I'm seeing this behaviour too. Here's the error log for a startup attempt. Note that the first line appears twice.
I [16/Dec/2005:11:38:44 +1300] Listening to 0:631 I [16/Dec/2005:11:38:44 +1300] Listening to 0:631 I [16/Dec/2005:11:38:44 +1300] Loaded configuration file "/etc/cups/cupsd.conf" I [16/Dec/2005:11:38:44 +1300] Configured for up to 100 clients. I [16/Dec/2005:11:38:44 +1300] Allowing up to 100 client connections per host. I [16/Dec/2005:11:38:44 +1300] Full reload is required. I [16/Dec/2005:11:38:44 +1300] LoadPPDs: Read "/var/lib/cups/ppds.dat", 3307 PPDs... I [16/Dec/2005:11:38:44 +1300] LoadPPDs: No new or changed PPDs... I [16/Dec/2005:11:38:44 +1300] Full reload complete. E [16/Dec/2005:11:38:44 +1300] StartListening: Unable to bind socket for address 00000000:631 - Address already in use.
I assume cups is competing with itself for port 631 which appears otherwise uncommitted.
piwakawaka:/etc/cups# lsof -i TCP:631 piwakawaka:/etc/cups#
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