kpdf will not print to "letter" size paper; always prints to A4 paper size. So it will not allow me to print invoices correctly from sql-ledger or any other application. cups-printer has the correct papers size set "Letter 8.5x11) #Joseph Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Portage 2.0.51.22-r3 (default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.3.6, glibc-2.3.5-r2, 2.6.10 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.10 i686 AMD Athlon(TM) XP 2500+ Gentoo Base System version 1.6.13 distcc 2.18.3 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] dev-lang/python: 2.3.5-r2, 2.4.2 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.12 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r6 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.20 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon-xp -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/env /usr/kde/3.3/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3.4/env /usr/kde/3.4/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/lib/fax /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/qmail/control /var/spool/fax/etc" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon-xp -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp:///ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/gentoo/ http://gentoo.osuosl.org/ http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo http://gentoo.binarycompass.org" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 X acl alsa apache2 apm arts audiofile avi berkdb bitmap-fonts bonobo bzip2 cdr cgi crypt cups curl dvd eds emboss encode esd exif expat fam ffmpeg flac foomaticdb fortran gd gdbm gif gimp gimpprint glut gmp gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 gtkhtml guile idn imagemagick imlib ipv6 java jpeg junit kde lcms libg++ libwww mad mhash mikmod mng motif mp3 mpeg mysql ncurses nls ogg oggvorbis opengl oss pam pcre pdflib perl png postgres ppds python qt quicktime readline samba scanner sdl slang spell ssl svga tcltk tcpd tetex tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts udev usb vorbis xine xml xml2 xmms xv xvid zlib userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
Can you file at bugs.kde.org so the kpdf folks can get a proper fix for it? Seems like a grave bug.
Problem solved. After unmerging KDE and re-emerging KDE-split-ebuild; somehow Latex configuration got effected and the program like Sql-ledger refused to print directly to printer. It wanted A4 size paper (I need letter size). Googling around and making changes to Tetex config.ps file wasn't showing any improvement, until I restart Apache. So, remember when making any changes to Tetex config file; restart Apache. Don't ask me how Apache effect Tetex; it worked for me. #Joseph