[Couchdb Wiki] Update of "Error_messages" by GermanGalkin

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The comment on this change is: added second solution to "start up error" section.
http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Error_messages?action=diff&rev1=26&rev2=27

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  sudo port install couchdb
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- === Gentoo failed start up error ===
+ === Failed start up error ===
  
- I got this error on gentoo:
+ '''Problem''' I got this error on gentoo:
  
  {{{
  =SUPERVISOR REPORT==== 14-Sep-2010::06:34:21 ===
@@ -351, +351 @@

  
  I surmise the problem is that once you've run couchdb as root once, it mucks up all the file ownerships so you can't run it as the couchdb user again.
  
- So my fix was to totally delete it all and start again, like this (running as root):
+ '''Solution 1''' So my fix was to totally delete it all and start again, like this (running as root):
  
  {{{
  /etc/init.d/couchdb stop
@@ -387, +387 @@

  
  If you really can't loose whatever data and configs you have .. or you could back them up first :)
  
+ 
+ '''Solution 2'''
+ I've got the same error on Ubuntu, it turned out to be a permissions issue for the log file ("/var/log/couchdb/couch.log" as specified in default.ini).
+ You can adjust permissions/ownership for the file or override log file location in local.ini (or in your favorite file in the config chain):
+ 
+ {{{
+ [log]
+ file = /home/couchdb/log/couch.log
+ }}}
+ 
+ 
  == Runtime Errors ==