Comment 2 for bug 524186

Minimum 2 other users have the same bug : http://forum.ubuntu-fr.org/viewtopic.php?pid=3329206#p3329206

Here is a workaround proposed by an ubuntu-fr member:
* Create /etc/init/cups.conf file and fill it with :
        #cups
        start on runlevel [2345]
        stop on runlevel [!2345]
        respawn
        exec /usr/sbin/cupsd -C /etc/cups/cupsd.conf
* Then launch the service with : sudo initctl start cups

It worked for 1 user (the service automatically starts from now), but not for 2 other users (including me). For us 2, we have to type either "sudo initctl start cups" or "sudo /etc/init.d/cups start" to launch the service at the beginning of each session.

Also, we both observed that the command "runlevel" returns "unknown". Maybe the source of the problem is here ?

Hope this helps to solve this bug.