I think I can reproduce this now in a virtual machine running Arch Linux
and will try to have a closer look as I find time (but can't promise
when that will be....)
On 2018-03-28 03:12, Bug Reporter wrote:
> As my next attempt to resolve this I deleted ~/.cache, ~/.kde4 and
> /.config. I logged in as the user and checked the default paper for the
> printers and it remains A4.
>
> I believe I have now covered all the suggestions offered so far. What
> can I try next? Thanks
>
> On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 10:47 AM, Stephen Dowdy <sdowdy@xxxxxxxx
> <mailto:sdowdy@xxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
> Here's a snippet from my internal wiki page on printing
> troubleshooting...
> (FWIW, i've battled this type of issue before, sometimes left with
> just head-scratching :-( )
>
> libpaper
>
> On Linux systems with the libpaper package installed, the system
> default papersize is stored in /etc/papersize.
>
> You can get the value that will be used in libpapersize supporting
> applications with:
> paperconf
>
> or if the paperconf package is not installed....
> echo ${PAPERSIZE:-$(cat ${PAPERCONF:-/etc/papersize} 2>/dev/null
> || echo "NO DEFAULT PAPERSIZE")}
>
> I.e you can specify an environment variable PAPERSIZE with a valid
> paper size (see man -s 5 papersize for valid papersizes, or type
> 'paperconf -a' to list them), or you can specify an override to the
> system's default papersize configuration file (/etc/papersize) by
> using the PAPERCONF environment variable to point to a file of your
> choosing that contains the name of a valid paper size.
> Other Possible Desktop Environment (DE) configurations
>
> It could be other things setting this value, so you might do:
> find ~/.config/ ~/.local/ ~/.kde*/ -xdev -type f -exec grep -i
> -e paper -e a4 {} + 2>&1 | less
>
> To see if there's any standard desktop configurations that refer to
> "paper" or "a4" (if you're always getting A4 printouts).
> NOTE: this is likely to generate a LOT of noise
>
> Also, CUPS may be configured to default a Printer to a specific
> size, either globally or individually. Try these:
>
> $ lpoptions | tr ' ' '\n' | grep -i -e letter -e a4 -e paper -e size
> HPOption_PaperPolicy=Scale
>
> $ lpoptions -l | grep -i -e size
> PageSize/Page Size: *Letter Legal Executive HalfLetter w612h935 4x6
> 5x7 5x8 A4 A5 A6 RA4 B5 B6 W283H425 w553h765 w522h737 w558h774
> DoublePostcard Postcard Env10 Env9 EnvMonarch EnvISOB5 EnvC5 EnvC6
> EnvDL Custom.WIDTHxHEIGHT
> HPBookletPageSize/Paper For Booklet: *Letter Legal Executive
> HalfLetter w612h935 4x6 5x7 5x8 A4 A5 RA4 B5 B6 W283H425 w553h765
> w522h737 w558h774 Postcard DoublePostcard
> HPwmFontSize/Size: pt24 pt30 pt36 pt42 *pt48 pt54 pt60 pt66 pt72
> pt78 pt84 pt90
>
> add a '-P {printername}' to lpoptions (prior to '-l') to look at
> settings for specific printers
>
> The options that are '*'-ed are default settings.
>
> --stephen
>
> On 03/27/2018 08:11 AM, Bug Reporter wrote:
> > I'm not sure how to list all KDE app versions with one command, however, here are the main ones:
> >
> > $ plasmashell --version
> > plasmashell 5.12.3
> > $ kate --version
> > kate 17.12.3
> > $ dolphin --version
> > dolphin 17.12.3
> > $ konsole --version
> > konsole 17.12.3
> >
> > I'm running Arch Linux and all packages are up to date. I'm running stable versions of all packages. My Linux kernel version is:
> > 4.15.10-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Mar 15 12:24:34 UTC 2018 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> >
> > My CUPS version is 2.2.6
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 5:03 AM, Ianseeks
> <bingmybong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:bingmybong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> <mailto:bingmybong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:bingmybong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>> wrote:
> >
> > On Sunday, 25 March 2018 20:00:44 BST Bug Reporter wrote:
> > > Starting several months ago, all KDE apps (e.g., Kate) no
> longer use the
> > > system printer settings. For example, in "Kickoff ->
> Computer -> System
> > > Settings -> Printer Configuration" I have US letter paper
> size set.
> > > However, Kate and other KDE apps all default to A4 paper
> size. I can't find
> > > a way to change this default, so I have to manually change
> paper size every
> > > single time I need to print.
> > I'm not having that problem.
> > I set my Printer Configuration to "Letter" and then ran kate,
> checked its settings and it showed it was set to "Letter", i then
> changed it back to A4 in the Printer Configuration, reran kate,
> checked its setting and it showed as A4.
> >
> > >
> > > I'm running Arch Linux on several different computers (NUC,
> laptop, desktop
> > > and more). The problem appears on all systems. All packages,
> including KDE
> > > are fully up to date with Arch's most recent packages. The
> problem has
> > > persisted through several updates now. I estimate it has
> been going on for
> > > at least 3 months.
> > >
> > > Whenever I make a change (such as paper size) using
> "Configure your
> > > printers" in System Settings, I can see the change reflected
> in the
> > > printer's PPD file in /etc/cups/ppd. However, as I said,
> Kate and other KDE
> > > apps ignore that value.
> > >
> > > Is this a known bug? Is there a work-around?
> > >
> > > Thank you.
> > >
> > You might need to list the version levels of the software you
> are using in case someone else might notice a mismatch ot has the
> same as you and can check..
> >
> > --
> > opensuse:tumbleweed:20180324
> > Qt: 5.10.0 KDE Frameworks: 5.44.0 - KDE Plasma: 5.12.3 - kwin
> 5.12.3
> > kmail2 5.7.3 - akonadiserver 5.7.3 - Kernel:
> 4.15.11-1-default - xf86-video-nouveau: 1.0.15
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
