Re: CUPS error message, device already exists

[Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com>]

On 06/27/2015 01:16 AM, briand@aracnet.com wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Jun 2015 03:46:48 -0400
> Gary Dale <garydale@torfree.net> wrote:
>
> > On 26/06/15 01:37 AM, briand@aracnet.com wrote:
> > > I'm not sure if this is meaningful, but it would be nice to fix it.
> > >
> > >
> > >    	failed to CreateDevice: org.freedesktop.ColorManager.AlreadyExists:device id 'cups-DCP8110DN' already exists
> > >
> > > Googling turns up lots of hits, not a one of which has been helpful so far.
> > >
> > > Brian
> >
> > What exactly is your complaint? Does the device id not exist?
>
> My complaint is that CUPS is complaining.  if it doesn't matter - then why is it complaining ?
>
> > I've been using cups for a decade and have not encountered that
> > particular error. Perhaps something in your setup has become corrupted.
>
> you must be joking. the intertubes are full of reports of that warning, so this is not just a 0.01% thing.

Perhaps you did an upgrade and your old ID wants to be used by the new 
device it wants to install, Kinda like the eth0 and eth1 udev problem. 
It sees upgrade and old devices, so it creates (or attempts to create) a 
new device. 	


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