Bug#758864: Reply to Didier's questions
On Sun 24 Aug 2014 at 20:37:11 +0100, Jim Cobley wrote:
> Hi Didier
>
> _What init system do you use? (sysvinit, systemd) _
>
> Good question! That stumped me for a minute!
> I installed the system and don't remember being given a choice - I
> haven't studied the differences
> HOWEVER - System Monitor shows "systemd" processes running and no
> "sysvinit" - is that the answer?
Getting a positive output line for
dpkg -l | grep systemd-sysv
would be confirmation.
> _Is CUPS disabled somehow before you try to upgrade it?_
>
> I haven't disabled or stopped it - it is always running AFAIK -
> printing always works when I want it to
> When I have finished the day's work I simply open a terminal and
> sudo update, upgrade maybe dist-upgrade
Please would you read the thread beginning at
https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2014/08/msg01255.html
Its third post has
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
12 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up cups-daemon (1.7.5-1) ...
Job for cups.service canceled.
invoke-rc.d: initscript cups, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing package cups-daemon (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit
which is sufficiently close to what you get to merit some further
investigation.
The issue above became bug #758914:
http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-systemd-maintainers/2014-August/003325.html
All three mails from Simon McVittie deserve attention. I hope there is
sufficient in them to allow you to determine whether your problem has
the same or a similar cause.
Regards,
Brian.
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