gwibber-service crashed with RuntimeError in run_couchdb()

[Nigel Atkinson]

Binary package hint: gwibber

Running under VMware on XP.
Happened just after (automatic) login.

ERROR:
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/desktopcouch/start_local_couchdb.py", line 132, in run_couchdb
    raise RuntimeError("Can not start couchdb.")
RuntimeError: Can not start couchdb.

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Mar 17 11:20:41 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gwibber-service
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.6
Package: gwibber-service 2.29.92.1-0ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/gwibber-service
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, username)
 LANG=en_NZ.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-16.25-generic
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/gwibber-service']
SourcePackage: gwibber
Title: gwibber-service crashed with RuntimeError in run_couchdb()
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-16-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout dip floppy fuse lpadmin plugdev sambashare video

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Thank you for taking the time to report this crash and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular crash has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #537966, so is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.