Wallon
Title CUPS: IdleExitTimeout directive not recognized (antiX 25 beta 2, SysVinit)
Bonjour,
While testing antiX 25 beta 2 with SysVinit, I observed a recurring warning in the CUPS logs.
Context
antiX 25 beta 2
Init system: SysVinit
CUPS is installed and running (cupsd is running)
system-config-printer launches successfully
Observed issue
In /var/log/cups/error_log, the following message appears repeatedly:
Unknown directive IdleExitTimeout on line 32 of /etc/cups/cupsd.conf
The line in question in /etc/cups/cupsd.conf is:
IdleExitTimeout 60
Analysis
This directive is not recognized by the CUPS version included in antiX 25 beta 2.
It is intended to automatically stop cupsd after a period of inactivity (mainly useful with systemd socket activation).
On SysVinit, it has no practical effect and only generates log warnings.
Printer detection
CUPS successfully detects my Brother MFC-J5740DW printer.
However, no driver for this model is included in the default database.
Installation of Brother’s proprietary driver is required for full functionality (printing, scanning, duplex, etc.).
The proprietary driver has not been tested here, as antiX is not responsible for third-party proprietary driver issues.
Workaround
Comment or remove the line in /etc/cups/cupsd.conf:
# IdleExitTimeout 60
Then restart CUPS:
sudo service cups restart
Suggestion
It may be useful to remove or comment out this directive in the default cupsd.conf on SysVinit systems to avoid unnecessary log warnings.
Thank you for your work on the beta,
Wallon