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nomadic - Jul 04, 2008 - 07:28 AM
Post subject: [SOLVED] cups / printing problem in Parsix 1.5
CUPS is not running as a service, even tho the various CUPS packages are installed.
I cannot add my usb printer using system/administration/printing - I get the error message There was an error during the CUPS operation: 'httpConnectionEncrypt failed'.
If I try using applications/Parsix/Printer Manager, I get the message "IceWeasel cant establish connectivity with localhost:631.
I get this last message also if I try to connect th http://localhost:631 through Iceweasel directly.
Is this just because CUPS is not running, and if so, how can I get it to run please?
nomadic
cmost - Jul 04, 2008 - 11:04 AM
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I noticed this problem too, which also, by the way, affects NFS services (meaning that NFS shares are not automatically mounted at boot because the NFS services are not running.)
To solve your problem, simply add the following two commands BEFORE the last line in /etc/rc.local (Note: You must edit rc.local as root.)
At the command line:
sudo gedit /etc/rc.local
add...
sleep 20
/etc/init.d/cups restart
...before the last line...
save the file
restart the computer
CUPS should start at each boot now. Good luck!
nomadic - Jul 04, 2008 - 11:29 AM
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Hi cmost
thank you for the quick reply.
good news and bad news
the bad news is that the edit has had no effect and cups does not start.:
the good news is that your reply gave me the info to restart CUPS manually (/etc/init.d/cups restart). I manually started cups and set up my printer ok.
So the urgency is gone but I would still like to have cups starting automatically.
In case I have done something wrong, the contents of /etc/rc.local after the edit are as follows
#!/bin/sh -e
#
# rc.local
#
# This script is executed at the end of each multiuser runlevel.
# Make sure that the script will "exit 0" on success or any other
# value on error.
#
# In order to enable or disable this script just change the execution
# bits.
#
# By default this script does nothing.
sleep 20
/etc/init.d/cups restart
exit 0
nomadic
cmost - Jul 04, 2008 - 11:55 AM
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Hmmm... adding the two aforementioned lines to your rc.local file should indeed force CUPS to restart at each boot. On the other hand, if your rc.local file is not executable, then it may not execute. In a terminal, as root, execute the following:
sudo chmod a+x /etc/rc.local
Beyond that, I'm not sure why the contents of your rc.local file are not being executed. You could always add the cups command to your Gnome session manager... 
A dirty way to do it but it probably would work nonetheless. Keep me posted on your progress. Other users will no doubt benefit.
nomadic - Jul 04, 2008 - 02:38 PM
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hi cmost
chmod made no difference, although something has changed.
After boot,
- cups does not appear in system/adminintration/services.
- Going to system/administration/printing still fails (not connecting)
- going to applications/Parsix/printer manager DOES work (connects to localhost) BEFORE I manually start cups
- From the browser I can go directly to localhost:631 BEFORE I manually start cups
(I still have those two lines in /rc.local)
I included the command "/etc/init.d/cups restart" as a start-up job in system/preferences/sessions but it is not starting cups.
I can carry on starting cups manually but I would like to find out why this is necessary.
nomadic.
cmost - Jul 04, 2008 - 04:13 PM
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Have a look at this page... It will assist you in creating a script to start (or stop) the CUPS service manually. I am thinking about using this method to create a few custom scripts myself. Good luck!
http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/28
alan - Jul 04, 2008 - 05:55 PM
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Simply use the following command to enable cups at boot:
Code:
# ln -s /etc/init.d/cups /etc/rc5.d/S99cups
cups service name has changed from cupsys to cups, the installer system needs to be updated. will be fixed in Viola r1.
nomadic - Jul 05, 2008 - 06:42 AM
Post subject: Solved - cups not starting at boot
alan
that solved the problem.
thanks for your help and also to cmost
nomadic
cmost - Jul 05, 2008 - 10:51 AM
Post subject: RE: Solved - cups not starting at boot
Alan is the boss!
@nomadic, can you mark this topic as [solved]?
bartos - Aug 14, 2008 - 06:48 PM
Post subject: RE: Solved - cups not starting at boot
Alan's post of
Code:
# ln -s /etc/init.d/cups /etc/rc5.d/S99cups
solved my problem.
Thanks
mandog - Aug 15, 2008 - 05:50 AM
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Just a foot note cups is back on track on 1,5r1