Forgot to mention, /dev/ttyUSB[0-4] is how my Verizon USB727 Wireless Broadband modem is detected by the system.
** Description changed: Binary package hint: cups-pdf Marked to install cups-pdf in Synaptic. Applied changes. Stalled at "Setting up cups-pdf (2.5.0-1ubuntu1) ..." - Killed the pid of Synaptics install window (which also killed synaptic). - Found dpkg hung as well, and killed it. + Killed the pid of Synaptic's install window (which also killed + synaptic). Found dpkg hung as well, and killed it. Tried 'dpkg --configure -a' from the terminal; and, that too stalled. Purged cups-pdf and found PDF still in System > Administration > Printing. I had enabled it at some point, and now it will not let me disable it, even with 'sudo system-config-printer'. A further 'sudo aptitude install cups-pdf' also stalled at the same place, after hitting Ctrl-C it tried to recover automatically and stalled again, a second Ctrl-C let it end itself. AppArmor(?) generated a crash report for cups- pdf - attached. - I found the following in my /var/logmessages and also in /var/log/syslog: + I found the following in my /var/log/messages, /var/log/syslog, and /var/log/kern.log: Jul 14 16:40:37 dereksbox kernel: [137598.360157] type=1503 audit(1247604037.434:11): operation="inode_permission" requested_mask="w::" denied_mask="w::" fsuid=0 name="/dev/ttyUSB0" pid=21275 profile="/usr/sbin/cupsd" Jul 14 16:40:37 dereksbox kernel: [137598.360184] type=1503 audit(1247604037.434:12): operation="inode_permission" requested_mask="w::" denied_mask="w::" fsuid=0 name="/dev/ttyUSB1" pid=21275 profile="/usr/sbin/cupsd" Jul 14 16:40:37 dereksbox kernel: [137598.360208] type=1503 audit(1247604037.434:13): operation="inode_permission" requested_mask="w::" denied_mask="w::" fsuid=0 name="/dev/ttyUSB2" pid=21275 profile="/usr/sbin/cupsd" Jul 14 16:40:37 dereksbox kernel: [137598.360235] type=1503 audit(1247604037.434:14): operation="inode_permission" requested_mask="w::" denied_mask="w::" fsuid=0 name="/dev/ttyUSB3" pid=21275 profile="/usr/sbin/cupsd" Jul 14 16:40:37 dereksbox kernel: [137598.360256] type=1503 audit(1247604037.434:15): operation="inode_permission" requested_mask="w::" denied_mask="w::" fsuid=0 name="/dev/ttyUSB4" pid=21275 profile="/usr/sbin/cupsd" -- cups-pdf will not install properly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/399481 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs