ubuntu can't get lighttpd server to start with my [ipaddress]:[port[

Question

I'm trying to run lighttpd on ubuntu in parallel with Apache, but it won't startup on the ip address and server that I have specified. I have the following configuration:

server.document-root       = "/var/www"
server.port               = 8000
server.bind = "#.#.#.#"

where the #'s are replace by the IP address of my server.

However, when I restart I get the following error:

sudo /etc/init.d/lighttpd restart
Syntax OK
 * Stopping web server lighttpd
   ...done.
Syntax OK
 * Starting web server lighttpd
2010-09-16 19:43:41: (network.c.345) can't bind to port: #.#.#.# 8000 Cannot assign requested address 
   ...fail!

I'd like to be able to access the server with the url: http://#.#.#.#:8000/index.html

Any ideas on how to resolve this issue?