[gentoo-amd64] cups problem

[gentoo-amd64] cups problem

[Paul Stear]

Hi,
I am trying to get my printer working and have installed cups.  When I start 
cupsd I get the following message:-
 /etc/init.d/cupsd start
 * Starting cupsd ...
cupsd: Child exited on signal 15! 

I have umerged and remerged but still get the same error

here is some of emerge info:-
Portage 2.1.1 (default-linux/amd64/2006.1/desktop, gcc-4.1.1, glibc-2.4-r3, 
2.6.17-gentoo-r5 x86_64)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.6.17-gentoo-r5 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+
Gentoo Base System version 1.12.5
Last Sync: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 07:31:01 +0000
app-admin/eselect-compiler: [Not Present]
dev-java/java-config: 1.2.11-r1
dev-lang/python:     2.4.3-r1
dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5
dev-util/ccache:     [Not Present]
dev-util/confcache:  [Not Present]
sys-apps/sandbox:    1.2.17
sys-devel/autoconf:  2.13, 2.59-r7
sys-devel/automake:  1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2
sys-devel/binutils:  2.16.1-r3
sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.13-r3
sys-devel/libtool:   1.5.22
virtual/os-headers:  2.6.11-r2
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64"

The install logs did not show any errors.

Any ideas what to do next?

Paul
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Re: [gentoo-amd64] cups problem

[Kirby Walborn]

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Paul Stear wrote:
> Hi,
> I am trying to get my printer working and have installed cups.  When I start 
> cupsd I get the following message:-
>  /etc/init.d/cupsd start
>  * Starting cupsd ...
> cupsd: Child exited on signal 15! 
> 

I'm not saying I can help but what does your cups error log say and lets
see your /etc/cups/cupsd.conf file
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[gentoo-amd64] Re: cups problem

[Duncan]

Paul Stear <gentoo@appjaws.plus.com> posted
200609260957.40263.gentoo@appjaws.plus.com, excerpted below, on  Tue, 26
Sep 2006 09:57:40 +0100:

> Hi,
> I am trying to get my printer working and have installed cups.  When I
> start cupsd I get the following message:-
>  /etc/init.d/cupsd start
>  * Starting cupsd ...
> cupsd: Child exited on signal 15!
> 
> I have umerged and remerged but still get the same error
> 
> here is some of emerge info:-
> Portage 2.1.1 (default-linux/amd64/2006.1/desktop, gcc-4.1.1,
> glibc-2.4-r3, 2.6.17-gentoo-r5 x86_64)
> ================================================================= System
> uname: 2.6.17-gentoo-r5 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+ Gentoo
> Base System version 1.12.5
> Last Sync: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 07:31:01 +0000 app-admin/eselect-compiler:
> [Not Present] dev-java/java-config: 1.2.11-r1
> dev-lang/python:     2.4.3-r1
> dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5
> dev-util/ccache:     [Not Present]
> dev-util/confcache:  [Not Present]
> sys-apps/sandbox:    1.2.17
> sys-devel/autoconf:  2.13, 2.59-r7
> sys-devel/automake:  1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2
> sys-devel/binutils:  2.16.1-r3
> sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.13-r3
> sys-devel/libtool:   1.5.22
> virtual/os-headers:  2.6.11-r2
> ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64"
> 
> The install logs did not show any errors.
> 
> Any ideas what to do next?

Sig-15 is sig-term, so that's a normal program termination.

Did you configure cups?  Unlike most services, there's really no sane way
to have a valid initial configuration, given the vast number of printers
out there, all with different drivers, so it has to be configured.  My
guess is that cupsd sees it has no valid printers setup, so lacking
anything to do, it simply exits, thereby avoiding the unnecessary waste of
resources sitting there doing nothing.

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Re: [gentoo-amd64] cups problem

[Mark Knecht]

On 9/26/06, Paul Stear <gentoo@appjaws.plus.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I am trying to get my printer working and have installed cups.  When I start
> cupsd I get the following message:-
>  /etc/init.d/cupsd start
>  * Starting cupsd ...
> cupsd: Child exited on signal 15!
>

Paul,
   If you haven't fixed it then emerge -C cups AND delete the existing
/etc/cupsd directory. Then re-emerge cups and try starting cups. In my
experience last week this error happens when specific settings are
changed in the config file. Once re-emerged, if you do not see the
problem, then make your changes one at a time until you find the one
that caused it. I had a couple that did this. Sorry I cannot remember
exactly what they were.

HTH,
Mark
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Re: [gentoo-amd64] cups problem

[Paul Stear]

On Tuesday 26 September 2006 16:50, Mark Knecht wrote:
> On 9/26/06, Paul Stear <gentoo@appjaws.plus.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I am trying to get my printer working and have installed cups.  When I
> > start cupsd I get the following message:-
> >  /etc/init.d/cupsd start
> >  * Starting cupsd ...
> > cupsd: Child exited on signal 15!
>
> Paul,
>    If you haven't fixed it then emerge -C cups AND delete the existing
> /etc/cupsd directory. Then re-emerge cups and try starting cups.
Thanks to Mark, Duncan and Kirby, for your help, sorry for the delay in 
replying.

Reinstalling cups did the trick

Paul

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[gentoo-amd64] Re: cups problem

[Duncan]

Paul Stear <gentoo@appjaws.plus.com> posted
200609291312.08085.gentoo@appjaws.plus.com, excerpted below, on  Fri, 29
Sep 2006 13:12:06 +0100:

> Thanks to Mark, Duncan and Kirby, for your help, sorry for the delay in
> replying.
> 
> Reinstalling cups did the trick

Thanks.  Nice to know it has been resolved and what did the trick. =8^)

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