Comment 45 for bug 530541

"Update:
I deleted my ~/.cache/desktop-couch/desktop-couchdb.pid file and it now works."

I just tried this and it worked for me, as well. Kudos!

Actually, I renamed the file (above) and it was regenerated during the next boot -- only, now it works, e.g. no desktopcouch-service crash/dialog box.

Perhaps this will help:

The content of the original file (that crashes) was simply '1837'

The content of the new file (that doesn't crash) is '1528'

Heh! These numbers don't mean jack to me, but it fixed the problem...