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SliTaz 4.0: cups daemon versus cups.sock

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• Started 9 years ago by allen
• Latest reply from TraceE
• This topic is not a support question

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   allen
   

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   I'm not going to go where no man has gone before. This problem is well documented on the forum whereas cups daemon claims to be running, is not (or thinks it is) and the solution is...
   pkill cupsd
   rm /var/run/cups/cups.conf
   cupsd start

   So having dealt with this more than once.. I ask, if there is no real fix, would there be anything wrong with removing cupsd from rcS.conf and running the following script in local.sh?
   if [ -f /var/run/cups/cups.sock ]; then
   pkill /etc/init.d/cupsd
   rm -f /var/run/cups/cups.sock
   /etc/init.d/cupsd start
   else
   /etc/init.d/cupsd start
   fi

   I am not a programmer so I welcome your comments, corrections, criticisms, whatever it may be.

   Thank you,
   Allen

   Posted 9 years ago #
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   mojo
   

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   Hi allen
   I think this needs to be changed:
   pkill /etc/init.d/cupsd
   Try
   pkill cupsd
   or
   kill $(pgrep -f cupsd)

   Posted 9 years ago #
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   allen
   

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   Once again thank you mojo for your help. Your continued support is greatly appreciated!

   I'll include the script with your modifications in the local.sh. Interesting my forum email also included your modified /etc/init.d/cupsd script. I'll assume after some thought you preferred I travel this road first, editing your initial reply.

   Posted 9 years ago #
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   DLT
   

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   I've also hit this problem, and am NOT a programmer.
   I tried Allen's solution with mojo's changes and still had to:
   rm /var/run/cups/cups.sock
   /etc/init.d/cupsd start
   To get printing to work, I have to admit I'm not even sure I did it right, I assume I just have to put the script as written in the local.sh file, or do I need to "activate" it in some way?
   Thanks for any help, and my ancient apsire 7520 runs lovely now!
   Dave.

   Posted 9 years ago #
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   TraceE
   

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   Hey DLT ...... I have two old aspire 7520's ..... :)

   Just got my network print server to work ... then made a new live cd and now it doesn't work again ... :(
   Just going to try these fixes posted here ... good to see someone else with the same hardware and a similar situation .... :)

   Posted 9 years ago #
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   TraceE
   

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   My problem is fixed ..... :)

   All I had to do was put:

   /etc/init.d/cupsd stop
   rm /var/run/cups/cups.sock
   /etc/init.d/cupsd start

   in /etc/init.d/local.sh and the cups browser interface is back online and printer is working again .. :)

   Posted 9 years ago #

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