Ubuntu
cups package

  1. Bug #1006927
  2. Comment #3

Comment 3 for bug 1006927

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Rolf Leggewie (r0lf) wrote :

"/var/log/cups/error_log says
E [31/May/2012:15:31:23 +0200] Unable to bind socket for address [v1.::1]:631 - Cannot assign requested address."

There seems to be an error related to IPv6 here. I ran into this issue trying to set "Listen *:631" on a wheezy box. Apparently cups somehow incorrectly thinks this includes IPv6 addresses even when the box itself speaks only IPv4.