Comment 5 for bug 530541

 Everything worked fine, then i upgraded to Lucid and I have this bug. Seems my ~/.cache/desktop-couch/desktop-couchdb.pid is full of line breaks. Not sure how that happened in the upgrade.

duanedesign@duanedesign-laptop:~$ /usr/lib/desktopcouch/desktopcouch-service
2010-03-17 10:05:50,724 - Pid file does not contain int: '\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n'
2010-03-17 10:05:50,725 - Starting up personal couchdb.
2010-03-17 10:05:50,725 - Pid file does not contain int: '\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n'
2010-03-17 10:05:50,725 - Pid file does not contain int: '\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n'
Apache CouchDB has started, time to relax.
2010-03-17 10:05:50,842 - Pid file does not contain int: '\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n'
2010-03-17 10:05:51,244 - Pid file does not contain int: '\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n'
2010-03-17 10:05:51,344 - Pid file does not contain int: '\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n'
2010-03-17 10:05:51,445 - Pid file does not contain int: '\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n'
2010-03-17 10:05:51,646 - Pid file does not contain int: '\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n'
2010-03-17 10:05:52,147 - Pid file does not contain int: '\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n'
2010-03-17 10:05:53,150 - Pid file does not contain int: '\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n'
2010-03-17 10:05:56,154 - Pid file does not contain int: '\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/desktopcouch/desktopcouch-service", line 137, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/lib/desktopcouch/desktopcouch-service", line 84, in main
    pid = desktopcouch.find_pid(start_if_not_running=True, ctx=ctx)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/desktopcouch/__init__.py", line 35, in find_pid
    pid = start_local_couchdb.start_couchdb(ctx=ctx)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/desktopcouch/start_local_couchdb.py", line 247, in start_couchdb
    pid, port = run_couchdb(ctx=ctx)
  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.