Apparently you removed /etc/apparmor.d/local/usr.sbin.cupsd ? Please put it back; might be easiest with
apt-get download cups sudo dpkg -i --force-confmiss cups_*.deb ** Changed in: cups (Ubuntu) Assignee: Martin Pitt (pitti) => (unassigned) ** Changed in: cups (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to cups in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1026921 Title: package cups 1.5.3-0ubuntu1 failed to instal/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Status in “cups” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: Trying to install kmymoney using apt-get caused this issue ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: cups 1.5.3-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-26.41-generic-pae 3.2.19 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-26-generic-pae i686 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu11 Architecture: i386 Date: Fri Jul 20 01:45:36 2012 DpkgTerminalLog: Setting up cups (1.5.3-0ubuntu1) ... start: Job failed to start invoke-rc.d: initscript cups, action "start" failed. dpkg: error processing cups (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 DuplicateSignature: Setting up cups (1.5.3-0ubuntu1) ... start: Job failed to start invoke-rc.d: initscript cups, action "start" failed. dpkg: error processing cups (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012) Lpstat: Error: command ['lpstat', '-v'] failed with exit code 1: lpstat: Connection refused MachineType: Compal PBL20 Papersize: letter PpdFiles: inkjet: Canon PIXMA MP520 - CUPS+Gutenprint v5.2.7 ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-26-generic-pae root=UUID=0bc42a0a-e9ec-448e-bef2-7efc91a912dd ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: cups Title: package cups 1.5.3-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-06-09 (40 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 04/19/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: INSYDE dmi.bios.version: 1.71 dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag dmi.board.name: PBL20 dmi.board.vendor: Compal dmi.board.version: Base Board Version dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Chassis Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Compal dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnINSYDE:bvr1.71:bd04/19/2011:svnCompal:pnPBL20:pvr1.71:rvnCompal:rnPBL20:rvrBaseBoardVersion:cvnCompal:ct10:cvrChassisVersion: dmi.product.name: PBL20 dmi.product.version: 1.71 dmi.sys.vendor: Compal mtime.conffile..etc.cups.cupsd.conf: 2012-06-08T01:29:07.860099 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/1026921/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp