Hi, I did a clean install on a new computer about 3 weeks ago. It had never had an issue of the printers not being loaded. I booted this morning, and about 15 minutes ago went to print for the first time today, and no printers. Doing the 'sudo start rc-sysinit' and the 'ps aux' commands per response 104 here yielded the following information:
USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND root 1 0.0 0.0 2796 1632 ? Ss 09:31 0:00 /sbin/init root 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [kthreadd] root 3 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [migration/0] root 4 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [ksoftirqd/0] root 5 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [watchdog/0] root 6 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [migration/1] root 7 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [ksoftirqd/1] root 8 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [watchdog/1] root 9 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [migration/2] root 10 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [ksoftirqd/2] root 11 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [watchdog/2] root 12 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [migration/3] root 13 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [ksoftirqd/3] root 14 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [watchdog/3] root 15 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [events/0] root 16 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [events/1] root 17 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [events/2] root 18 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [events/3] root 19 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [cpuset] root 20 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [khelper] root 21 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [netns] root 22 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [async/mgr] root 23 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [pm] root 25 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [sync_supers] root 26 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [bdi-default] root 27 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [kintegrityd/0] root 28 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [kintegrityd/1] root 29 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [kintegrityd/2] root 30 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [kintegrityd/3] root 31 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [kblockd/0] root 32 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [kblockd/1] root 33 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [kblockd/2] root 34 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [kblockd/3] root 35 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [kacpid] root 36 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [kacpi_notify] root 37 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [kacpi_hotplug] root 38 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [ata/0] root 39 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [ata/1] root 40 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [ata/2] root 41 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [ata/3] root 42 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [ata_aux] root 43 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [ksuspend_usbd] root 44 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [khubd] root 45 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [kseriod] root 46 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [kmmcd] root 51 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [khungtaskd] root 52 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [kswapd0] root 53 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SN 09:31 0:00 [ksmd] root 54 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [aio/0] root 55 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [aio/1] root 56 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [aio/2] root 57 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [aio/3] root 58 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [ecryptfs-kthr] root 59 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [crypto/0] root 60 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [crypto/1] root 61 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [crypto/2] root 62 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [crypto/3] root 66 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [kstriped] root 67 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [kmpathd/0] root 68 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [kmpathd/1] root 69 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [kmpathd/2] root 70 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [kmpathd/3] root 71 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [kmpath_handle] root 72 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [ksnapd] root 73 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [kondemand/0] root 74 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [kondemand/1] root 75 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [kondemand/2] root 76 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [kondemand/3] root 77 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [kconservative] root 78 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [kconservative] root 79 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [kconservative] root 80 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [kconservative] root 232 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [scsi_eh_0] root 259 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:01 [scsi_eh_1] root 264 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [scsi_eh_2] root 278 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:01 [scsi_eh_3] root 283 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [scsi_eh_4] root 284 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [khpsbpkt] root 285 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [scsi_eh_5] root 290 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [knodemgrd_0] root 294 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [scsi_eh_6] root 295 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:03 [usb-storage] root 305 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [usbhid_resume] root 329 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [jbd2/sda5-8] root 330 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [ext4-dio-unwr] root 331 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [ext4-dio-unwr] root 332 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [ext4-dio-unwr] root 333 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [ext4-dio-unwr] root 366 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [flush-8:0] root 397 0.0 0.0 2312 880 ? S 09:31 0:00 upstart-udev-br root 400 0.0 0.0 2780 1136 ? S<s 09:31 0:00 udevd --daemon root 757 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [kpsmoused] root 832 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [hd-audio0] root 839 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [hd-audio1] syslog 846 0.0 0.0 34532 1488 ? Sl 09:31 0:00 rsyslogd -c4 102 851 0.0 0.0 3344 1640 ? Ss 09:31 0:02 dbus-daemon --s root 856 0.0 0.0 18776 3240 ? Ssl 09:31 0:00 gdm-binary root 859 0.0 0.0 19000 4020 ? Ssl 09:31 0:02 NetworkManager root 863 0.0 0.0 4164 2280 ? S 09:31 0:00 /usr/sbin/modem root 868 0.0 0.0 2228 956 ? S 09:31 0:00 /sbin/dhclient avahi 871 0.0 0.0 2924 1524 ? S 09:31 0:00 avahi-daemon: r avahi 872 0.0 0.0 2924 544 ? Ss 09:31 0:00 avahi-daemon: c root 873 0.0 0.0 4824 2284 ? S 09:31 0:00 /sbin/wpa_suppl root 876 0.5 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 1:36 [phy0] root 892 0.0 0.0 20572 3132 ? Sl 09:31 0:00 /usr/sbin/conso root 957 0.0 0.0 20496 3756 ? Sl 09:31 0:00 /usr/lib/gdm/gd root 1001 5.9 1.8 151772 155096 tty7 Ss+ 09:31 18:29 /usr/bin/X :0 - root 1004 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:31 0:00 [firegl] gdm 1023 0.0 0.0 3380 752 ? S 09:31 0:00 /usr/bin/dbus-l root 1038 0.0 0.0 18968 3156 ? Sl 09:31 0:00 /usr/lib/gdm/gd root 1042 0.0 0.0 5520 2792 ? S 09:31 0:00 /usr/lib/upower rtkit 1046 0.0 0.0 22904 1188 ? SNl 09:31 0:00 /usr/lib/rtkit/ root 1050 0.0 0.0 6448 3952 ? S 09:31 0:00 /usr/lib/policy 108 1096 0.0 0.0 16952 4548 ? Ssl 09:31 0:00 /usr/sbin/hald root 1097 0.0 0.0 3528 1296 ? S 09:31 0:00 hald-runner root 1120 0.0 0.0 3604 1224 ? S 09:31 0:00 hald-addon-inpu root 1121 0.0 0.0 3604 1196 ? S 09:31 0:00 /usr/lib/hal/ha root 1122 0.0 0.0 3604 1204 ? S 09:31 0:00 /usr/lib/hal/ha root 1142 0.0 0.0 3608 1212 ? S 09:31 0:00 hald-addon-stor root 1143 0.0 0.0 3608 1216 ? S 09:31 0:00 hald-addon-stor root 1144 0.0 0.0 3608 1208 ? S 09:31 0:00 hald-addon-stor root 1145 0.0 0.0 3608 1216 ? S 09:31 0:00 hald-addon-stor root 1146 0.0 0.0 3608 1216 ? S 09:31 0:00 hald-addon-stor root 1147 0.0 0.0 3608 1216 ? S 09:31 0:00 hald-addon-stor root 1148 0.0 0.0 3616 1200 ? S 09:31 0:00 /usr/lib/hal/ha 108 1149 0.0 0.0 3416 1152 ? S 09:31 0:00 hald-addon-acpi don 1196 0.0 0.0 23980 2444 ? Sl 09:31 0:00 /usr/bin/gnome- don 1214 0.0 0.0 25876 6696 ? Ssl 09:31 0:00 gnome-session don 1250 0.0 0.0 3280 360 ? Ss 09:31 0:00 /usr/bin/ssh-ag don 1253 0.0 0.0 3380 740 ? S 09:31 0:00 /usr/bin/dbus-l don 1254 0.0 0.0 3300 1440 ? Ss 09:31 0:00 /bin/dbus-daemo don 1257 0.0 0.0 7612 4324 ? S 09:31 0:00 /usr/lib/libgco don 1264 0.0 0.1 89936 10224 ? Ss 09:31 0:01 /usr/lib/gnome- don 1266 0.0 0.0 6508 2316 ? S 09:31 0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/g don 1271 0.0 0.0 30276 2612 ? Ssl 09:31 0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs// don 1277 0.4 0.0 103648 4884 ? S<sl 09:31 1:14 /usr/bin/pulsea don 1279 0.0 0.0 18400 6064 ? S 09:31 0:00 /usr/lib/policy don 1280 0.0 0.1 61232 11564 ? S 09:31 0:00 nm-applet --sm- don 1281 0.0 0.0 19380 7616 ? S 09:31 0:00 bluetooth-apple don 1282 0.2 0.2 29904 20916 ? S 09:31 0:49 /usr/bin/compiz don 1288 0.0 0.8 141448 72632 ? S 09:31 0:14 nautilus don 1292 0.0 0.2 50000 18388 ? S 09:31 0:04 gnome-panel don 1293 0.0 0.0 20044 7764 ? S 09:31 0:00 gnome-power-man don 1305 0.0 0.0 6800 2992 ? S 09:31 0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/g don 1307 0.0 0.0 41940 3508 ? Ssl 09:31 0:00 /usr/lib/bonobo don 1314 0.0 0.1 45832 13448 ? S 09:31 0:09 /usr/lib/gnome- don 1316 0.0 0.1 44708 12348 ? S 09:31 0:00 /usr/lib/gnome- don 1318 0.0 0.0 33348 3672 ? S 09:31 0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/g root 1320 0.0 0.0 15972 3368 ? Sl 09:31 0:00 /usr/lib/udisks don 1321 0.0 0.0 1828 496 ? Ss 09:31 0:00 /bin/sh -c /usr don 1324 0.0 0.1 20048 9356 ? S 09:31 0:01 /usr/bin/gtk-wi root 1328 0.0 0.0 5176 964 ? S 09:31 0:02 udisks-daemon: don 1330 0.0 0.0 16948 2328 ? Sl 09:31 0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/g don 1333 0.0 0.0 7124 2384 ? S 09:31 0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/g don 1338 0.0 0.0 10748 2960 ? S 09:31 0:00 /usr/lib/pulsea don 1345 0.0 0.1 64460 14420 ? S 09:31 0:00 /usr/lib/gnome- don 1346 0.0 0.1 23108 8904 ? S 09:31 0:00 /usr/lib/gnome- don 1347 0.0 0.1 53320 13044 ? S 09:31 0:00 /usr/lib/indica don 1348 0.0 0.1 32208 13524 ? S 09:31 0:00 /usr/lib/gnome- don 1349 0.0 0.1 54280 13304 ? S 09:31 0:00 /usr/lib/indica don 1357 0.0 0.0 17516 4288 ? S 09:31 0:00 /usr/lib/indica don 1358 0.0 0.0 6548 2260 ? S 09:31 0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/g don 1360 0.0 0.0 85072 4552 ? S 09:31 0:00 /usr/lib/indica don 1362 0.0 0.0 24292 4252 ? S 09:31 0:00 /usr/lib/indica don 1375 0.0 0.0 17980 4752 ? S 09:31 0:00 /usr/lib/indica don 1377 0.0 0.0 18860 4856 ? S 09:31 0:00 /usr/lib/indica don 1379 0.0 0.0 6376 2352 ? S 09:31 0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/g don 1381 0.0 0.0 17936 5332 ? Ss 09:31 0:00 gnome-screensav don 1399 0.0 0.0 1828 536 ? S 09:31 0:00 /bin/sh /usr/bi don 1412 0.0 0.0 1828 548 ? S 09:31 0:00 /bin/sh /opt/th don 1416 0.3 1.2 363640 101760 ? Sl 09:31 0:57 /opt/thunderbir don 1432 0.0 0.0 19024 7264 ? S 09:31 0:00 /usr/lib/gnome- don 1435 0.0 0.1 34596 10956 ? Sl 09:32 0:00 /usr/lib/evolut don 1437 0.0 0.1 31472 15116 ? S 09:32 0:00 python /usr/sha don 1444 0.0 0.1 41696 11760 ? S 09:32 0:00 update-notifier root 1450 0.0 0.0 13668 8012 ? S 09:32 0:00 /usr/bin/python don 1552 0.0 0.0 1828 536 ? S 09:42 0:00 /bin/sh /usr/bi don 1566 0.0 0.0 1828 548 ? S 09:42 0:00 /bin/sh /opt/fi don 1570 0.3 1.2 344696 101304 ? Sl 09:42 1:12 /opt/firefox/fi root 1645 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:47 0:00 [scsi_eh_7] root 1646 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:47 0:00 [usb-storage] root 1653 0.0 0.0 2776 1148 ? S< 09:47 0:00 udevd --daemon root 1654 0.0 0.0 2776 1112 ? S< 09:47 0:00 udevd --daemon don 1824 0.0 0.0 17788 6380 ? S 09:52 0:00 /usr/lib/notify don 2111 0.0 0.2 66868 18856 ? Sl 10:22 0:02 /opt/firefox/pl don 2840 0.0 0.0 1828 536 ? S 14:35 0:00 /bin/sh /opt/op don 2850 1.5 1.0 205728 83608 ? Sl 14:35 0:07 /opt/openoffice don 2909 0.4 0.1 43684 14192 ? S 14:41 0:00 gnome-control-c don 2950 0.8 0.1 51424 13324 ? Sl 14:43 0:00 gnome-terminal don 2951 0.0 0.0 1984 696 ? S 14:43 0:00 gnome-pty-helpe don 2952 0.5 0.0 5808 3156 pts/0 Ss 14:43 0:00 bash root 3038 0.0 0.0 1788 560 tty4 Ss+ 14:43 0:00 /sbin/getty -8 root 3042 0.0 0.0 1788 564 tty5 Ss+ 14:43 0:00 /sbin/getty -8 root 3048 0.0 0.0 1788 564 tty2 Ss+ 14:43 0:00 /sbin/getty -8 root 3050 0.0 0.0 1788 568 tty3 Ss+ 14:43 0:00 /sbin/getty -8 root 3052 0.0 0.0 1788 564 tty6 Ss+ 14:43 0:00 /sbin/getty -8 root 3056 0.0 0.0 2824 584 ? Ss 14:43 0:00 /usr/sbin/irqba root 3057 0.0 0.0 2044 872 ? Ss 14:43 0:00 acpid -c /etc/a root 3082 0.0 0.0 2372 876 ? Ss 14:43 0:00 cron daemon 3083 0.0 0.0 2244 436 ? Ss 14:43 0:00 atd root 3089 0.0 0.0 11732 1360 ? Ss 14:43 0:00 /usr/sbin/winbi root 3092 0.0 0.0 11732 1172 ? S 14:43 0:00 /usr/sbin/winbi root 3122 0.0 0.0 6824 2664 ? Ss 14:43 0:00 /usr/sbin/cupsd root 3191 0.0 0.0 1828 564 ? S 14:43 0:00 /bin/sh /etc/in root 3197 0.0 0.0 1768 440 ? S 14:43 0:00 sleep 60 root 3200 0.0 0.0 1788 568 tty1 Ss+ 14:43 0:00 /sbin/getty -8 don 3207 0.0 0.0 2712 1040 pts/0 R+ 14:43 0:00 ps aux The computer was booted at 9:31 this morning. The 'sudo start rc- sysinit' and the 'ps aux' commands were at 14:43 -- CUPS and other system services not starting at boot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/554172 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs