CUPS service stopped
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
Binary package hint: cups
Since 2 or 3 weeks, my Ubuntu 9.10 can not automatically find the connected printers.
See attached screenshot:
- I click on System-
- I go on the Troobleshoot (F1) menu, Next, I get the following message: "CUPS service stopped. The CUPS printer spooler does not appear to be running. To correct this, choose System ->Administratio
- so I follow the advice: I go into System ->Administration, but there is no System ->Administratio
FYI, I found a workaround: I enter "sudo service cups start" in the terminal to start the service, but that's boring as I have to do it each time I boot my computer...
Minimum 2 other users have the same bug : http:// forum.ubuntu- fr.org/ viewtopic. php?pid= 3329206# p3329206
Here is a workaround proposed by an ubuntu-fr member: cupsd.conf
* Create /etc/init/cups.conf file and fill it with :
#cups
start on runlevel [2345]
stop on runlevel [!2345]
respawn
exec /usr/sbin/cupsd -C /etc/cups/
* Then launch the service with : sudo initctl start cups
It worked for 1 user (the service automatically starts from now), but not for 2 other users (including me). For us 2, we have to type either "sudo initctl start cups" or "sudo /etc/init.d/cups start" to launch the service at the beginning of each session.
Also, we both observed that the command "runlevel" returns "unknown". Maybe the source of the problem is here ?
Hope this helps to solve this bug.