Adding upstart task as Steve Langasek tells in comment #7 that an Upstart bug needs to get fixed to eliminate the need of a wait loop.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to cups in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/933308 Title: cupsd failed to create /var/run/cups/cups.sock, skipping automatic printer configuration Status in “cups” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “upstart” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: With upstart logging enabled, the cups upstart job routinely spits the following error out to /var/log/upstart/cups.log: cupsd failed to create /var/run/cups/cups.sock, skipping automatic printer configuration Indeed, cups seems to get around to creating the socket several seconds after the cups post-start script stops waiting for it. $ ls -l --full-time /var/log/upstart/cups.log -rw-r----- 1 root root 90 2012-02-15 22:23:01.937144478 -0800 /var/log/upstart/cups.log $ ls -l --full-time /var/run/cups/cups.sock srwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 2012-02-15 22:23:13.261144768 -0800 /var/run/cups/cups.sock $ So it doesn't look like a 3 second timeout is realistically long enough here. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: cups 1.5.2-3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-16.25-generic 3.2.6 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-16-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 1.91-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CheckboxSubmission: 017452a27eca3c8b498abbfa5ef91db9 CheckboxSystem: ecaaad6fa1e0799a0aa1126bf620f39e Date: Thu Feb 16 00:03:35 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100816.1) Lpstat: device for davidson-printer: smb://WORKGROUP/EXCALIBUR/Printer2 device for HP-Color-LaserJet-CM1312-MFP: hp:/usb/HP_Color_LaserJet_CM1312_MFP?serial=00CNB882VG58 device for HP-PSC-750: ipp://207.224.24.210:631/printers/PSC_750 device for HP-PSC-750-legal: ipp://207.224.24.210:631/printers/PSC_750 MachineType: LENOVO 3249CTO Papersize: letter PpdFiles: HP-PSC-750: HP PSC 750, hpcups 3.12.2 davidson-printer: HP Color LaserJet CP3505 Postscript (recommended) HP-Color-LaserJet-CM1312-MFP: HP Color LaserJet CM1312 MFP Series Postscript (recommended) HP-PSC-750-legal: HP PSC 750, hpcups 3.12.2 ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.2.0-16-generic root=/dev/mapper/hostname-root ro pcie_aspm=force i915.i915_enable_rc6=1 quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: cups UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2011-11-08 (99 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 08/23/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: 6QET52WW (1.22 ) dmi.board.name: 3249CTO dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: Not Available dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: Not Available dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr6QET52WW(1.22):bd08/23/2010:svnLENOVO:pn3249CTO:pvrThinkPadX201:rvnLENOVO:rn3249CTO:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable: dmi.product.name: 3249CTO dmi.product.version: ThinkPad X201 dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO modified.conffile..etc.cups.cupsd.conf: [modified] modified.conffile..etc.default.cups: [modified] mtime.conffile..etc.cups.cupsd.conf: 2011-08-09T08:12:10.630009 mtime.conffile..etc.default.cups: 2010-09-25T01:44:40.784776 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/933308/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
