Just a few more information about this issue.
This is the cups-browsed's state just after a cups update... is dead...
root@foo-ubuntu:/home/foo# service cups-browsed status
● cups-browsed.service - Make remote CUPS printers available locally
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/cups-browsed.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: inactive (dead) since ven 2019-06-14 14:51:38 CEST; 2min 27s ago
Main PID: 927 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
jun 14 14:35:02 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Started Make remote CUPS printers available locally.
jun 14 14:51:38 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Stopping Make remote CUPS printers available locally...
jun 14 14:51:38 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Stopped Make remote CUPS printers available locally.
And here the syslog just when update is applied...
Jun 14 14:51:32 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Stopped Daily apt upgrade and clean activities.
Jun 14 14:51:32 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Stopped Daily apt download activities.
Jun 14 14:51:32 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Reloading.
Jun 14 14:51:32 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Started CUPS Scheduler.
Jun 14 14:51:32 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Started ACPI event daemon.
Jun 14 14:51:34 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Reloading.
Jun 14 14:51:34 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Started CUPS Scheduler.
Jun 14 14:51:34 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Started ACPI event daemon.
Jun 14 14:51:34 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Started Daily apt upgrade and clean activities.
Jun 14 14:51:34 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Started Daily apt download activities.
Jun 14 14:51:37 foo-ubuntu gnome-session[1647]: debconf: DbDriver "passwords" warning: could not open /var/cache/debconf/passwords.dat: Permission denied
Jun 14 14:51:38 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Stopped CUPS Scheduler.
Jun 14 14:51:38 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Reloading.
Jun 14 14:51:38 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Started ACPI event daemon.
Jun 14 14:51:38 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Stopping Make remote CUPS printers available locally...
Jun 14 14:51:38 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Stopped Make remote CUPS printers available locally.
Jun 14 14:51:38 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Stopping CUPS Scheduler...
Jun 14 14:51:38 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Stopped CUPS Scheduler.
Jun 14 14:51:38 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Reloading.
Jun 14 14:51:38 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Started ACPI event daemon.
Jun 14 14:51:38 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Reloading.
Jun 14 14:51:39 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Started ACPI event daemon.
Jun 14 14:51:41 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Reloading.
Jun 14 14:51:42 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Started ACPI event daemon.
Just a few more information about this issue.
This is the cups-browsed's state just after a cups update... is dead...
root@foo- ubuntu: /home/foo# service cups-browsed status service - Make remote CUPS printers available locally system/ cups-browsed. service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
● cups-browsed.
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/
Active: inactive (dead) since ven 2019-06-14 14:51:38 CEST; 2min 27s ago
Main PID: 927 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
jun 14 14:35:02 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Started Make remote CUPS printers available locally.
jun 14 14:51:38 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Stopping Make remote CUPS printers available locally...
jun 14 14:51:38 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Stopped Make remote CUPS printers available locally.
And here the syslog just when update is applied...
Jun 14 14:51:32 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Stopped Daily apt upgrade and clean activities. 1647]: debconf: DbDriver "passwords" warning: could not open /var/cache/ debconf/ passwords. dat: Permission denied
Jun 14 14:51:32 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Stopped Daily apt download activities.
Jun 14 14:51:32 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Reloading.
Jun 14 14:51:32 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Started CUPS Scheduler.
Jun 14 14:51:32 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Started ACPI event daemon.
Jun 14 14:51:34 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Reloading.
Jun 14 14:51:34 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Started CUPS Scheduler.
Jun 14 14:51:34 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Started ACPI event daemon.
Jun 14 14:51:34 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Started Daily apt upgrade and clean activities.
Jun 14 14:51:34 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Started Daily apt download activities.
Jun 14 14:51:37 foo-ubuntu gnome-session[
Jun 14 14:51:38 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Stopped CUPS Scheduler.
Jun 14 14:51:38 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Reloading.
Jun 14 14:51:38 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Started ACPI event daemon.
Jun 14 14:51:38 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Stopping Make remote CUPS printers available locally...
Jun 14 14:51:38 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Stopped Make remote CUPS printers available locally.
Jun 14 14:51:38 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Stopping CUPS Scheduler...
Jun 14 14:51:38 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Stopped CUPS Scheduler.
Jun 14 14:51:38 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Reloading.
Jun 14 14:51:38 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Started ACPI event daemon.
Jun 14 14:51:38 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Reloading.
Jun 14 14:51:39 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Started ACPI event daemon.
Jun 14 14:51:41 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Reloading.
Jun 14 14:51:42 foo-ubuntu systemd[1]: Started ACPI event daemon.