Public bug reported: Binary package hint: cupsys
I performed the following steps: 1) Booted into single user mode 2) apt-get update 3) apt-get dist-upgrade Now I now longer have a working CUPS system. Here's what versions of cups was loaded prior to the upgrade: ii bluez-cups 3.9-0ubuntu1 Bluetooth printer driver for CUPS ii cupsys 1.2.8-0ubuntu5 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - server ii cupsys-bsd 1.2.8-0ubuntu5 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - BSD comman ii cupsys-client 1.2.8-0ubuntu5 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - client pro ii cupsys-common 1.2.8-0ubuntu5 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - common fil ii cupsys-driver-gutenprint 5.0.0.99.1-0ubuntu1 printer drivers for CUPS ii libcupsimage2 1.2.8-0ubuntu5 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - image libs ii libcupsys2 1.2.8-0ubuntu5 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - libs ii libgnomecups1.0-1 0.2.2-5ubuntu1 GNOME library for CUPS interact Here's what versions of cups I now show: ii bluez-cups 3.9-0ubuntu3 Bluetooth printer driver for CUPS ii cupsys 1.2.8-0ubuntu7 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - server ii cupsys-bsd 1.2.8-0ubuntu7 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - BSD comman ii cupsys-client 1.2.8-0ubuntu7 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - client pro ii cupsys-common 1.2.8-0ubuntu7 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - common fil ii cupsys-driver-gutenprint 5.0.0.99.1-0ubuntu2 printer drivers for CUPS ii libcupsimage2 1.2.8-0ubuntu7 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - image libs ii libcupsys2 1.2.8-0ubuntu7 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - libs ii libgnomecups1.0-1 0.2.2-5ubuntu1 GNOME library for CUPS interaction When I view my printer via the WEB browser, I see that the printer is in a stopped state. If I try and start it, I see the error message: "/usr/lib/cups/backend/socket failed" for the printer. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 Date: Wed Mar 28 21:37:47 2007 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.04 Uname: Linux sammlinux 2.6.20-13-generic #2 SMP Sun Mar 25 00:21:25 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux ** Affects: cupsys (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- "Backend /usr/lib/cups/backend/socket does not exist!" https://launchpad.net/bugs/97672 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs