[rabbitmq-discuss] rabbitmq 1.5.1-1 from debian pool fails to start

[christopher hoover]

On two machines so far, one Debian testing and the other Ubuntu jaunty,
rabbitmq 1.5.1-1 fails to start.     1.5 was OK.

ch at frob:~$ uname -a
Linux frob.xxxxxx 2.6.26-1-686 #1 SMP Thu Aug 28 12:00:54 UTC 2008 i686
GNU/Linux
ch at frob:~$ cat /etc/issue
 Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 \n \l

ch at frob:~$ grep rabbit /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://www.rabbitmq.com/debian/ testing main
ch at frob:~$ dpkg -l | egrep 'rabbit|erlang'
ii  erlang-base                                  1:12.b.3-dfsg-4
Concurrent, real-time, distributed functional language (virtual 
ii  erlang-nox                                   1:12.b.3-dfsg-4
Concurrent, real-time, distributed functional language (no X11 d
iF  rabbitmq-server                              1.5.1-1
An AMQP server written in Erlang
ch at frob:~$ cat /var/log/rabbitmq/startup_err 
Kernel pid terminated (application_controller)
({application_start_failure,kernel,{shutdown,{kernel,start,[normal,[]]}}})
Error: {node_start_failed,normal}
ch at frob:~$ cat /var/log/rabbitmq/startup_log 
Starting all nodes...
Starting node rabbit at frob...
{error_logger,{{2009,1,25},{20,13,20}},"Protocol: ~p: register/listen error:
~p~n",["inet_tcp",einval]}
{error_logger,{{2009,1,25},{20,13,20}},crash_report,[[{pid,<0.21.0>},{regist
ered_name,net_kernel},{error_info,{exit,{error,badarg},[{gen_server,init_it,
6},{proc_lib,init_p,5}]}},{initial_call,{gen,init_it,[gen_server,<0.18.0>,<0
.18.0>,{local,net_kernel},net_kernel,{rabbit,shortnames,15000},[]]}},{ancest
ors,[net_sup,kernel_sup,<0.9.0>]},{messages,[]},{links,[<0.18.0>]},{dictiona
ry,[{longnames,false}]},{trap_exit,true},{status,running},{heap_size,377},{s
tack_size,23},{reductions,300}],[]]}
{error_logger,{{2009,1,25},{20,13,20}},supervisor_report,[{supervisor,{local
,net_sup}},{errorContext,start_error},{reason,{'EXIT',nodistribution}},{offe
nder,[{pid,undefined},{name,net_kernel},{mfa,{net_kernel,start_link,[[rabbit
,shortnames]]}},{restart_type,permanent},{shutdown,2000},{child_type,worker}
]}]}
{error_logger,{{2009,1,25},{20,13,20}},supervisor_report,[{supervisor,{local
,kernel_sup}},{errorContext,start_error},{reason,shutdown},{offender,[{pid,u
ndefined},{name,net_sup},{mfa,{erl_distribution,start_link,[]}},{restart_typ
e,permanent},{shutdown,infinity},{child_type,supervisor}]}]}
{error_logger,{{2009,1,25},{20,13,20}},crash_report,[[{pid,<0.8.0>},{registe
red_name,[]},{error_info,{exit,{shutdown,{kernel,start,[normal,[]]}},[{appli
cation_master,init,4},{proc_lib,init_p,5}]}},{initial_call,{application_mast
er,init,[<0.6.0>,<0.7.0>,{appl_data,kernel,[application_controller,erl_reply
,auth,boot_server,code_server,disk_log_server,disk_log_sup,erl_prim_loader,e
rror_logger,file_server_2,fixtable_server,global_group,global_name_server,he
art,init,kernel_config,kernel_sup,net_kernel,net_sup,rex,user,os_server,ddll
_server,erl_epmd,inet_db,pg2],undefined,{kernel,[]},[application,application
_controller,application_master,application_starter,auth,code,code_aux,packag
es,code_server,dist_util,erl_boot_server,erl_distribution,erl_prim_loader,er
l_reply,erlang,error_handler,error_logger,file,file_server,file_io_server,pr
im_file,global,global_group,global_search,group,heart,hipe_unified_loader,in
et6_tcp,inet6_tcp_dist,inet6_udp,inet_config,inet_hosts,inet_gethost_native,
inet_tcp_dist,init,kernel,kernel_config,net,net_adm,net_kernel,os,ram_file,r
pc,user,user_drv,user_sup,disk_log,disk_log_1,disk_log_server,disk_log_sup,d
ist_ac,erl_ddll,erl_epmd,erts_debug,gen_tcp,gen_udp,gen_sctp,prim_inet,inet,
inet_db,inet_dns,inet_parse,inet_res,inet_tcp,inet_udp,inet_sctp,pg2,seq_tra
ce,wrap_log_reader,zlib,otp_ring0],[],infinity,infinity},normal]}},{ancestor
s,[<0.7.0>]},{messages,[{'EXIT',<0.9.0>,normal}]},{links,[<0.7.0>,<0.6.0>]},
{dictionary,[]},{trap_exit,true},{status,running},{heap_size,610},{stack_siz
e,23},{reductions,127}],[]]}
{error_logger,{{2009,1,25},{20,13,20}},std_info,[{application,kernel},{exite
d,{shutdown,{kernel,start,[normal,[]]}}},{type,permanent}]}
{"Kernel pid
terminated",application_controller,"{application_start_failure,kernel,{shutd
own,{kernel,start,[normal,[]]}}}"}
ch at frob:~$