Ok, it seems we still haven't gone deep enough; everything still looks reasonable in the logs. It's clear by this point that the bug you're seeing isn't a cups bug, Joel, though we don't know that others on this bug report have the same bug.
Next step: can you boot with --debug instead of --verbose, and attach the same logs? If this is an upstart bug, it's a pretty deep one.
Ok, it seems we still haven't gone deep enough; everything still looks reasonable in the logs. It's clear by this point that the bug you're seeing isn't a cups bug, Joel, though we don't know that others on this bug report have the same bug.
Next step: can you boot with --debug instead of --verbose, and attach the same logs? If this is an upstart bug, it's a pretty deep one.