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Can't disable cups daemon on Ubuntu 10.04

Fresh install of Ubuntu 10.04 x86_64.

I've tried to disable cups service from sysvinit scripts, but why cups is still starting with the computer?

Code:

root@computer:/home/user# update-rc.d cups disable

update-rc.d: warning: cups start runlevel arguments (none) do not match LSB Default-Start values (2 3 4 5)

update-rc.d: warning: cups stop runlevel arguments (none) do not match LSB Default-Stop values (1)

 Disabling system startup links for /etc/init.d/cups ...

 Removing any system startup links for /etc/init.d/cups ...

  /etc/rc1.d/K80cups

  /etc/rc2.d/S50cups

  /etc/rc3.d/S50cups

  /etc/rc4.d/S50cups

  /etc/rc5.d/S50cups

 Adding system startup for /etc/init.d/cups ...

  /etc/rc1.d/K80cups -> ../init.d/cups

  /etc/rc2.d/K50cups -> ../init.d/cups

  /etc/rc3.d/K50cups -> ../init.d/cups

  /etc/rc4.d/K50cups -> ../init.d/cups

  /etc/rc5.d/K50cups -> ../init.d/cups

Ubuntu uses upstart, not sysvinit.

You need to edit /etc/init/cups.conf

and comment out the start on lines

Code:

start on (filesystem

          and (started dbus or runlevel [2345])

          and stopped udevtrigger)

Quote:

Originally Posted by andrewthomas (Post 4381468)

You need to edit /etc/init/cups.conf

Ubuntu 10.04 doesn't have /etc/init/cups.conf -file

Code:

user@computer:~$ ls -A1 /etc/init/

acpid.conf

alsa-mixer-save.conf

anacron.conf

apport.conf

atd.conf

console-setup.conf

control-alt-delete.conf

cron.conf

dbus.conf

dmesg.conf

failsafe-x.conf

gdm.conf

hostname.conf

hwclock.conf

hwclock-save.conf

irqbalance.conf

module-init-tools.conf

mountall.conf

mountall-net.conf

mountall-reboot.conf

mountall-shell.conf

mounted-dev.conf

mounted-tmp.conf

mounted-varrun.conf

networking.conf

network-interface.conf

network-interface-security.conf

network-manager.conf

plymouth.conf

plymouth-log.conf

plymouth-splash.conf

plymouth-stop.conf

procps.conf

rc.conf

rcS.conf

rc-sysinit.conf

rsyslog.conf

screen-cleanup.conf

tty1.conf

tty2.conf

tty3.conf

tty4.conf

tty5.conf

tty6.conf

udev.conf

udev-finish.conf

udevmonitor.conf

udevtrigger.conf

ufw.conf

upstart-udev-bridge.conf

ureadahead.conf

ureadahead-other.conf

What's next?

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...t=cups+disable

You really should refrain from simultaneously posting the same question on different forums.

You could put the following script in /etc/rc.local

and then

Code:

sudo chmod +x /etc/rc.local

Code:

#!/bin/sh -e

#

# rc.local

#

# This script is executed at the end of each multiuser runlevel.

# Make sure that the script will "exit 0" on success or any other

# value on error.

#

# In order to enable or disable this script just change the execution

# bits.

#

# By default this script does nothing.



service cups stop



exit 0

Your solution doesn't work, after reboot cups is still alive.

Code:

$ ls -l /etc/rc.local 

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 324 2011-06-10 15:57 /etc/rc.local

$

$ cat /etc/rc.local 

#!/bin/sh -e

service cups stop

exit 0

after reboot:

Code:

$ ps -ae | grep -i cups

 1301 ?        00:00:00 cupsd

I'd like to know what config/program forces cups to autostart?
?

Ubuntu 10.04 is in a bit of a muddle with upstart at the moment.

Try this:
Install bum
System - Admin - Boot-Up Manager.
Click the Services tab
Find cups and deactivate it.
Click Apply.