WetGeek [deleted] Try checking and reinstalling broken packages Thanks -- that was the first thing I did. Result: nfs-utils was reported as broken, although my nfs shares all worked fine, and I reinstalled that. There was nothing to do with printiing, or CUPS.
[deleted] WetGeek Try sudo mv /etc/cups/cupsd.conf /etc/cups/cupsd.conf.backup sudo mv /etc/cups/cupsd.conf.default /etc/cups/cupsd.conf sudo systemctl start org.cups.cupsd.service
WetGeek [deleted] Thanks! That's exactly what was needed. I still have no idea why this should have happened to just one of the many computers that I updated, but it's now working fine, and I'll gladly settle for that.
brent [deleted] brilliant catch with the linked folders in wrong places and mv command instead of of hassling with ln. WetGeek I was going to say re-check the devices' ip addresses in settings but it's fixed! What a weight off.
WetGeek [deleted] /etc/cups/cupsd.conf.backup If anyone's curious ... The original .conf file contained just: PreserveJobFiles Yes
[deleted] WetGeek I think the config file got mangled somehow or just was incompatible with new CUPS version. We'll probably never know. Glad it got solved though.
brent [deleted] by linked it appeared to me his printer was looking for something in a folder that was not where it should have been. did I misread your solution?
[deleted] brent My solution just backs up the existing config just in case and then restores the default cups config. Then it tries to start cupsd
[deleted] WetGeek While I'm not an expert on CUPS, that sounds like a bork to me. My cupsd.conf definitely has a lot more stuff.
