On Wednesday 27 June 2007, antonio montagnani wrote: >2007/6/26, Tim Waugh <twaugh@xxxxxxxxxx>: >> On Fri, 2007-06-22 at 13:32 +0200, antonio montagnani wrote: >> > When I start my laptop, during booting, when the system arrives at >> > Cups service start-up, it stays idling for one or two minutes - I >> > didn't check with my clock anyway :-) - for sure it is much longer >> > than other services. >> > Where shall I look?? >> >> It sounds like a name resolution is taking a long time. Things to >> check: >> >> * /etc/hosts > >This is my /etc/host file: > ># Do not remove the following line, or various programs ># that require network functionality will fail. > >::1 localhost.localdomain localhost ? where is your ipv4 address? Should it also be there? If not, do you have all the ipv6 stuffs enabled? >> * the ServerName directive in /etc/cups/cupsd.conf -- this defaults to >> the server's hostname if not present > >This is my cupsd.conf file ># ># "$Id: cupsd.conf.in 5454 2006-04-23 21:46:38Z mike $" ># ># Sample configuration file for the Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS) ># scheduler. See "man cupsd.conf" for a complete description of this ># file. ># > ># Log general information in error_log - change "info" to "debug" for ># troubleshooting... >LogLevel info > ># Administrator user group... >SystemGroup sys root > ># Only listen for connections from the local machine. >Listen localhost:631 >Listen /var/run/cups/cups.sock > ># Show shared printers on the local network. >Browsing On >BrowseOrder allow,deny ># (Change '@LOCAL' to 'ALL' if using directed broadcasts from another > subnet.) BrowseAllow @LOCAL > ># Default authentication type, when authentication is required... >DefaultAuthType Basic > ># Restrict access to the server... ><Location /> > Order allow,deny > Allow localhost ></Location> > ># Restrict access to the admin pages... ><Location /admin> > Encryption Required > Order allow,deny > Allow localhost ></Location> > ># Restrict access to configuration files... ><Location /admin/conf> > AuthType Basic > Require user @SYSTEM > Order allow,deny > Allow localhost ></Location> > ># Set the default printer/job policies... ><Policy default> > # Job-related operations must be done by the owner or an adminstrator... > <Limit Send-Document Send-URI Hold-Job Release-Job Restart-Job >Purge-Jobs Set-Job-Attributes Create-Job-Subscription >Renew-Subscription Cancel-Subscription Get-Notifications Reprocess-Job >Cancel-Current-Job Suspend-Current-Job Resume-Job CUPS-Move-Job> > Require user @OWNER @SYSTEM > Order deny,allow > </Limit> > > # All administration operations require an adminstrator to authenticate... > <Limit Pause-Printer Resume-Printer Set-Printer-Attributes >Enable-Printer Disable-Printer Pause-Printer-After-Current-Job >Hold-New-Jobs Release-Held-New-Jobs Deactivate-Printer >Activate-Printer Restart-Printer Shutdown-Printer Startup-Printer >Promote-Job Schedule-Job-After CUPS-Add-Printer CUPS-Delete-Printer >CUPS-Add-Class CUPS-Delete-Class CUPS-Accept-Jobs CUPS-Reject-Jobs >CUPS-Set-Default> > AuthType Basic > Require user @SYSTEM > Order deny,allow > </Limit> > > # Only the owner or an administrator can cancel or authenticate a job... > <Limit Cancel-Job CUPS-Authenticate-Job> > Require user @OWNER @SYSTEM > Order deny,allow > </Limit> > > <Limit All> > Order deny,allow > </Limit> ></Policy> > ># ># End of "$Id: cupsd.conf.in 5454 2006-04-23 21:46:38Z mike $". ># > >> * does this command take ages too?: host "$(hostname)" > >Computer has the name MAXDATA but if I issue >$ host maxdata > >I get > >Host maxdata not found: 3(NXDOMAIN) I believe its case sensitive. >while if I issue host localhost >I get immediately >localhost has address 127.0.0.1 > > > >If I restart CUPS service, it restarts in a breeze > >Tnx for help >-- >Antonio Montagnani >Skype : antoniomontag -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Real Programmers don't write in PL/I. PL/I is for programmers who can't decide whether to write in COBOL or FORTRAN.
