Bug#377006: tetex-bin: printing A4 .dvi files require Letter paper
Package: tetex-bin
Version: 3.0-16
Severity: normal
Hello,
as of late, printing of DVI files has broken. After some experimenting,
I suspect the cause somewhere within the tetex-* package family because
I can print PDF files as well as directly from OpenOffice.org using the
same printer software (lprng + magicfilter) and hardware. The problem
affects all DVI files, even ones I successfully printed months and years
ago. My standard paper setting is A4, but recently, every DVI printing
job requires me to insert Letter paper into the printer (ie, it does not
work at all because I don't (want to?) have Letter paper). Of course,
all my files specify a4paper in the LaTeX source.
Any hints, besides hard-wiring the papersize into my magicfilter setup
(which I've done in the meantime)?
Best,
--Toni++
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.4.27-2-686-smp
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Versions of packages tetex-bin depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.4.72 Debian configuration management sy
ii debianutils 2.15.4 Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii dialog 1.0-20060221-1 Displays user-friendly dialog boxe
ii dpkg 1.13.17 package maintenance system for Deb
ii ed 0.2-20 The classic unix line editor
ii libc6 2.3.6-4 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libfontconfig1 2.3.2-5.1 generic font configuration library
ii libfreetype6 2.1.10-3 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii libgcc1 1:4.1.0-1 GCC support library
ii libice6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-6 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii libjpeg62 6b-12 The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG
ii libkpathsea4 3.0-16 path search library for teTeX (run
ii libpaper1 1.1.14-7 Library for handling paper charact
ii libpng12-0 1.2.8rel-5.1 PNG library - runtime
ii libpoppler0c2 0.4.5-3 PDF rendering library
ii libsm6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System Session Management
ii libstdc++6 4.1.0-1 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii libt1-5 5.1.0-2 Type 1 font rasterizer library - r
ii libx11-6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System protocol client li
ii libxaw7 6.9.0.dfsg.1-6 X Athena widget set library
ii libxext6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii libxmu6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System miscellaneous util
ii libxp6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System printing extension
ii libxpm4 6.9.0.dfsg.1-6 X pixmap library
ii libxt6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-6 X Toolkit Intrinsics
ii mime-support 3.36-1 MIME files 'mime.types' & 'mailcap
ii perl 5.8.8-3 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction
ii sed 4.1.4-6 The GNU sed stream editor
ii tetex-base 3.0-17 Basic library files of teTeX
ii ucf 2.007 Update Configuration File: preserv
ii whiptail 0.52.2-3 Displays user-friendly dialog boxe
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-11 compression library - runtime
Versions of packages tetex-bin recommends:
ii libxml-parser-perl 2.34-4 Perl module for parsing XML files
ii perl-tk 1:804.027-4 Perl module providing the Tk graph
ii psutils 1.17-21 A collection of PostScript documen
Versions of packages tetex-base depends on:
ii dpkg 1.13.17 package maintenance system for Deb
ii tex-common 0.20 Common infrastructure for using an
ii ucf 2.007 Update Configuration File: preserv
Versions of packages tetex-extra depends on:
ii dpkg 1.13.17 package maintenance system for Deb
ii tetex-base 3.0-17 Basic library files of teTeX
ii ucf 2.007 Update Configuration File: preserv
-- debconf information:
tetex-base/olddat: true
tetex-base/fmtutil-failed:
* tetex-bin/cnf_name:
* tetex-bin/texmf: true
tetex-base/oldcfg: true
* tetex-base/oldupdm: true
tetex-base/updmap-failed:
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