Not the same reason between cups and apport; note the different error
message, 'unknown job' vs. 'failed to start'.
Is /etc/init/cups.conf intact on the affected system?
For apport, this is definitely a bug in apport. The apport.conf checks
for $enabled or $force_start being set to 1; if neither
Well, cups is failing when trying to configure see bug 719557, so I am
attaching the /etc/init/cups.conf
as Steve suggested.
See also:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/system-config-
printer/+bug/719557
** Attachment added: "Requested current /etc/init/cups.conf"
https://bugs.launc
lent, I diff'd your cups.conf with mine and got this:
--- /etc/init/cups.conf 2011-01-03 18:50:09.0 -0800
+++ cups.conf 2011-02-15 12:06:02.0 -0800
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
fi
mkdir -p /var/run/cups/certs
-/lib/init/apparmor-profile-load usr.sbin.cupsd
+[ -x /li
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Title:
package cups 1.4.5-1ubuntu6 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess
installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
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Probably Upstart problem.
** Changed in: cups (Ubuntu)
Assignee: (unassigned) => Martin Pitt (pitti)
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Title:
package cups 1.4.5-1ubuntu6 fai
Setting up cups (1.4.5-1ubuntu6) ...
start: Unknown job: cups
invoke-rc.d: initscript cups, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing cups (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
The upstart script hasn't changed for ages, this might be a new
I just noticed that package installation now also fails if you disable
apport in /etc/default/apport and then reinstall it:
$ sudo apt-get install --reinstall apport
[...]
start: Job failed to start
invoke-rc.d: initscript apport, action "start" failed.
dpkg: Fehler beim Bearbeiten von apport (--c
[Expired for upstart (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60
days.]
** Changed in: upstart (Ubuntu)
Status: Incomplete => Expired
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[Bug 721051] Re: system-config-printer.py crashed with UnboundLocalError
in fetch_jobs(): local variable 'jobid' referenced before assignment
I have attached the requested information in a file.
Dear Steve Lanasek:
I am not sure, I have been doing apt-get update and upgrades since.
Should I send/post what is there now, the /etc/init/cups.conf?
Thanks,
Chris Lent
Adjunct Associate Professor of Computer Science,
Advisor to First-Year Engineering Students,
Assistant to the Dean for Studen
On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 08:48:12AM -0500, Christopher Lent wrote:
> I am not sure, I have been doing apt-get update and upgrades since.
> Should I send/post what is there now, the /etc/init/cups.conf?
If you still see the error when configuring the cups package, yes. If cups
is now working for y
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