Stuck at "Add Printer" (in CUPS web interface) on Ubuntu 20.04
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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cups (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
I have a freshly installed Ubuntu 20.04.1 on my Lenovo ThinkPad X1 (8th gen). Whenever I go to http://
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: cups 2.3.1-9ubuntu1.1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-48-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.9
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckR
CupsErrorLog: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Tue Oct 13 10:01:26 2020
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-08-24 (49 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200731)
Lpstat: Error: command ['lpstat', '-v'] failed with exit code 1: lpstat: No destinations added.
MachineType: LENOVO 20U9004PFR
Papersize: a4
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=
SourcePackage: cups
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 08/25/2020
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: N2WET22W (1.12 )
dmi.board.
dmi.board.name: 20U9004PFR
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: SDK0J40697 WIN
dmi.chassis.
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:
dmi.product.family: ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 8
dmi.product.name: 20U9004PFR
dmi.product.sku: LENOVO_
dmi.product.
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
Not a solution, but at least a short-term solution.
I edited /etc/cups/ cupsd.conf and commented out the following lines:
AuthType Default
Require user @SYSTEM
And it worked!