F7 Cups idling at booting

[antonio montagnani]

2007/6/26, Tim Waugh <twaugh at redhat.com>:
> 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


>
>  * 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)

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