Confirmed on precise. Installing apparmor-utils, running aa-complain cupsd, then cups starts OK.
/var/log/syslog now has several messages like this one: Dec 12 13:58:10 rondloper kernel: [ 885.007738] type=1400 audit(1386849490.315:4932): apparmor="ALLOWED" operation="open" parent=9636 profile="/usr/sbin/cupsd//null-37" name="/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libpthread-2.15.so" pid=9670 comm="cups-driverd" requested_mask="r" denied_mask="r" fsuid=7 ouid=0 That "profile" filename is obviously spurious since /usr/sbin/cupsd is a program. ** Changed in: cups (Ubuntu) Status: Expired => Confirmed -- 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/1005392 Title: Cups was installed, but won't start Status in “cups” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Ubuntu 12.04 64bit Desktop When i try to install cups, the following message appears: root@xxxxxxx:/var# aptitude upgrade The following partially installed packages will be configured: cups No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed. 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 0 B will be used. Setting up cups (1.5.2-9ubuntu1) ... start: Job failed to start invoke-rc.d: initscript cups, action "start" failed. dpkg: error processing cups (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already Errors were encountered while processing: cups E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) A package failed to install. Trying to recover: Setting up cups (1.5.2-9ubuntu1) ... start: Job failed to start invoke-rc.d: initscript cups, action "start" failed. dpkg: error processing cups (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: cups ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: cups 1.5.2-9ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.39-generic 3.2.16 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 CupsErrorLog: Date: Mon May 28 06:46:06 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425) Lpstat: Error: command ['lpstat', '-v'] failed with exit code 1: lpstat: Connection refused MachineType: LENOVO 44036KG Papersize: a4 PpdFiles: Epson-Stylus-Office-BX300F: Epson Stylus Office BX300F - CUPS+Gutenprint v5.2.8-pre1 ProcEnviron: SHELL=/bin/bash TERM=xterm LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.2.0-24-generic root=UUID=ad5e2251-50d5-483e-8638-c9791d2b487d ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: cups UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 12/08/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: 81ET60WW (1.36 ) dmi.board.name: 44036KG 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:bvr81ET60WW(1.36):bd12/08/2011:svnLENOVO:pn44036KG:pvrThinkPadL412:rvnLENOVO:rn44036KG:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable: dmi.product.name: 44036KG dmi.product.version: ThinkPad L412 dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/1005392/+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