n                  <<\"{couch_httpd_auth, default_authentication_handler}\">>}}]},\n     infinity]}"}

and in the log file 

[Wed, 20 Apr 2011 12:04:45 GMT] [error] [<0.125.0>] ** Generic server <0.125.0> terminating 
** Last message in was {pread_iolist,6769922532}
** When Server state == {file,{file_descriptor,prim_file,{#Port<0.2074>,13}},
                              0,6770856039}
** Reason for termination == 
** {{badmatch,{ok,<<13,97,115,115,101,116,95,99,97,99,104,101,95,51,104,2,
                    110,4,0,226,121,136,12,104,2,97,2,97,0,104,2,109,0,0,0,
                    13,97,115,115,101,116,95,99,97,99,104,101,95,56,104,2,98,
...

The .couch file is 6Gb on a ext3 filesystem. Attempting to find the steps to recreate.

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