Public bug reported:

With upstart logging enabled, the cups upstart job routinely spits the
following error out to /var/log/upstart/cups.log:

  cupsd failed to create /var/run/cups/cups.sock, skipping automatic
printer configuration

Indeed, cups seems to get around to creating the socket several seconds
after the cups post-start script stops waiting for it.

$ ls -l --full-time /var/log/upstart/cups.log 
-rw-r----- 1 root root 90 2012-02-15 22:23:01.937144478 -0800 
/var/log/upstart/cups.log
$ ls -l --full-time /var/run/cups/cups.sock 
srwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 2012-02-15 22:23:13.261144768 -0800 
/var/run/cups/cups.sock
$

So it doesn't look like a 3 second timeout is realistically long enough
here.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: cups 1.5.2-3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-16.25-generic 3.2.6
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-16-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.91-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CheckboxSubmission: 017452a27eca3c8b498abbfa5ef91db9
CheckboxSystem: ecaaad6fa1e0799a0aa1126bf620f39e
Date: Thu Feb 16 00:03:35 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100816.1)
Lpstat:
 device for davidson-printer: smb://WORKGROUP/EXCALIBUR/Printer2
 device for HP-Color-LaserJet-CM1312-MFP: 
hp:/usb/HP_Color_LaserJet_CM1312_MFP?serial=00CNB882VG58
 device for HP-PSC-750: ipp://207.224.24.210:631/printers/PSC_750
 device for HP-PSC-750-legal: ipp://207.224.24.210:631/printers/PSC_750
MachineType: LENOVO 3249CTO
Papersize: letter
PpdFiles:
 HP-PSC-750: HP PSC 750, hpcups 3.12.2
 davidson-printer: HP Color LaserJet CP3505 Postscript (recommended)
 HP-Color-LaserJet-CM1312-MFP: HP Color LaserJet CM1312 MFP Series Postscript 
(recommended)
 HP-PSC-750-legal: HP PSC 750, hpcups 3.12.2
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.2.0-16-generic 
root=/dev/mapper/hostname-root ro pcie_aspm=force i915.i915_enable_rc6=1 quiet 
splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: cups
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2011-11-08 (99 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 08/23/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 6QET52WW (1.22 )
dmi.board.name: 3249CTO
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: Not Available
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
dmi.modalias: 
dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr6QET52WW(1.22):bd08/23/2010:svnLENOVO:pn3249CTO:pvrThinkPadX201:rvnLENOVO:rn3249CTO:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
dmi.product.name: 3249CTO
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad X201
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
modified.conffile..etc.cups.cupsd.conf: [modified]
modified.conffile..etc.default.cups: [modified]
mtime.conffile..etc.cups.cupsd.conf: 2011-08-09T08:12:10.630009
mtime.conffile..etc.default.cups: 2010-09-25T01:44:40.784776

** Affects: cups (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug precise

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