Unable to start MongoDB on Ubuntu 10.10
Solution 1:
If you haven't done so, create a data directory as described at http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/Quickstart+Unix
Check the contents of /etc/mongodb.conf
I would try running the mongodb executable directly and pass it command line options
- -v -v -v
- --logpath /tmp/mongotest
and anything else that seems useful from http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/Command+Line+Parameters
Solution 2:
check if there's any mongo.lock file in /var/lib/mongo/ dir or your MONGOLIBDIR setting and remove it.
You should then be able to start the mongodb service.