On Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 09:27:41AM +0200, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hello all, > > I have two etch machines with practically very similar configuration. > Due to some mechanism that is rather mysterious to me, if I convert the > very same ps-file the page size is changed on one of the two machines, > while the same command works correctly on the other machine. > > ps2pdf a.ps a.pdf > > produces a pdf with page size 210x297 mm on machine A and a pdf with the > wrong size of 215.9x279.4 mm on machine B. > > The ps file is A4 (210 × 297 mm): > > /=== a.ps ==================== > %!PS-Adobe-2.0 > %%Creator: dvips(k) 5.95a Copyright 2005 Radical Eye Software > %%Title: Blatt02.dvi > %%Pages: 2 > %%PageOrder: Ascend > %%BoundingBox: 0 0 595 842 > %%DocumentFonts: Helvetica Helvetica-Bold Helvetica-Oblique > %%+ PazoMath-Italic Palatino-Italic PazoMath CMR10 Palatino-Roman CMSY10 > %%+ CMEX10 > %%DocumentPaperSizes: a4 > %%EndComments > > <snip> > \=== a.ps ==================== > > I can't find any hints on page settings in ps2pdf's documentation or how > to force it or how it gets the idea of seemingly arbitrarily changing > the page size. > > Thanks,
I'd try to investigate every file in /etc that deals with pdf or ps or the reverse depends of ps2pdf. Maybe there is some value that is different. Also are the reverse depends the same versions? -K -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal |mysite.verizon.net/kevin.mark/| | `. `' Operating System | go to counter.li.org and | | `- http://www.debian.org/ | be counted! #238656 | | my keyserver: subkeys.pgp.net | my NPO: cfsg.org | |join the new debian-community.org to help Debian! | |_______ Unless I ask to be CCd, assume I am subscribed _______|
