Public bug reported: Binary package hint: cups
This is probably the same underlying issue as https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/304039, but I see different symptoms. My system is currently working ok but the upgrade process was not as smooth as it should be. I did a 'sudo aptitude update; sudo aptitude safe-upgrade;' and during the upgrade of the 'cups' package aptitude seemed to hang. I hit ^c to skip it, but had to do this twice. I then got a message as in #304039, E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem. I tried that, but things still seemed to get stuck. ^c again. I found with 'top' that there were now 3 cupsd processes running, so I killed them (kill -KILL, also tried killall cupsd) and tried dpkg --configure -a again. No obvious improvement. Apologies that this report is a little vague, as I was in a bit of a hurry and did not make detailed notes. I had to leave the system, but when I came back to it 12 hours later, things seemed to be working. I reran 'dpkg --configure -a' but got no output on the terminal, it's unclear that the command did anything. It's possible this is related to the flaky USB connection to the printer. The electrical contact is not always good, though I have taken steps to ensure the USB connector has reasonable contact and doesn't jiggle around. I can't recall if the device was showing as connected at the time. /var/log/kern.log contained these lines, which may be of use. Dec 19 10:06:04 ubuntu kernel: [1719265.271037] type=1505 audit(1229641564.644:27): operation="profile_replace" name="/usr/share/gdm/guest-session/Xsession" name2="default" pid=29147 Dec 19 10:06:04 ubuntu kernel: [1719265.495352] type=1505 audit(1229641564.868:28): operation="profile_replace" name="/usr/lib/cups/backend/cups-pdf" name2="default" pid=29152 Dec 19 10:06:04 ubuntu kernel: [1719265.498068] type=1505 audit(1229641564.872:29): operation="profile_replace" name="/usr/sbin/cupsd" name2="default" pid=29152 Dec 19 10:16:54 ubuntu kernel: [1719915.297126] type=1505 audit(1229642214.672:32): operation="profile_replace" name="/usr/sbin/cupsd" name2="default" pid=490 Dec 19 10:19:44 ubuntu kernel: [1720085.067577] type=1505 audit(1229642384.440:33): operation="profile_replace" name="/usr/share/gdm/guest-session/Xsession" name2="default" pid=697 Dec 19 10:19:45 ubuntu kernel: [1720086.325419] type=1505 audit(1229642385.700:34): operation="profile_replace" name="/usr/lib/cups/backend/cups-pdf" name2="default" pid=702 Dec 19 10:19:45 ubuntu kernel: [1720086.327127] type=1505 audit(1229642385.700:35): operation="profile_replace" name="/usr/sbin/cupsd" name2="default" pid=702 Dec 19 10:21:03 ubuntu kernel: [1720163.894603] type=1505 audit(1229642463.268:36): operation="profile_replace" name="/usr/share/gdm/guest-session/Xsession" name2="default" pid=829 Dec 19 10:21:03 ubuntu kernel: [1720164.128615] type=1505 audit(1229642463.504:37): operation="profile_replace" name="/usr/lib/cups/backend/cups-pdf" name2="default" pid=834 Dec 19 10:21:03 ubuntu kernel: [1720164.131235] type=1505 audit(1229642463.504:38): operation="profile_replace" name="/usr/sbin/cupsd" name2="default" pid=834 lsusb shows the device as Bus 001 Device 006: ID 03f0:3611 Hewlett-Packard PSC 2410 Photosmart When the system detects the device I get this in dmesg: [45168.656042] usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 5 [45168.861809] usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice [45168.867969] scsi5 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices [45168.870479] usb-storage: device found at 5 [45168.870486] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning [45169.025278] usb 1-1: USB disconnect, address 5 [45169.520201] usbcore: registered new interface driver usblp [45169.888024] usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 6 [45170.090339] usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice [45170.102142] usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 6 if 1 alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x03F0 pid 0x3611 [45170.115404] scsi6 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices [45170.116124] usb-storage: device found at 6 [45170.116131] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning [45173.635616] usblp0: removed [45175.117242] usb-storage: device scan complete [45175.120241] scsi 6:0:0:0: Direct-Access HP psc 2410 1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 [45175.144993] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk [45175.145466] sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0 [45175.278292] type=1503 audit(1229733410.439:5): operation="inode_permission" requested_mask="::rw" denied_mask="::rw" fsuid=7 name="/dev/tty" pid=9872 profile="/usr/sbin/cupsd" my current package state - dpkg -l |grep ^ii |grep cups gives this list: ii bluez-cups 4.12-0ubuntu5 Bluetooth printer driver for CUPS ii cups 1.3.9-2ubuntu4 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - server ii cups-bsd 1.3.9-2ubuntu4 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - BSD commands ii cups-client 1.3.9-2ubuntu4 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - client programs (SysV) ii cups-common 1.3.9-2ubuntu4 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - common files ii cups-driver-gutenprint 5.2.0~rc1-0ubuntu1 printer drivers for CUPS ii cupsddk 1.2.3-3 CUPS Driver Development Kit ii cupsddk-drivers 1.2.3-3 CUPS Driver Development Kit - Driver files ii hal-cups-utils 0.6.17+git20080728-0ubuntu2 CUPS integration with HAL ii libcups2 1.3.9-2ubuntu4 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - libs ii libcupsimage2 1.3.9-2ubuntu4 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - image libs ii libcupsys2 1.3.9-2ubuntu4 Common UNIX Printing System (transitional package) ii libgnomecups1.0-1 0.2.3-2build1 GNOME library for CUPS interaction ii python-cups 1.9.41-0ubuntu1 Python bindings for CUPS ii python-cupshelpers 1.0.5+git20080819-0ubuntu6 Python modules for printer configuration with CUPS dpkg -l libavahi-compat-libdnssd1 libc6 libcups2 libcupsimage2 libdbus-1-3 libgcc1 libgnutls26 libijs-0.35 libkrb53 libldap-2.4-2 libpam0g libpaper1 libpoppler3 libslp1 libstdc++6 zlib1g debconf poppler-utils xpdf-utils perl-modules procps ghostscript lsb-base cups-common ssl-cert adduser bc | sort ii adduser 3.108ubuntu1 add and remove users and groups ii bc 1.06.94-3ubuntu1 The GNU bc arbitrary precision calculator la ii cups-common 1.3.9-2ubuntu4 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - common fil ii debconf 1.5.23ubuntu2 Debian configuration management system ii ghostscript 8.63.dfsg.1-0ubuntu6 The GPL Ghostscript PostScript/PDF interpret ii libavahi-compat-libdnssd1 0.6.23-2ubuntu2.1 Avahi Apple Bonjour compatibility library ii libc6 2.8~20080505-0ubuntu7 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libcups2 1.3.9-2ubuntu4 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - libs ii libcupsimage2 1.3.9-2ubuntu4 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - image libs ii libdbus-1-3 1.2.4-0ubuntu1 simple interprocess messaging system ii libgcc1 1:4.3.2-1ubuntu11 GCC support library ii libgnutls26 2.4.1-1ubuntu0.2 the GNU TLS library - runtime library ii libijs-0.35 0.35-3 IJS raster image transport protocol: shared ii libkrb53 1.6.dfsg.4~beta1-3 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries ii libldap-2.4-2 2.4.11-0ubuntu6 OpenLDAP libraries ii libpam0g 1.0.1-4ubuntu5.3 Pluggable Authentication Modules library ii libpaper1 1.1.23+nmu1 library for handling paper characteristics ii libpoppler3 0.8.7-1 PDF rendering library ii libslp1 1.2.1-7.3 OpenSLP libraries ii libstdc++6 4.3.2-1ubuntu11 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 ii lsb-base 3.2-14ubuntu2 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init script function ii perl-modules 5.10.0-11.1ubuntu2 Core Perl modules ii poppler-utils 0.8.7-1 PDF utilitites (based on libpoppler) ii procps 1:3.2.7-9ubuntu2.1 /proc file system utilities ii ssl-cert 1.0.23 simple debconf wrapper for OpenSSL ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-12ubuntu1 compression library - runtime un xpdf-utils <none> (no description available) uh - that's odd. xpdf-utils is shown as a Depends: of cups yet it's not installed on my system. /etc/apt/sources.list grep -v ^# /etc/apt/sources.list deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid main restricted deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid main restricted deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates main restricted deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates main restricted deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid universe deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid universe deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates universe deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates universe deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid multiverse deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid multiverse deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates multiverse deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates multiverse deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security main restricted deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security main restricted deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security universe deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security universe deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security multiverse deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security multiverse ProblemType: Package Architecture: i386 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10 ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script killed by signal (Interrupt) NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Package: cups 1.3.9-2ubuntu4 SourcePackage: cups Title: package cups 1.3.9-2ubuntu4 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script killed by signal (Interrupt) Uname: Linux 2.6.27-9-generic i686 ** Affects: cups (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-package -- cupsd fails to restart on upgrade https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/309877 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
