problem with cups

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#1

Recently I have encounter a problem with cups seems related to cups.socket
journalctl report:


Jan 31 14:03:09 PC-17.WORKGROUP systemd[1]: cups.socket failed to listen on sockets: Cannot assign requested address
Jan 31 14:03:09 PC-17.WORKGROUP systemd[1]: Unit cups.socket entered failed state

a small extract of my cups/error_log


E [18/Jan/2014:15:00:09 +0100] Unable to bind socket for address [v1.::1]:631 - Cannot assign requested address.
E [22/Jan/2014:21:00:47 +0100] Browsing=1
E [22/Jan/2014:21:00:47 +0100] BrowseLocalProtocols=0
E [22/Jan/2014:21:00:47 +0100] BrowseRemoteProtocols=1
E [22/Jan/2014:21:00:47 +0100] BROWSE_CUPS=1
E [22/Jan/2014:21:00:47 +0100] Unable to bind socket for address [v1.::1]:631 - Cannot assign requested address.
E [23/Jan/2014:14:46:45 +0100] Browsing=1
E [23/Jan/2014:14:46:45 +0100] BrowseLocalProtocols=0
E [23/Jan/2014:14:46:45 +0100] BrowseRemoteProtocols=1
E [23/Jan/2014:14:46:45 +0100] BROWSE_CUPS=1
E [23/Jan/2014:14:46:45 +0100] Unable to bind socket for address [v1.::1]:631 - Cannot assign requested address.
E [30/Jan/2014:15:29:13 +0100] Unable to bind socket for address [v1.::1]:631 - Cannot assign requested address.
E [30/Jan/2014:15:44:02 +0100] Unable to bind socket for address [v1.::1]:631 - Cannot assign requested address.
E [30/Jan/2014:15:52:45 +0100] Unable to bind socket for address [v1.::1]:631 - Cannot assign requested address.
E [30/Jan/2014:16:07:05 +0100] Unable to bind socket for address [v1.::1]:631 - Cannot assign requested address.
E [30/Jan/2014:16:16:12 +0100] Unable to bind socket for address [v1.::1]:631 - Cannot assign requested address.
E [30/Jan/2014:16:22:08 +0100] Unable to bind socket for address [v1.::1]:631 - Cannot assign requested address.

result of “systemctl status cups.service”


cups.service - CUPS Printing Service
          Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/cups.service; enabled)
          Active: inactive (dead)
          CGroup: name=systemd:/system/cups.service

and systemctl status cups.socket


cups.socket - CUPS Printing Service Sockets
          Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/cups.socket; enabled)
          Active: failed (Result: resources)
          CGroup: name=systemd:/system/cups.socket

Jan 31 14:03:09 PC-17.WORKGROUP systemd[1]: Starting CUPS Printing Service Sockets.
Jan 31 14:03:09 PC-17.WORKGROUP systemd[1]: Failed to listen on CUPS Printing Service Sockets.
Jan 31 14:03:09 PC-17.WORKGROUP systemd[1]: Unit cups.socket entered failed state

If I restart manually cups.service after the boot all works fine, but at the next reboot the problem come back.
I have already tried to disable cups.service and enable it again after a reboot but nothing changes.
I’m using opensuse 3.7.10-1.24-desktop

#2

On 2014-01-31 17:26, Laskan88 wrote:
>
> Recently I have encounter a problem with cups seems related to
> cups.socket


View this thread: http://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php?t=494878

–
Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 12.3 x86_64 “Dartmouth” at Telcontar)

#3

You can either

  1. keep socket activation (with cups.socket enabled), as described in the thread linked to by Carlos

or

  1. follow the bug report advice to update CUPS with the latest packages from the printing repo. Refer

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=857372#c75

#4

The solution for me was to downgrade both the server and the client systems to cups 1.5.4.5.2.1

#5

Thanks for the update.

#6

I tried to add the Printing Repo and set the priority on it to 98 like other repos I have added (packman, etc). CUPS and HPLIP refuse to update to the version that is there. I even bumped it to 97, but still no luck. Any ideas?

I need CUPS to work when the system boots without me having to manually restart CUPS so that my daughter can do her homework/print stuff without any manual intervention.

I tried to read the bug report but the discussion was just too long to figure out what the right fix is.

Thanks in advance.

#7

There should be no need to change priorities. Just add/enable the repo, then

zypper in -f cups

should have been sufficient to prompt an update from the printing repo.

#8

On 03/02/2014 07:56 PM, Gweeper64 pecked at the keyboard and wrote:
> I tried to add the Printing Repo and set the priority on it to 98 like
> other repos I have added (packman, etc). CUPS and HPLIP refuse to update
> to the version that is there. I even bumped it to 97, but still no luck.
> Any ideas?
>
> I need CUPS to work when the system boots without me having to manually
> restart CUPS so that my daughter can do her homework/print stuff without
> any manual intervention.
>
> I tried to read the bug report but the discussion was just too long to
> figure out what the right fix is.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>

I would recommend you start YaST Package Management, select the printing
repo and click near the top to switch system packages to the repo. This
should be the easiest way to get cups and hplip updated,

Ken

#9

Both suggestions worked. Thanks guys. I had not noticed that “Switch system packages” toggle in Yast Package Manager before.

#10

Glad to have been of help :slight_smile: