[Pkg-cups-devel] Bug#343539: the daemon doesn't start after upgrade

[Mark Robinson]

I'm seeing this behaviour too.

Here's the error log for a startup attempt. Note that the first line appears twice.

> I [16/Dec/2005:11:38:44 +1300] Listening to 0:631
> I [16/Dec/2005:11:38:44 +1300] Listening to 0:631
> I [16/Dec/2005:11:38:44 +1300] Loaded configuration file "/etc/cups/cupsd.conf"
> I [16/Dec/2005:11:38:44 +1300] Configured for up to 100 clients.
> I [16/Dec/2005:11:38:44 +1300] Allowing up to 100 client connections per host.
> I [16/Dec/2005:11:38:44 +1300] Full reload is required.
> I [16/Dec/2005:11:38:44 +1300] LoadPPDs: Read "/var/lib/cups/ppds.dat", 3307 PPDs...
> I [16/Dec/2005:11:38:44 +1300] LoadPPDs: No new or changed PPDs...
> I [16/Dec/2005:11:38:44 +1300] Full reload complete.
> E [16/Dec/2005:11:38:44 +1300] StartListening: Unable to bind socket for address 00000000:631 - Address already in use.

I assume cups is competing with itself for port 631 which appears otherwise 
uncommitted.

> piwakawaka:/etc/cups# lsof -i TCP:631
> piwakawaka:/etc/cups#

cheers
Mark