trouble executing ejabberd-2.0.2-linux-x86-installer.bin

Kurt,

I uninstalled erlang-base and erlang-nox and used Synaptic to reinstall ejabberd 2.0.1-2 hardy backport. It automatically added erlang-base and erlang-nox and installed these also. The installation went very fast.

Unlike the (false) etch installation, ejabberd does not appear to be running. I only see one process instead of the two using the etch install, which hogged 100% CPU. That second process also had a very long command line (see below at bottom).

For hardy backport installation:
# ps -AF |grep erlan*
ejabberd 6053 1 0 498 392 0 21:18 ? 00:00:00 /usr/lib/erlang/erts-5.5.5/bin/epmd -daemon
root 6119 6102 0 751 764 0 21:20 pts/2 00:00:00 grep erlan*

# ps -AF |grep ejabber*
ejabberd 6053 1 0 498 392 0 21:18 ? 00:00:00 /usr/lib/erlang/erts-5.5.5/bin/epmd -daemon
root 6121 6102 0 751 768 0 21:21 pts/2 00:00:00 grep ejabber*

# ejabberdctl status
RPC failed on the node ejabberd@Persistent: nodedown

# ejabberdctl start
RPC failed on the node ejabberd@Persistent: nodedown

# sudo ejabberdctl register name password
RPC failed on the node ejabberd@Persistent: nodedown

I saw a comment
"you need to edit the /etc/ejabberd/ejabberd.cfg and put your hostname in where it tells you in the comments",
but don't understand exactly what to do.

Do you have any comments how I can get ejabberd running
completely?

Earl

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under /etc/init.d/ejabberd is the following:

#! /bin/sh
#
# ejabberd Start/stop ejabberd server
#

### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: ejabberd
# Required-Start: $remote_fs $network
# Required-Stop: $remote_fs $network
# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop: 0 1 6
# Short-Description: Starts ejabberd jabber server
# Description: Starts ejabberd jabber server, an XMPP
# compliant server written in Erlang.
### END INIT INFO

PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
EJABBERD=/usr/sbin/ejabberd
EJABBERDCTL=/usr/sbin/ejabberdctl
EJABBERDUSER=ejabberd
NAME=ejabberd

test -f $EJABBERD || exit 0
test -f $EJABBERDCTL || exit 0

# Include ejabberd defaults if available
if [ -f /etc/default/ejabberd ] ; then
. /etc/default/ejabberd
fi

ctl()
{
action="$1"
su $EJABBERDUSER -c "$EJABBERDCTL $action" >/dev/null
}

start()
{
cd /var/lib/ejabberd
su $EJABBERDUSER -c "$EJABBERD -noshell -detached"
}

stop()
{
if ctl stop ; then
cnt=0
sleep 1
while ctl status ; do
echo -n .
cnt=`expr $cnt + 1`
if [ $cnt -gt 60 ] ; then
echo -n " failed"
break
fi
sleep 1
done
else
echo -n " failed"
fi
}

case "$1" in
start)
echo -n "Starting jabber server: $NAME"
if ctl status ; then
echo -n " already running"
else
start
fi
;;
stop)
echo -n "Stopping jabber server: $NAME"
if ctl status ; then
stop
else
echo -n " already stopped"
fi
;;
restart|force-reload)
echo -n "Restarting jabber server: $NAME"
if ctl status ; then
stop
start
else
echo -n " is not running. Starting $NAME"
start
fi
;;
*)
echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|force-reload}" >&2
exit 1
;;
esac

if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
echo .
else
echo " failed."
fi

exit 0
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here are the two processes when I falsely installed from etch:

# ps -AF |grep ejabberd

ejabberd 4718 1 0 498 396 0 Oct02 ? 00:00:04 /usr/lib/erlang/erts-5.5.5/bin/epmd -daemon

ejabberd 4737 1 0 6219 20184 0 Oct02 ? 00:00:28 /usr/lib/erlang/erts-5.5.5/bin/beam -K false -P 250000 -- -root /usr/lib/erlang -progname erl -- -home /var/lib/ejabberd -sname ejabberd -pa /usr/lib/ejabberd/ebin -s ejabberd -kernel inetrc "/etc/ejabberd/inetrc" -ejabberd config "/etc/ejabberd/ejabberd.cfg" log_path "/var/log/ejabberd/ejabberd.log" -sasl sasl_error_logger {file,"/var/log/ejabberd/sasl.log"} -mnesia dir "/var/lib/ejabberd" -smp disable -noshell -noshell -noinput