Cedric, and everyone else who tested my improved logrotate script, as soon as the proposed package gets available please run the following commands in a terminal window to remove my script before installing the proposed package:
sudo rm /etc/logrotate.d/cups /etc/apport/blacklist.d/cups mkdir tmpdir cd tmpdir apt-get download cups sudo dpkg -i --force-confmiss cups_*.deb cd .. rm -rf tmpdir Then install the package as described in the instructions which will get posted here. Note that testing the proposed package and giving feedback here is required for the proposed package to get an official update. ** Description changed: Every day I get a 'System Problem Detected' dialog that says that cupsd has crashed. The symptom is similar to the one described in bug 1034045. I expected this would be fixed by cups 1.6.1-0ubuntu11, but I have that version installed and the errors persist. The test case in bug 1034045 does not result in an immediate crash of cupsd. Specifically, this does not produce a crash on my system: 1. Run 'sudo rm -f /var/crash/_usr_sbin_cupsd.0.crash' 2. Run 'sudo service cupsd restart' 3. Verify that a new /var/crash/_usr_sbin_cupsd.0.crash file has been created (and if on a desktop, that a new crash notification has been shown). [IMPACT] For CUPS users who activate the "Show printers shared by other systems" in the server settings of system-config-printer or in the CUPS web interface, so that they automatically get shared remote CUPS printers listed in print dialogs CUPS crashes regularly, typically once a day triggered by logrotate, popping up an Apport dialog to upload the crash info to Launchpad. Otherwise all is working correctly, there is only the annoying crash report. [TESTCASE] Activate "Show printers shared by other systems" in the server settings of system-config-printer or run the command cupsctl --remote-printers I am not sure whether there must be actually a remote printer to trigger the crash. So on another computer in the same local network (or on a virtual machine if you do not have a second computer) create a CUPS queue and share it. Activate "Published shared printers connected to this system" in the server settings of system-config-printer or run the command cupsctl --share-printers on that computer. Now observe for some days. Probably you will get a crash report once a day. With the proposed package the logrotate script is improved to not take a way log files from CUPS while it is running. It stops CUPS, moves the log files, and after that starts CUPS again. This way CUPS stops crashing during the logrotate once a day, so the system will behave normally now. Printing does not trigger the crash, so print jobs are always executed correctly. + You can test whether crash reports still work with the proposed package + by triggering an artificial crash running the command + + sudo killall -11 cupsd + + Check whether the crash report process of Apport gets triggered, but DO + NOT post the generated bug report on Launchpad. Remove + /etc/apport/blacklist.d/cups (remainder from earlier proposed package) + if this does not happen and try again. + [Regression Potential] None. No change in any executable which could cause a regression. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: cups 1.6.1-0ubuntu11 ProcVersionSignature: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/proc/version_signature' Uname: Linux 3.6.3-030603-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6 Architecture: amd64 CupsErrorLog: Date: Mon Dec 3 10:49:54 2012 InstallationDate: Installed on 2010-09-17 (808 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Beta amd64 (20100901.1) KernLog: Dec 3 10:41:14 steve-laptop kernel: [71466.813974] type=1400 audit(1354549274.550:29): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_replace" name="/usr/lib/cups/backend/cups-pdf" pid=15433 comm="apparmor_parser" Dec 3 10:41:14 steve-laptop kernel: [71466.814450] type=1400 audit(1354549274.550:30): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_replace" name="/usr/sbin/cupsd" pid=15433 comm="apparmor_parser" MachineType: Apple Inc. MacBookPro3,1 MarkForUpload: True Papersize: letter ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.6.3-030603-generic root=UUID=4b3d81ed-fb5d-4946-97c0-ec537e1bfa3f ro quiet splash SourcePackage: cups UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-08-07 (118 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 03/05/08 dmi.bios.vendor: Apple Inc. dmi.bios.version: MBP31.88Z.0070.B07.0803051658 dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag dmi.board.name: Mac-F4238BC8 dmi.board.vendor: Apple Inc. dmi.board.version: PVT dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset Tag# dmi.chassis.type: 2 dmi.chassis.vendor: Apple Inc. dmi.chassis.version: Mac-F4238BC8 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAppleInc.:bvrMBP31.88Z.0070.B07.0803051658:bd03/05/08:svnAppleInc.:pnMacBookPro3,1:pvr1.0:rvnAppleInc.:rnMac-F4238BC8:rvrPVT:cvnAppleInc.:ct2:cvrMac-F4238BC8: dmi.product.name: MacBookPro3,1 dmi.product.version: 1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: Apple Inc. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1086019 Title: cupsd crashes regularly (daily) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/1086019/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
