Filipe, thanks for the answer.
Actually I was trying to execute couchdb when it was already running.
I was doing that because even if it's running, it's totally unresponsive:
astroboy@mcnulty ~ $ curl -v http://localhost:5984
* About to connect() to localhost port 5984 (#0)
*   Trying 127.0.0.1... Connection refused
* couldn't connect to host
* Closing connection #0

If I run couchdb -i it says "cannot open shared object file: No such
file or directory".
Under the suggestion of the irc people, I ran strace couchdb -i and
that's the result: http://pastebin.com/jkWyWTzB .
There are a bunch of "No such file or directory", but I can't really
guess what's going wrong.

-- Francesco



On 3 July 2010 19:49, Filipe David Manana <fdmanana@apache.org> wrote:
> Francesco,
>
> it seems CouchDB is not able to bind to the address specified in your .ini
> config. (error "eaddrnotavail")
>
> My ini config uses the following:
>
> [httpd]
> port = 5984
> bind_address = 127.0.0.1
>
> Verify if you have a wrong bind_address in yours.
>
> cheers
>
> On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 6:34 PM, Francesco Mazzoli <e.imhotep@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I have just installed couchdb 0.11 on gentoo, using the ebuild present
>> in portage.
>> The problem is that I can't start it.
>> That's the log:
>>
>> [Sat, 03 Jul 2010 09:02:12 GMT] [error] [<0.95.0>] {error_report,<0.31.0>,
>>              {<0.95.0>,crash_report,
>>
>> [[{initial_call,{mochiweb_socket_server,init,['Argument__1']}},
>>                 {pid,<0.95.0>},
>>                 {registered_name,[]},
>>                 {error_info,{exit,eaddrnotavail,
>>                                   [{gen_server,init_it,6},
>>                                    {proc_lib,init_p_do_apply,3}]}},
>>                 {ancestors,[couch_secondary_services,couch_server_sup,
>>                             <0.32.0>]},
>>                 {messages,[]},
>>                 {links,[<0.85.0>]},
>>                 {dictionary,[]},
>>                 {trap_exit,true},
>>                 {status,running},
>>                 {heap_size,1597},
>>                 {stack_size,24},
>>                 {reductions,446}],
>>                []]}}
>>
>> [Sat, 03 Jul 2010 09:02:12 GMT] [error] [<0.85.0>] {error_report,<0.31.0>,
>>              {<0.85.0>,supervisor_report,
>>               [{supervisor,{local,couch_secondary_services}},
>>                {errorContext,start_error},
>>                {reason,eaddrnotavail},
>>                {offender,[{pid,undefined},
>>                           {name,httpd},
>>                           {mfa,{couch_httpd,start_link,[]}},
>>                           {restart_type,permanent},
>>                           {shutdown,brutal_kill},
>>                           {child_type,worker}]}]}}
>>
>> [Sat, 03 Jul 2010 09:02:12 GMT] [error] [<0.77.0>] {error_report,<0.31.0>,
>>    {<0.77.0>,supervisor_report,
>>     [{supervisor,{local,couch_server_sup}},
>>      {errorContext,start_error},
>>      {reason,shutdown},
>>      {offender,
>>          [{pid,undefined},
>>           {name,couch_secondary_services},
>>           {mfa,{couch_server_sup,start_secondary_services,[]}},
>>           {restart_type,permanent},
>>           {shutdown,infinity},
>>           {child_type,supervisor}]}]}}
>>
>> I don't know how to interpret these errors, any suggestions?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> -- Francesco
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Filipe David Manana,
> fdmanana@apache.org
>
> "Reasonable men adapt themselves to the world.
> Unreasonable men adapt the world to themselves.
> That's why all progress depends on unreasonable men."
>