Bug 9201 – cups 1.1.16 started but freeze

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description gaplo 2002-10-16 11:53:31 UTC]

cupsd freezed in default runlevel.
Tried to start in console, using /etc/init.d/cupsd start, it freeze, didn't show
the word [OK] or even error, but cupsd is started as I can open the admin page
http://localhost:631 from browsers.
Played around with the *.conf files in /etc/cups/, those conf files work well
with cups 1.1.15-r2 but not cups 1.1.16.

[Comment 1 Marko Daniel 2002-10-17 05:30:03 UTC]

I've got the same problem. cupsd actually starts (and works) but fails to run in
the background. As it stays in the foreground, the init script waits and waits
and waits...

[Comment 2 gaplo 2002-10-17 08:34:12 UTC]

However, I have got a strange situation. I have two machine installed Gentoo
Linux also cups 1.1.16, my notebook works with 1.1.16 but not my desktop. My
notebook is updated from 1.1.15-r2 to 1.1.16, I tried to emerge cups 1.1.15-r2
in my desktop then update to 1.1.16 but the problem still remain.

Both machines are fully compiled with gcc-3.2-r1, one is Pentium 3 while the
desktop is Pentium 4, is it related? Both using kernel 2.4.19-gentoo-r9.

[Comment 3 Klaus Kusche 2002-10-18 10:49:16 UTC]

Same here: cups works, but the init script hangs forever. Calling "cupsd" from
the command line also hangs forever. This is 1.1.16, previous version was fine.

It is not gcc-3.2 related, my system is still 3.1.1.

Dumping it gives the following backtrace:
#0  0x004190c9 in __wait4 () at __wait4:-1
#1  0x0049ad50 in __DTOR_END__ () from /lib/libc.so.6
#2  0x0805cdd2 in main (argc=1, argv=0xb1cb5d6c) at main.c:184
#3  0x003900fe in __libc_start_main () from /lib/libc.so.6

Tail of an strace:
munmap(0x290000, 35359)                 = 0
fork()                                  = 32209
rt_sigaction(SIGUSR1, {0x805d3a4, [USR1],
SA_STACK|SA_RESTART|SA_INTERRUPT|SA_ONESHOT|0x588e9c0}, NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGHUP, {SIG_IGN}, NULL, 8) = 0
wait4(-1, 0xb988a8bc, 0, NULL)          = ? ERESTARTSYS (To be restarted)
--- SIGUSR1 (User defined signal 1) ---
sigreturn()                             = ? (mask now [])
wait4(-1,

[Comment 4 Tobias Sager 2002-10-18 17:58:56 UTC]

this diff fixes the problem for me ([tm] as usual):

--- cupsd.rc6   2002-05-05 00:45:53.000000000 +0200
+++ cupsd.rc6.fix       2002-10-19 00:57:30.000000000 +0200
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 start() {
        ebegin "Starting cupsd"
-       start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --exec /usr/sbin/cupsd
+       start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --exec /usr/sbin/cupsd -- -F &
        eend $?
 }
 

[Comment 5 Tobias Sager 2002-10-18 18:00:02 UTC]

Sorry. Forgot to mention.

Patch in the /usr/portage/net-print/cups/files directory.
This will change the /etc/init.d/cupsd script after emerging.

Regards,
Tobias

[Comment 6 Donny Davies (RETIRED) 2002-10-19 00:21:33 UTC]

hi.

just cp /usr/portage/net-print/cups/files/cupsd.rc6 /etc/init.d/cupsd
and you should be fixed.

i added --background to start-stop-daemon.

bye.