CUPS won't parse config file

Anonymous anonymous at easysw.com
Sat Jun 25 02:52:05 PDT 2005


> I have done a default build of CUPS from source on Linux 2.6.11.10 and get the message:
>
> cupsd: Child exited on signal 15!
> cups: unable to start scheduler.
>
> Uncommenting ANY line in cupsd.conf seems to prevent cupsd from starting.
> Why does the supplied configuration not seem to match the format that cupsd expects?
>
> I am definitely using the config files installed from the source package.
>
> The following turns up in the error log:
>
> E [25/Jun/2005:10:26:43 +0100] Unknown directive  on line 25.
> E [25/Jun/2005:10:26:43 +0100] Unknown directive  on line 142.
> E [25/Jun/2005:10:26:43 +0100] Unknown directive  on line 408.
> E [25/Jun/2005:10:26:43 +0100] Unknown directive  on line 748.
> E [25/Jun/2005:10:26:43 +0100] Unknown directive  on line 749.
> E [25/Jun/2005:10:26:43 +0100] Unknown directive  on line 750.
> E [25/Jun/2005:10:26:43 +0100] Unknown directive  on line 751.
> E [25/Jun/2005:10:26:43 +0100] Unknown directive  on line 752.
> E [25/Jun/2005:10:26:43 +0100] Unknown directive  on line 805.
> E [25/Jun/2005:10:26:43 +0100] Unknown directive  on line 813.
> E [25/Jun/2005:10:26:43 +0100] Unknown directive  on line 814.
> E [25/Jun/2005:10:26:43 +0100] Unknown directive  on line 817.
> E [25/Jun/2005:10:26:43 +0100] Unknown directive  on line 818.
> E [25/Jun/2005:10:26:43 +0100] Unknown directive  on line 819.
> E [25/Jun/2005:10:26:43 +0100] Unknown directive  on line 822.
> X [25/Jun/2005:10:26:43 +0100] No valid Listen or Port lines were found in the configuration file!
>

Just a wild guess: when you edited the config file did your editor wrap lines > 80 chars? if so, that might be the cause.





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