Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: cups (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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Title:
cups (1.5.0-8ubuntu6) upgrade to precise fails: invoke-rc.d:
initscript cups, action "start" failed
Status in “cups” package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
Upgrading from oneiric to precise (with apt-get upgrade) dies on cups:
Setting up cups (1.5.0-8ubuntu6) ...
start: Job failed to start
invoke-rc.d: initscript cups, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing cups (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Using pitti's debug script (as suggested in other similar bugs such as
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/979877):
# cp /cups.upstart.debug /etc/init/cups.conf
root@e102475-lin:~# stop cups
stop: Unknown instance:
root@e102475-lin:~# start cups
[waited here for about 2 mins, /tmp/log seemed to be continualy changing in
legnth, eventually hit ctrl-C]
^C
root@e102475-lin:~# stop cups
cups stop/waiting
Resulting file:
+ [ -x /usr/sbin/cupsd ]
+ [ -r /etc/default/cups ]
+ . /etc/default/cups
+ LOAD_LP_MODULE=yes
+ [ yes = yes -a -f /usr/lib/cups/backend/parallel -a -f /proc/modules -a -x
/sbin/modprobe ]
+ modprobe -q -b lp
+ modprobe -q -b ppdev
+ modprobe -q -b parport_pc
+ mkdir -p /var/run/cups/certs
+ [ -x /lib/init/apparmor-profile-load ]
+ /lib/init/apparmor-profile-load usr.sbin.cupsd
+ timeout=10
+ [ ! -e /var/run/cups/cups.sock ]
+ sleep 0.5
+ timeout=9
+ [ 9 -eq 0 ]
+ [ ! -e /var/run/cups/cups.sock ]
+ sleep 0.5
+ timeout=8
+ [ 8 -eq 0 ]
+ [ ! -e /var/run/cups/cups.sock ]
+ sleep 0.5
+ timeout=7
+ [ 7 -eq 0 ]
+ [ ! -e /var/run/cups/cups.sock ]
+ sleep 0.5
+ timeout=6
+ [ 6 -eq 0 ]
+ [ ! -e /var/run/cups/cups.sock ]
+ sleep 0.5
+ timeout=5
+ [ 5 -eq 0 ]
+ [ ! -e /var/run/cups/cups.sock ]
+ sleep 0.5
+ timeout=4
+ [ 4 -eq 0 ]
+ [ ! -e /var/run/cups/cups.sock ]
+ sleep 0.5
+ timeout=3
+ [ 3 -eq 0 ]
+ [ ! -e /var/run/cups/cups.sock ]
+ sleep 0.5
+ timeout=2
+ [ 2 -eq 0 ]
+ [ ! -e /var/run/cups/cups.sock ]
+ sleep 0.5
+ timeout=1
+ [ 1 -eq 0 ]
+ [ ! -e /var/run/cups/cups.sock
+ sleep 0.5
+ timeout=0
+ [ 0 -eq 0 ]
+ echo cupsd failed to create /var/run/cups/cups.sock, skipping automatic
printer configuration
cupsd failed to create /var/run/cups/cups.sock, skipping automatic printer
configuration
+ exit 0
It keeps generating that output over and over until I hit ctrlC.
Clearly /var/run/cups/cups.sock is not being created.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: cups 1.5.0-8ubuntu6
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-13.22-generic 3.0.6
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-13-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue May 8 16:11:19 2012
MachineType: LENOVO 7484WUL
Papersize: a4
PpdFiles:
biot: HP LaserJet 4100 Foomatic/hpijs
mougins: HP LaserJet 4100 Foomatic/hpijs
PDF: Generic CUPS-PDF Printer
cam-fse-ps: HP LaserJet 8150 Series Postscript (recommended)
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.0.0-13-generic
root=/dev/mapper/vg_root-lv_root ro crashkernel=384M-2G:64M,2G-:128M quiet
splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: cups
UdevDb: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2011-11-09 (180 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 02/01/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 5CKT61AUS
dmi.board.name: LENOVO
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: NONE
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: �������������������������
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: NONE
dmi.modalias:
dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr5CKT61AUS:bd02/01/2010:svnLENOVO:pn7484WUL:pvrThinkCentreM58p:rvnLENOVO:rnLENOVO:rvrNONE:cvnLENOVO:ct3:cvrNONE:
dmi.product.name: 7484WUL
dmi.product.version: ThinkCentre M58p
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
mtime.conffile..etc.cups.cupsd.conf: 2011-10-12T13:03:15
mtime.conffile..etc.init.cups.conf: 2012-05-08T16:05:06
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