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[Carl Miller <chaz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

When I boot up my system, /etc/cups/printers.conf has the wrong device
URI for my printer.  I've tried:

A) correcting it through the cups web GUI at localhost:631

B) substituting a corrected printers.conf by hand by performing:
service cups stop
cp -a /etc/cups/printers.conf.correct /etc/cups/printers.conf
service cups start

Both means correct the problem, and I can print again... UNTIL I reboot.
After the next boot, the incorrect URI is back in printers.conf and I
can't print again.

I can't find where the bad URI is respawning from.
find /etc /var /home -type d -exec grep -H <bad_IP_address_from_URI> '{}' \; -print
comes up with nothing.  It's got to be cached somewhere, though it appears not in textual form.  Where does this bad URI keep growing back from and how do I stop it?!?!?

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: cups 1.7.2-0ubuntu1.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-35.62-generic 3.13.11.6
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-35-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.4
Architecture: amd64
CupsErrorLog:
 
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Mon Sep 22 11:00:49 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-07-22 (61 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140416.2)
KernLog:
 
Lpstat: device for Brother8680DN: ipp://192.168.150.203:631/printers/Brother8680DN
MachineType: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. GT70 2PC
Papersize: letter
PpdFiles: Brother8680DN: Brother MFC-8680DN BR-Script3
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.13.0-35-generic root=UUID=9dda5f94-8c6c-45a4-8a4c-38b3f69a8b15 ro rootflags=subvol=@ rootflags=discard,ssd,compress=no,subvol=@ quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: cups
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 02/12/2014
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: E1763IMS.70T
dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: MS-1763
dmi.board.vendor: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.
dmi.board.version: REV:0.C
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Micro-Star International
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrE1763IMS.70T:bd02/12/2014:svnMicro-StarInternationalCo.,Ltd.:pnGT702PC:pvrREV0.C:rvnMicro-StarInternationalCo.,Ltd.:rnMS-1763:rvrREV0.C:cvnMicro-StarInternational:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: GT70 2PC
dmi.product.version: REV:0.C
dmi.sys.vendor: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.

** Affects: cups (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug cups printers.conf rewrite trusty

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Title:
  /etc/cups/printers.conf rewritten with wrong information at every
  reboot

Status in “cups” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  When I boot up my system, /etc/cups/printers.conf has the wrong device
  URI for my printer.  I've tried:

  A) correcting it through the cups web GUI at localhost:631

  B) substituting a corrected printers.conf by hand by performing:
  service cups stop
  cp -a /etc/cups/printers.conf.correct /etc/cups/printers.conf
  service cups start

  Both means correct the problem, and I can print again... UNTIL I
  reboot.  After the next boot, the incorrect URI is back in
  printers.conf and I can't print again.

  I can't find where the bad URI is respawning from.
  find /etc /var /home -type d -exec grep -H <bad_IP_address_from_URI> '{}' \; -print
  comes up with nothing.  It's got to be cached somewhere, though it appears not in textual form.  Where does this bad URI keep growing back from and how do I stop it?!?!?

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: cups 1.7.2-0ubuntu1.2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-35.62-generic 3.13.11.6
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-35-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.4
  Architecture: amd64
  CupsErrorLog:
   
  CurrentDesktop: XFCE
  Date: Mon Sep 22 11:00:49 2014
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-07-22 (61 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140416.2)
  KernLog:
   
  Lpstat: device for Brother8680DN: ipp://192.168.150.203:631/printers/Brother8680DN
  MachineType: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. GT70 2PC
  Papersize: letter
  PpdFiles: Brother8680DN: Brother MFC-8680DN BR-Script3
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.13.0-35-generic root=UUID=9dda5f94-8c6c-45a4-8a4c-38b3f69a8b15 ro rootflags=subvol=@ rootflags=discard,ssd,compress=no,subvol=@ quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  SourcePackage: cups
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 02/12/2014
  dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: E1763IMS.70T
  dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
  dmi.board.name: MS-1763
  dmi.board.vendor: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.
  dmi.board.version: REV:0.C
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Micro-Star International
  dmi.chassis.version: N/A
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrE1763IMS.70T:bd02/12/2014:svnMicro-StarInternationalCo.,Ltd.:pnGT702PC:pvrREV0.C:rvnMicro-StarInternationalCo.,Ltd.:rnMS-1763:rvrREV0.C:cvnMicro-StarInternational:ct10:cvrN/A:
  dmi.product.name: GT70 2PC
  dmi.product.version: REV:0.C
  dmi.sys.vendor: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.

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