cups 1.7.5-2.1 in opensuse 13.1 often fail to start

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#1

on my PC=Dell latitude E6510, RAM=8Gb, GPU=GT218 NVS 3100M, CPU=i7 Q 720 @ 1.60GHz, OS=opensuse 13.1 KDE= 4.14.3 kernel=3.11.10-25-desktop
I installed phlip and
cups - The Common UNIX Printing System Installed Version:1.7.5-2.1
from http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Printing/openSUSE_13.1/
switching the packages
it seems the only way to have my printer HP laserjet cp1025nw to work properly
but very often cups fail to start, I have to go to yast2>services manager and start cups and cupsd manually
is there any solution to solve this??

manythanks, ciao :slight_smile: pier

#2

Hi,

in that place where you start cups via yast there is also an option to enable that cups service. or you can enable it via cli with sysmtemctl (If it is not enabled already)

Check for the status

systemctl status cups

Start the service

systemctl start cups

Enable the service (start at boot time)

systemctl enable cups
#3

…yes it was and it is enabled, but often it result enabled and inactive
now not:

pla@suseST-pla:~> systemctl status cups
cups.service - CUPS Printing Service
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/cups.service; enabled)
   Active: active (running) since Mon 2014-12-22 07:03:18 CET; 12h ago
 Main PID: 988 (cupsd)
   CGroup: /system.slice/cups.service
           └─988 /usr/sbin/cupsd -f

Dec 22 07:03:18 suseST-pla.lap systemd[1]: Starting CUPS Printing Service...
Dec 22 07:03:18 suseST-pla.lap systemd[1]: Started CUPS Printing Service.
Dec 22 09:43:15 suseST-pla.lap hp[17985]: prnt/backend/hp.c 375: read new pjl status: 10023
pla@suseST-pla:~>

…as it is not my laptop but my son’s one, in case the problem be hard, is it possible to have a script/icon-on-desktop to click to start cups when it needs?? :slight_smile:
manythanks, :slight_smile: ciao :slight_smile: pier

#4

[QUOTE=pier_andreit;2684660]…yes it was and it is enabled, but often it result enabled and inactive
now not:/QUOTE
Some users have had problems with socket activation which was brought in with the move to using systemd. Maybe you’re being impacted by that?

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=861734#c3
https://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php/494781-Cannot-access-CUPS-server-after-update?p=2620581#post2620581

#5

well I can try,
reading #44 https://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php/494781-Cannot-access-CUPS-server-after-update?p=2619906#post2619906
I get this:
make a file called /etc/systemd/system/cups.socket (I suppose not /etc/systemd/system/cupsd.socket as written in #44)
reading #47 https://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php/494781-Cannot-access-CUPS-server-after-update?p=2619989#post2619989
I get this:
the content of the file is:

[Unit]
Description=CUPS Printing Service Sockets

[Socket]
ListenStream=/var/run/cups/cups.sock
ListenStream=0.0.0.0:631
ListenDatagram=0.0.0.0:631
BindIPv6Only=ipv6-only

[Install]
WantedBy=sockets.target

but I cannot know where to put what is in #48 https://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php/494781-Cannot-access-CUPS-server-after-update?p=2620581#post2620581

[Unit]
Description=CUPS Printing Service
After=network.target

[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/sbin/cupsd -f

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

and also this command produce this error:

pla@suseST-pla:~> sudo systemctl enable cups.socket
root's password:
Failed to issue method call: File exists
pla@suseST-pla:~>

…manythanks if you can make this more clear for me… :slight_smile: ciao :slight_smile: pier

#6

Your mixing two different approaches. The first related to modifying cups.socket (and keeping socket activation).

The following is a second approach to remove socket activation, and have cups.service running at boot

but I cannot know where to put what is in #48 https://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php/494781-Cannot-access-CUPS-server-after-update?p=2620581#post2620581

[Unit]
Description=CUPS Printing Service
After=network.target

[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/sbin/cupsd -f

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

I’m not sure that you need to apply these approaches. Your problem might be due to something else. I don’t know why you updated to CUPS 1.7.x. Were you having problems prior to upgrading? Maybe your problem lies with the upgrade?

#7

it seems the only way to have my printer HP laserjet cp1025nw to work properly
but very often cups fail to start, I have to go to yast2>services manager and start cups and cupsd manually
is there any solution to solve this??

Starting from the top…

  1. If I understand your first post, you mentioned that you needed CUPS 1.7.x to have your printer supported, is that correct?
  2. Is it network-attached, or via USB?
  3. Is cups.service inactive after boot?
systemctl status cups

and if so, do you always need to start it before printing?

#8

…ok :slight_smile:

yes, correct, with cups 1.7 works with 1.5 don’t works

via USB works, via network not

often yes, it is enabled and inactive

systemctl status cups

pla@suseST-pla:~> systemctl status cups
cups.service - CUPS Printing Service
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/cups.service; enabled)
   Active: inactive (dead)

pla@suseST-pla:~>

yes, when it is inactive I need to start it before printing and it works…
manythanks, :slight_smile: ciao :slight_smile: pier

#9

it seems solved putting

 systemctl restart cups.service

in /etc/init.d/after.local
I have to try in network connection if it works… manythanx, ciao :slight_smile: pier and merry christmas… :slight_smile: