more latex papersize

still having trouble with a4
now trying to edit
/etc/texmf/tex/generic/config/pdftexconfig.tex with
\pdfpagewidth=8.5truein
\pdfpageheight=11.0truein

but that didn't seem to help
Then I tried
Additionally in the Vmargin style file ($TEXBASE/texmf/tex/latex/misc/Vmargin.sty) at or around line 225 you should change the following default settings so that they reflect the correct default paper size and margins:
%
% DEFAULTS:
%
\setpapersize{A4}
\setmarginsrb{35mm}{20mm}{25mm}{15mm}{12pt}{11mm}{0pt}{11mm}

For example changing this to read:
%
% DEFAULTS:
%
\setpapersize{USletter}
\setmarginsrb{1in}{1in}{1in}{1in}{0pt}{0mm}{0pt}{0mm}

(btw, these are from http://physics.wm.edu/~norman/latexhints/pdf_papersize.html)


Finally,
texconfig-sys worked, although texconfig does not.

apache authz.conf

Apparently does not like references to non existent groups. I was cleaning up the permission file and it basically failed on everything when I referenced a group that was not there.

fvwm and ivman

need automounting for fvwm
trying to use ivman, but it does not seem to detect removals...
looking at thunar, but that seems old too
autofs doesn't seem appropriate

thunar looks ok, it does not auotmount, but if I pull up the browser it will mount it,
I know it is possible to use pmount, but that is beyond (unfortunately) the realm of usability for most students.

Scratch Installation

For scratch I need to install the squeak package and then run the script, so far it seems ok, but I need to do more testing.

New OS

The new os installation is going ok
About 1/3 of the machines didn't get their partitions copied correctly, so I'm redoing those and running the migration script. The migration script isn't going great though as it is messing the with eth device, some machines like 0 some like 1, so it looks like I need to login to them all and check them.

korganizer synchronization

Fall 2008 Localization

In order to local the machines after the partition images are copied, I am mounting the new partition and then copying the appropriate files over from the existing image. So far this seems to work well.

Fall 2008 Localization

In order to local the machines after the partition images are copied, I am mounting the new partition and then copying the appropriate files over from the existing image. So far this seems to work well.

Hawkins 053b - 124

I'm reinstalling this machine totally. Last year it had its hard drive replaced, and I tried just copying a disk image over, but it never worked well (error messages about the disk partitions), so I'm just going to have to treat this machine differently. Although, I'll try to set the new partitions up such that they are the same size as the partitions on the other machines.