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(staging=1d531a) ~/misc/projects/borderstylo/chihuly> cap staging deploy
    triggering load callbacks
  * executing `staging'
  * executing `deploy'
  * executing `deploy:update'
 ** transaction: start
  * executing `deploy:update_code'
    triggering before callbacks for `deploy:update_code'
  * executing `set_remote_branch'
    updating the cached checkout on all servers
Git branch or tag name: staging
    executing locally: "git ls-remote git@repo.borderstylo.com:chihuly.git staging"
  * executing "if [ -d /srv/chihuly_staging/shared/cached-copy ]; then cd /srv/chihuly_staging/shared/cached-copy && git fetch -q origin && git reset -q --hard 1d531a5191bdaa81fdbd446447070caf777101f0 && git clean -q -d -x -f; else git clone -q git@repo.borderstylo.com:chihuly.git /srv/chihuly_staging/shared/cached-copy && cd /srv/chihuly_staging/shared/cached-copy && git checkout -q -b deploy 1d531a5191bdaa81fdbd446447070caf777101f0; fi"
    servers: ["qa.tijuana"]
    [qa.tijuana] executing command
    command finished
    copying the cached version to /srv/chihuly_staging/releases/20110120194400
  * executing "cp -RPp /srv/chihuly_staging/shared/cached-copy /srv/chihuly_staging/releases/20110120194400 && (echo 1d531a5191bdaa81fdbd446447070caf777101f0 > /srv/chihuly_staging/releases/20110120194400/REVISION)"
    servers: ["qa.tijuana"]
    [qa.tijuana] executing command
    command finished
  * executing `deploy:finalize_update'
  * executing "chmod -R g+w /srv/chihuly_staging/releases/20110120194400"
    servers: ["qa.tijuana"]
    [qa.tijuana] executing command
    command finished
  * executing "rm -rf /srv/chihuly_staging/releases/20110120194400/log /srv/chihuly_staging/releases/20110120194400/public/system /srv/chihuly_staging/releases/20110120194400/tmp/pids &&\\\n      mkdir -p /srv/chihuly_staging/releases/20110120194400/public &&\\\n      mkdir -p /srv/chihuly_staging/releases/20110120194400/tmp &&\\\n      ln -s /srv/chihuly_staging/shared/log /srv/chihuly_staging/releases/20110120194400/log &&\\\n      ln -s /srv/chihuly_staging/shared/system /srv/chihuly_staging/releases/20110120194400/public/system &&\\\n      ln -s /srv/chihuly_staging/shared/pids /srv/chihuly_staging/releases/20110120194400/tmp/pids"
    servers: ["qa.tijuana"]
    [qa.tijuana] executing command
    command finished
  * executing "find /srv/chihuly_staging/releases/20110120194400/public/images /srv/chihuly_staging/releases/20110120194400/public/stylesheets /srv/chihuly_staging/releases/20110120194400/public/javascripts -exec touch -t 201101201944.03 {} ';'; true"
    servers: ["qa.tijuana"]
    [qa.tijuana] executing command
    command finished
    triggering after callbacks for `deploy:update_code'
  * executing `deploy:symlink_configs'
  * executing "ls -x /srv/chihuly_staging/releases"
    servers: ["qa.tijuana"]
    [qa.tijuana] executing command
    command finished
  * executing "cd /srv/chihuly_staging/releases/20110120194400"
    servers: ["qa.tijuana"]
    [qa.tijuana] executing command
    command finished
  * executing "ln -nfs /srv/chihuly_staging/shared/config/database.yml /srv/chihuly_staging/releases/20110120194400/config/database.yml"
    servers: ["qa.tijuana"]
    [qa.tijuana] executing command

    command finished
  * executing "ln -nfs /srv/chihuly_staging/shared/config/cms.yml /srv/chihuly_staging/releases/20110120194400/config/cms.yml"
    servers: ["qa.tijuana"]
    [qa.tijuana] executing command
    command finished
    triggering after callbacks for `deploy:symlink_configs'
  * executing `deploy:chownage'
  * executing "sudo -p 'sudo password: ' chown -R capdeploy:capdeploy /srv/chihuly_staging"
    servers: ["qa.tijuana"]
    [qa.tijuana] executing command
    command finished
  * executing "sudo -p 'sudo password: ' chmod 777 /srv/chihuly_staging/releases/20110120194400/config/start_thin"
    servers: ["qa.tijuana"]
    [qa.tijuana] executing command
    command finished
  * executing `deploy:symlink'
  * executing "rm -f /srv/chihuly_staging/current && ln -s /srv/chihuly_staging/releases/20110120194400 /srv/chihuly_staging/current"
    servers: ["qa.tijuana"]
    [qa.tijuana] executing command
    command finished
 ** transaction: commit
  * executing `deploy:restart'
  * executing "rvmsudo capistrano_god restart chihuly-staging-thins"
    servers: ["qa.tijuana"]
    [qa.tijuana] executing command
Failed on god restart with - Bad Data
Running start instead of restart
  * executing `deploy:start'
  * executing "rvmsudo capistrano_god load /srv/chihuly_staging/releases/20110120194400/config/gods/staging.god"
    servers: ["qa.tijuana"]
    [qa.tijuana] executing command
 ** [out :: qa.tijuana] Sending 'load' command
 ** [out :: qa.tijuana] 
 ** [out :: qa.tijuana] 
 ** [out :: qa.tijuana] E [2011-01-20 19:43:10] ERROR: PID file directory '/srv/chihuly_staging/current/tmp/pids' is not writable by capdeploy
 ** [out :: qa.tijuana] E [2011-01-20 19:43:10] ERROR: Log file '/dev/null' exists but is not writable by capdeploy
 ** [out :: qa.tijuana] E [2011-01-20 19:43:10] ERROR: Task 'chihuly-staging-thin-4000' is not valid (see above)
    command finished
  * executing "rvmsudo capistrano_god -c /srv/chihuly_staging/releases/20110120194400/config/gods/staging.god --log /var/log/god.log --no-syslog --log-level warn"
    servers: ["qa.tijuana"]
    [qa.tijuana] executing command
    command finished


on the server, i try this:
capdeploy@domU-12-31-39-0E-E1-E4:/srv/chihuly_staging/current$ rvmsudo capistrano_god load 

and get:
/srv/chihuly_staging/releases/20110120194400/config/gods/staging.god
Sending 'load' command

E [2011-01-20 19:56:48] ERROR: PID file directory '/srv/chihuly_staging/current/tmp/pids' is not writable by capdeploy
E [2011-01-20 19:56:48] ERROR: Log file '/dev/null' exists but is not writable by capdeploy
E [2011-01-20 19:56:48] ERROR: Task 'chihuly-staging-thin-4000' is not valid (see above)