[PLUG] CUPS and the Internet

wes plug at the-wes.com
Wed Sep 7 18:01:04 UTC 2011


I used to see this on several services on startup. Sendmail used to give me
the worst problems with it. I think it's related to trying to resolve its
hostname, trying to establish it's own FQDN.

This is probably why your searching isn't turning anything up... you're
being too specific.

http://linuxmafia.com/faq/VALinux-kb/service-hangs-startup.html

-wes

On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 10:16 AM, Roderick A. Anderson <
raanders at cyber-office.net> wrote:

> Anyone know why CUPS hangs during startup if there is a problem with the
> internet connection?
>
> I've been having some Internet connection issues (long and erratic ping
> times, lost packets, etc.) and while trying to chase them down I
> restarted my workstation.  Every time it hangs while starting CUPS.
> Once the connection is stabilized it works fine.
>
> What would CUPS be looking for on the internet when it is just being
> used by systems on the home/office LAN?
>
> I did do some searching so either my search-foo is off or there is
> nothing about this specific issue.
>
>
> TIA,
> Rod
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