Comment 145 for bug 554172

On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 11:09, Michael Goetze <email address hidden> wrote:

> On 07/01/2010 10:18 AM, Wout wrote:
> > So /dev/console exists but isn't immediately "ready for work". It appears
> it
> > becomes fully functional later (otherwise it would not be possible to
> start
> > the failing services manually).
> > Can we figure out at what point /dev/console becomes functional?
> >
> > In the meantime two workarounds seem doable, both assuming /dev/console
> > doesn't depend on anything started during boot:
> > 1. A boot script that doesn't complete until /dev/console works, make
> > rc/rc-sysinit boot sequence depend on it.
> > 2. A patch in upstart that waits until /dev/console works.
> >
> > Any thoughts?
>
> I think if Scott's analysis is correct then the correct solution would
> be to have the kernel buffer anything received on /dev/console until
> it's ready to display it.
>
> That's why I wrote workaround not solution.

> Anyone for reassigning this bug to the kernel?
>
> Regards,
> Michael
>
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> CUPS and other system services not starting at boot
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/554172
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> Status in “upstart” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: cups
>
> Cups is not loading on my machine at boot, must run sudo /etc/init.d/cups
> start to after booting to print.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
> Package: cups 1.4.2-10
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-19.28-generic 2.6.32.10+drm33.1
> Uname: Linux 2.6.32-19-generic i686
> NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Fri Apr 2 13:07:35 2010
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha i386 (20100401)
> Lpstat: Error: command ['lpstat', '-v'] failed with exit code 1: lpstat:
> Connection refused
> MachineType: Dell Inc. Studio XPS 1340
> Papersize: letter
> PpdFiles: Brother-HL-2170W-series: Brother HL-2170W Foomatic/pxlmono
> (recommended)
> ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-19-generic
> root=UUID=615bbe85-506a-4152-af5a-a5c2da303d83 ro quiet splash
> ProcEnviron:
> LANG=en_US.utf8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: cups
> dmi.bios.date: 09/08/2009
> dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
> dmi.bios.version: A11
> dmi.board.name: 0Y279R
> dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
> dmi.board.version: A11
> dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 1234567890
> dmi.chassis.type: 8
> dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
> dmi.chassis.version: A11
> dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA11:bd09/08/2009:svnDellInc.:pnStudioXPS1340:pvrA11:rvnDellInc.:rn0Y279R:rvrA11:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrA11:
> dmi.product.name: Studio XPS 1340
> dmi.product.version: A11
> dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
>
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