Symmetric Designs With \(\lambda = 2\) Admitting \(PSL(2,q)\) Fixing a Block

It is shown that a symmetric design with \(\lambda=2\) can admit \(PSL(2,q)\) for \(q\) odd and \(q\) greater than \(3\) as an automorphism group fixing a block and acting in its usual permutation representation on the points of the block only if \(q\) is congruent to \(5\pmod{8}\). A consequence for more general automorphism groups is also described.