[cups.general] CUPS daemon died during initalization

Johannes Meixner jsmeix at suse.de
Fri Nov 5 08:46:06 PST 2004


Hello,

On Nov 1 15:17 gclark at taiko.us wrote (shortened):
> SuSE 9.1 ... HP Lazer IID
....
> Every time I try I get and error
>  -CUPS daemon died during initalization.

See the manuals or have a look at
http://portal.suse.com/sdb/en/2004/05/jsmeix_print-cups-in-a-nutshell.html
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If problems are encountered:
1. Set the "LogLevel debug" in /etc/cups/cupsd.conf.
2. Stop cupsd.
3. Move /var/log/cups/error_log* to another location (or delete it)
   to avoid having to search through gigantic log files.
4. Start cupsd.
5. Retry the action leading to the problem.
6. Now /var/log/cups/error_log* contains many messages that are useful
   for troubleshooting. 
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When /var/log/cups/error_log doesn't reveal the cause of the problem
then following brutal method should help:
http://portal.suse.com/sdb/en/2004/07/pohletz_cups_manual_reinstall.html

Additionally you may have a look at the following example
for a less brutal method:
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-linux-e/2004-Jun/4134.html


Regards
Johannes Meixner
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90409 Nuernberg, Germany                    WWW: http://www.suse.de/





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