I got bitten by this pdftex bug as well. My suggestion is that tetex-base's postinst should ask paperconf what papersize to use. (paperconf -w and paperconf -h) This can then be autogenerated into /etc/texmf/pdftex/pdftex.cfg on postinst. Simon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-tetex-maint-request@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org