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

[christopher hoover]

> How did you start rabbit? In a standard debian setup you should be
> using
>    /etc/init.d/rabbitmq-server start

I just let the package system start the system.

If I use /etc/init.d/rabbitmq-server, I get the same problem.

> Also, is there a process called 'epmd' running on your machine? If so,
> it may be worth killing it; it should get restarted automatically when
> you first run rabbit.

Epmd is left around by the failed startup.  Killing it off beforehand (it
wasn't there obviously on the first clean install), makes no difference --
same lossage.

-ch