Stop and start desktop couch with "service"?

Question

I think I'm hitting the same error as Evolution has no access to couchdb but the first step in the solution is to "stop desktopcouch service"

Service doesn't know desktopcouch (or couch, as far as I can tell). ps shows a number of couch instances running. I could just kill them all by process ID, but that seems like a hack.

amanda    4290  0.0  0.0   1896   592 ?        S    10:16   0:00 /bin/sh -e /usr/bin/couchdb -n -a /etc/couchdb/default.ini -a /etc/xdg/desktop-couch/compulsory-auth.ini
-a /home/amanda/.config/desktop-couch/desktop-couchdb.ini
-b -r 0 -p /home/amanda/.cache/desktop-couch/desktop-couchdb.pid
-o /home/amanda/.cache/desktop-couch/desktop-couchdb.stdout
-e /home/amanda/.cache/desktop-couch/desktop-couchdb.stderr
-R amanda    4314  0.0  0.0   1896   304 ?        S    10:16   0:00 /bin/sh
-e /usr/bin/couchdb -n -a /etc/couchdb/default.ini -a /etc/xdg/desktop-couch/compulsory-auth.ini
-a /home/amanda/.config/desktop-couch/desktop-couchdb.ini
-b -r 0 -p /home/amanda/.cache/desktop-couch/desktop-couchdb.pid
-o /home/amanda/.cache/desktop-couch/desktop-couchdb.stdout
-e /home/amanda/.cache/desktop-couch/desktop-couchdb.stderr
-R amanda    4315  3.0  0.6  81816 19376 ?        Sl   10:16   1:55 /usr/lib/erlang/erts-5.7.4/bin/beam.smp
-Bd -K true -A 4 -- -root /usr/lib/erlang -progname erl -- -home /home/amanda -- -noshell -noinput
-sasl errlog_type error -couch_ini /etc/couchdb/default.ini /etc/xdg/desktop-couch/compulsory-auth.ini /home/amanda/.config/desktop-couch/desktop-couchdb.ini
-s couch -pidfile /home/amanda/.cache/desktop-couch/desktop-couchdb.pid
-heart amanda    4334  0.0  0.1  20448  3552 ?        Ssl  10:17   0:00 /usr/lib/couchdb/bin/couchjs /usr/share/couchdb/server/main.js amanda    4519  0.1  0.4  19216 12568 ?        S    10:29   0:05 /usr/bin/python /usr/lib/desktopcouch/desktopcouch-service amanda    4548  0.2  0.4  19824 12356 ?        SN   10:29   0:07 /usr/bin/python /usr/lib/desktopcouch/desktopcouch-service amanda    5841  0.0  0.0   4012   756 pts/3    S+   11:19   0:00 grep couch

What's the right way to start and stop desktopcouch in 10.10?

Answer 1

Seems what I wanted was /usr/lib/desktopcouch/desktopcouch-service and/or /usr/lib/desktopcouch/desktopcouch-stop

Answer 2

The service utility is used to control system wide services, while desktopcouch is a per-user service.

There isn't currently a defined command to kill desktopcouch, but killall desktopcouch-service should do the trick. The service should be started automatically next time it is used.