/usr/bin/paperconf gives me:
letter But that's not what I get when I use the "geometry" package without specifying a paper size. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to texlive-base in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1071760 Title: On upgrade to 12.10, my pdflatex documents come out in A4 size, not letter Status in “texlive-base” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I don't suppose I've filed the bug in the right package, but: Under 12.04, my latex documents were compiled correctly for my region: into letter paper. After upgrade to 12.10, they are coming out as A4. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: texlive 2012.20120611-4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Oct 26 09:44:36 2012 InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-10-03 (388 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta amd64 (20110921.2) MarkForUpload: True PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: texlive-base UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-23 (3 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/texlive-base/+bug/1071760/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp