cups at bootup

Robert Slade bsd at bathnetworks.com
Fri Jan 13 08:52:25 PST 2006


On Fri, 2006-01-13 at 16:03, Andrew L. Gould wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 15:30:01 +0000
> Robert Slade <bsd at bathnetworks.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, 2006-01-13 at 15:00, Andrew L. Gould wrote:
> > > After a complete system and port upgrade, cups does not start at
> > > bootup. During bootup, I see the following line:
> > > 
> > > Usage: cups {reload|restart|start|status|stop}
> > > 
> > > The command 'ps ax | grep cups' returns nothing. If I start cups as
> > > root manually ('/usr/local/etc/rc.d/cups.sh start'), the cupsd
> > > scheduler is started successfully and I can print.
> > > 
> > > Where should I look for the problem during bootup?
> > > 
> > > Thanks,
> > > 
> > > Andrew Gould
> > 
> > Check the cups entry in /etc/rc.conf
> > 
> > Rob
> > 
> 
> Okay, I have 'cupsd_enable="YES"' in /etc/rc.conf, and cups starts at
> bootup; but in addition to "cups: started scheduler", I still get the
> message mentioned above.
> 
> The "cups: started scheduler" message appears after "Local package
> initialization:".
> 
> The "Usage: cups {reload|restart|start|status|stop}" message appears
> after "Starting usbd." and "Starting ddclient.", but prior to "Local
> package initialization:".
> 
> '"Curiouser and curiouser," said Alice'
> 
> Andrew Gould

Andrew,

I think the entry in /etc/rc.conf should be cups_enable="YES" rather
than cupsd.

Rob



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