Cups got automatically updated to version 1.5.4-5.11.1 and now does not start on boot. Hence hp-toolbox doesn’t start either ( I have an HP printer installed). Prior to the upgrade both cups server and hp-toolbox started on boot.
I can start cups manually using systemctl and it reports no errors - starts fine, and hp-toolkit also fires up manually without any problems.
There are no log messages of any kind referring to cups in /var/log/messages.
Does anyone know why an upgrade of cups should prevent it starting and why there is no mention of it in the log file?
On 03/18/2014 04:16 PM, ska589 pecked at the keyboard and wrote:
> OS opensuse 12.3 x64; KDE
>
> Cups got automatically updated to version 1.5.4-5.11.1 and now does not
> start on boot. Hence hp-toolbox doesn’t start either ( I have an HP
> printer installed). Prior to the upgrade both cups server and hp-toolbox
> started on boot.
>
> I can start cups manually using systemctl and it reports no errors -
> starts fine, and hp-toolkit also fires up manually without any problems.
>
> There are no log messages of any kind referring to cups in
> /var/log/messages.
>
> Does anyone know why an upgrade of cups should prevent it starting and
> why there is no mention of it in the log file?
>
> Thanks
>
>
Asked many times, here is some help:
On 03/18/2014 05:56 PM, ska589 pecked at the keyboard and wrote:
> Thanks for the quick response Ken, but your link has a problem with it -
> can you re-post please with a working link?
>
> Thanks
>
>
Here it is again, copied to a browser and page worked.
Invalid URL
The URL http://<br /><br />http://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php/495399-CUPS-no-longer-starts-at-boot-after-update<br /><br /> contains characters that are not valid in the location they are found.
On 03/18/2014 08:06 PM, ionmich pecked at the keyboard and wrote:
> kensch;2631297 Wrote:
>> On 03/18/2014 05:56 PM, ska589 pecked at the keyboard and wrote:
>>> Thanks for the quick response Ken, but your link has a problem with it
>> -
>>> can you re-post please with a working link?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>>
>> Here it is again, copied to a browser and page worked.
>>
>> ’
>>
>> ’ (http://<br /><br
>> />http://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php/495399-CUPS-no-longer-starts-at-boot-after-update<br
>> /><br />)http://tinyurl.com/kzqbhq6
>>
>>
>>
>> Ken
> Here’s the report from Opera when I use it…
>
>
> Invalid URL
>
> The URL http://<br /><br
> />http://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php/495399-CUPS-no-longer-starts-at-boot-after-update<br
> /><br /> contains characters that are not valid in the location they are
> found.
>
>
Where the hell are all the “br” crap coming from. Ah, I see the crap
forum software if fucking it up.
On 03/18/2014 10:28 PM, Ken Schneider pecked at the keyboard and wrote:
> On 03/18/2014 08:06 PM, ionmich pecked at the keyboard and wrote:
>> kensch;2631297 Wrote:
>>> On 03/18/2014 05:56 PM, ska589 pecked at the keyboard and wrote:
>>>> Thanks for the quick response Ken, but your link has a problem with it
>>> -
>>>> can you re-post please with a working link?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Here it is again, copied to a browser and page worked.
>>>
>>> ’
>>>
>>> ’ (http://<br /><br
>>> />http://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php/495399-CUPS-no-longer-starts-at-boot-after-update<br
>>>
>>> /><br />)http://tinyurl.com/kzqbhq6
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Ken
>> Here’s the report from Opera when I use it…
>>
>>
>> Invalid URL
>>
>> The URL http://<br /><br
>> />http://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php/495399-CUPS-no-longer-starts-at-boot-after-update<br
>>
>> /><br /> contains characters that are not valid in the location they are
>> found.
>>
>>
>
> Where the hell are all the “br” crap coming from. Ah, I see the crap
> forum software if fucking it up.
>
> Here again with the “code tags”:
Thanks for pointing me at the previous discussions on this topic. It doesn’t really help me much unfortunately - I still have the issue that cups won’t start on boot and I don’t understand why - unless the new version I have has a bug - but as it starts perfectly well manually, I can only think that this is a systemd boot issue rather than a cups issue.
On my system, I only have a locally connected printer - no network printers. Cups service is enabled and nothing else on my system has changed.
If there are any more inputs then please pass them on.
On 03/19/2014 11:36 AM, ska589 pecked at the keyboard and wrote:
> Thanks for pointing me at the previous discussions on this topic. It
> doesn’t really help me much unfortunately - I still have the issue that
> cups won’t start on boot and I don’t understand why - unless the new
> version I have has a bug - but as it starts perfectly well manually, I
> can only think that this is a systemd boot issue rather than a cups
> issue.
>
> On my system, I only have a locally connected printer - no network
> printers. Cups service is enabled and nothing else on my system has
> changed.
>
> If there are any more inputs then please pass them on.
>
> Thanks
>
>
Do you have the file /etc/systemd/system/cups.socket with the
following content?
On 03/19/2014 01:32 PM, Ken Schneider pecked at the keyboard and wrote:
> On 03/19/2014 11:36 AM, ska589 pecked at the keyboard and wrote:
>> Thanks for pointing me at the previous discussions on this topic. It
>> doesn’t really help me much unfortunately - I still have the issue that
>> cups won’t start on boot and I don’t understand why - unless the new
>> version I have has a bug - but as it starts perfectly well manually, I
>> can only think that this is a systemd boot issue rather than a cups
>> issue.
>>
>> On my system, I only have a locally connected printer - no network
>> printers. Cups service is enabled and nothing else on my system has
>> changed.
>>
>> If there are any more inputs then please pass them on.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>
> Do you have the file /etc/systemd/system/cups.socket with the
> following content?
>
> code:
>
> *********************************************
>
> [Unit]
> Description=CUPS Printing Service Sockets
>
> [Socket]
> ListenStream=/var/run/cups/cups.sock
> ListenStream=631
> ListenDatagram=0.0.0.0:631
> BindIPv6Only=ipv6-only
>
> [Install]
> WantedBy=sockets.target
>
> **********************************************
>
> If you don’t create it (as root) with the above content and then issue
> the following commands:
>
> code:
>
> ********************************
>
> systemctl enable cups.service
>
> systemctl start cups.service
>
> ********************************
>
> Ken