I have exactly the same thing on 16.04 LTS with the minimal virtual machine install. I run the whole thing on ESXi 5.5 something. Status:
root@printserver:/var/log/cups# service cups status ● cups.service - CUPS Scheduler Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/cups.service; enabled; vendor preset: ena Active: inactive (dead) since Wed 2016-08-24 22:44:57 EEST; 12min ago Docs: man:cupsd(8) Process: 2177 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/cupsd -l (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 2177 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Aug 24 22:38:23 printserver systemd[1]: Started CUPS Scheduler. No mention of any abnormalities in any logs whatsoever. I'm afraid I need to go back to 14.04 LTS for this virtual machine. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1598300 Title: cups hang after a while To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/1598300/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs