February 2008 - Koha-devel - lists.koha-community.org

install problem
by Luis Valdes Guerrero 11 Feb '08

11 Feb '08

i was installing koha3 alpha and i have the follow error Software error: Can't call method "do" on unblessed reference at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Context.pm line 609. Compilation failed in require at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Members.pm line 24. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Members.pm line 24. Compilation failed in require at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Auth.pm line 31. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Auth.pm line 31. Compilation failed in require at /usr/share/koha/opac/cgi-bin/opac/opac-main.pl line 22. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/koha/opac/cgi-bin/opac/opac-main.pl line 22. CGI::Carp this was in the firefox, at time to see intranet and opac tell me what is the error

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koha 3.0 on macos/darwin
by custard 10 Feb '08

10 Feb '08

Hi, Attempting to get Koha running on MacOSX 10.5.1 . Got everything going except three perl modules all of which look important. It feels like I'm frustratingly close to finding out how nice Koha is, but can't quite get there. Is someone here able to help me out? * CGI::Session (4.20) seems to be having problems with recent YAML things (JSON:YAML etc) t/g4_dbfile_json..................# JSON::Syck t/g4_dbfile_json..................51/101 (in cleanup) Dumping circular structures is not supported with JSON::Syck at /Users/custard/.cpan/build/CGI-Session-4.20/blib/lib/CGI/Session/Serialize/json.pm line 18. # Failed test 'Previously stored object loaded successfully' # at /Users/custard/.cpan/build/CGI-Session-4.20/blib/lib/CGI/Session/Test/Default.pm line 362. # Failed test at /Users/custard/.cpan/build/CGI-Session-4.20/blib/lib/CGI/Session/Test/Default.pm line 362. Use of uninitialized value in string eq at /Users/custard/.cpan/build/CGI-Session-4.20/blib/lib/CGI/Session/Test/Default.pm line 325 (#1) (W uninitialized) An undefined value was used as if it were already defined. It was interpreted as a "" or a 0, but maybe it was a mistake. To suppress this warning assign a defined value to your variables. To help you figure out what was undefined, perl tells you what operation you used the undefined value in. Note, however, that perl optimizes your program and the operation displayed in the warning may not necessarily appear literally in your program. For example, "that $foo" is usually optimized into "that " . $foo, and the warning will refer to the concatenation (.) operator, even though there is no . in your program. Can't call method "can" on an undefined value at /System/Library/Perl/5.8.8/overload.pm line 54. # Looks like you planned 101 tests but only ran 91. # Looks like you failed 2 tests of 91 run. # Looks like your test died just after 91. t/g4_dbfile_json.................. Dubious, test returned 255 (wstat 65280, 0xff00) Failed 12/101 subtests (less 6 skipped subtests: 83 okay) t/g4_dbfile_storable..............ok t/g4_dbfile_yaml..................# YAML t/g4_dbfile_yaml..................51/202 # YAML::Syck t/g4_dbfile_yaml..................ok t/g4_freezethaw...................ok t/g4_mysql........................skipped: Couldn't establish connection with the MySQL server: Can't connect to data source '' because I can't work out what driver to use (it doesn't seem to contain a 'dbi:driver:' prefix and the DBI_DRIVER env var is not set) at t/g4_mysql.t line 44 t/g4_mysql_freezethaw.............skipped: Couldn't establish connection with the MySQL server: Can't connect to data source '' because I can't work out what driver to use (it doesn't seem to contain a 'dbi:driver:' prefix and the DBI_DRIVER env var is not set) at t/g4_mysql_freezethaw.t line 43 t/g4_mysql_storable...............skipped: Couldn't establish connection with the MySQL server: Can't connect to data source '' because I can't work out what driver to use (it doesn't seem to contain a 'dbi:driver:' prefix and the DBI_DRIVER env var is not set) at t/g4_mysql_storable.t line 43 * HTML::Template::Pro (0.68) has a reccursive dependency issue Recursive dependency detected: HTML::Template::Pro => V/VI/VIY/HTML-Template-Pro-0.68.1.tar.gz => Test::More => M/MS/MSCHWERN/Test-Simple-0.74.tar.gz => Test::Harness => A/AN/ANDYA/Test-Harness-3.07.tar.gz => File::Spec => K/KW/KWILLIAMS/PathTools-3.27.tar.gz => File::Path => D/DL/DLAND/File-Path-2.04.tar.gz => File::Spec. Cannot continue. * And finally XML::LibXSLT (1.66) needs a newer version of libsxlt. I can probably get around this by either manually installing an older version (I apparently only need 1.59) or updating the libraries. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/koha-3.0-on-macos-darwin-tp15392282p15392282.html Sent from the Koha - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Koha and OAI-PMH [announce]
by Paul POULAIN 07 Feb '08

07 Feb '08

Hello the list, In France, there is a network of schools called "Ecole des Mines". They are 5 schools. Two of them are using Koha ("Ecole des Mines de Paris" and "Ecole des Mines de Nantes") The network wanted to have a collective resource access, and they have decided to develop OAI-PMH module for Koha. It's done, I have the code in my mailbox. I'll submit it quickly to git repository (the code is very clean and doesn't affect anything in the rest of Koha. Just 3 new sysprefs and a script called oai.pl + 2 modules) So you can consider Koha 3.0 will be OAI-PMH compatible. Enjoy. (Code copyright : "Ecole des Mines de Saint-Etienne", a school not using Koha but working on the project for the 5 schools) -- Paul POULAIN BibLibre SARL Expert en Logiciels Libres pour l'info-doc Tel : 04 91 31 45 19

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Koha 2.2.9 Bug
by C W Nel 06 Feb '08

06 Feb '08

Found this bug while testing: Line 212 circulation.pl Did not "reverse sort" todaysissues changed <=> to cmp It seems to work correctly now.

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Setup question
by David Schuster 05 Feb '08

05 Feb '08

First off this 3.0 ROCKS - so far in setup things are much cleaner than with 2.2.8. I am going through my 3.0 setup and in the Administration - System Preferences - OPAC Features - Suggestion - I see a value of 1. Explanation If ON, enables patron suggestions feature in OPAC. in th eKOHA internal - Variable type is - free, variable options is blank.(also the grey area above this box says Texarea - rather than Textarea. I assume there should be some ON|OFF type options? David Schuster -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Setup-question-tp15283333p15283333.html Sent from the Koha - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Re: [Koha] Zebra Indexing Problems
by Joshua Ferraro 05 Feb '08

05 Feb '08

Hi Christine, On 1/30/08, Mueller, Christine, DCA <Christine.Mueller(a)state.nm.us> wrote: > > > Environment: Koha 3 Alpha / Ubuntu 7.1.0 / Zebra 2.0.26 / Mac-Tel Hardware / > MARC21 > > No experience with Koha 2.x; our goal is to become familiar with Koha while > waiting for Koha 3 Beta Good plan :-) > Problems with Zebra Indexing: > > > > 1) When biblio and biblioitem deleted from database data remained in > Zebra indexes and search results displayed link to biblio which was no > longer in database, even after indexes rebuilt. – How to prevent? Could you clarify how you deleted data from the database? Did you use the API, or directly query the RDBMS? Do you have the zebraqueue daemon running? > > > 2) Sometimes new biblios would not be indexed for 20-30 minutes and > other times Zebra indexes would need to be rebuilt to force indexing of new > biblios. – Any suggestions for solving delayed indexing problem? Do you have the zebraqueue daemon running? > 3) When Zebra server is restarted Zebra directories are missing and > must be restored. – How can server be restarted without deleting > directories? Hmm ... that's very strange ... which make target did you use? standard, dev? > 4) Today searching no longer works at all. Zebra server was restarted, > missing directories were restored and indexes were rebuilt. Biblios and > biblioitems are still in the database. – Any suggestions for restoring > search function *without* reinstalling Zebra? i think we need to figure out why your zebra directories are disappearing ... > 5) If we want to export the biblios and biblioitems (less than 25 at > this time) in the database to create a backup file in case we need to do a > total reinstall of Koha and Zebra are there any "gotchas" or best practices? The MARC data is stored as a blob in biblioitems, so you could just mysqldump that table ... there are also some utilities in the interface in Tools -> Export Bibliographic and Holdings Data; as well as some command line tools that do the same thing in misc/ directory. So ... we need to figure out why your zebra configuration isn't working well, could you tell us a bit more about your environment? Also, I'd suggest we take this discussion to the koha-devel list where more of the technical questions tend to get hashed out (I've CCed your question to that list). Here's the list info: http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel Cheers, -- Joshua Ferraro SUPPORT FOR OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE President, Technology migration, training, maintenance, support LibLime Featuring Koha Open-Source ILS jmf(a)liblime.com |Full Demos at http://liblime.com/koha |1(888)KohaILS

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Problem with misc/sax_parser_print.pl
by David Schuster 05 Feb '08

05 Feb '08

Sorry to be a newbie on this, but I believe I have everthing else working but there isn't a file like this in my install. So when I do my make test it is throwing errors everywhere. It is indicated to edit the ini file... OK so I don't understand what needs to be edited. The file is currently empty. Did I miss a step or ? Thank you for your attention, I want to test and help but have stumbled! David Schuster -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Problem-with-misc-sax_parser_print.pl-tp15220949p1522… Sent from the Koha - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Re: [Koha] Zebra Indexing Problems
by Mueller, Christine, DCA 04 Feb '08

04 Feb '08

Please forgive reposting. Message below originally sent Feb 01, 2008; 05:04pm but it appears in Nabble as a reply to message with subject "Problem with misc/sax_parser_print.pl" ======================================================= Environment: Koha 3 Alpha / Ubuntu 7.1.0 / Zebra 2.0.24 ** was Zebra 2.0.26 ** / Mac-Tel Hardware / MARC21 Some of our problems decribed in original message below have been resolved by replacing Zebra 2.0.26 with Zebra 2.0.24 -- OPAC searching works again. John Chadwick, our Information Technology Manager, has reported the Zebra 2.0.26 problem as Bugzilla Bug #1811. Answers etc. to Joshua's questions in reply to my original message: -- Zebraqueue daemon running -- Make target used = standard -- Biblio that was still indexed after deletion from database had been deleted using the "staff client" API [biblioitem deleted first, then biblio]; this problem cleared when we reverted to Zebra 2.0.24 and rebuilt the zebra indexes -- but, now when we attempt to delete different biblioitem and biblio from database (using API) the "delete" options are grayed-out. -- After reverting to Zebra 2.0.24 we still have a delay in indexing. What is norm time between adding a new biblio and it being indexed, without our having to rebuild the index? -- We also had a problem with deleting a patron record using the "staff client" API. We could not delete record using MS Internet Explorer, but were able to delete it using Firefox. -- More details on loss of directories when server is rebooted. This is method used to recreate directories which are wiped out: In the directory /var/run there needs to exist the following directories (owner and group KOHA). So: sudo mkdir koha sudo chown koha koha sudo chgrp koha koha cd koha Repeat the above process only substitute zebradb sudo chmod 777 * Now, cd /var/lock sudo mkdir koha sudo chown koha koha sudo chgrp koha koha cd koha Repeat the above process only substitute zebradb Now, make two directories that will be empty. One is biblios and one is authorities. sudo chmod 777 * ........................ Any suggestions on how to improve speed of indexing and how to reboot server without loosing directories greatly appreciated! Christine Mueller Database Administrator Office of Information Technology New Mexico State Library 1209 Camino Carlos Rey Santa Fe, NM 87507 Phone: 505-476-9744 christine.mueller@... <http://www.nabble.com/user/SendEmail.jtp?type=post&post=15237923&i=0> http://www.stlib.state.nm.us/ ====================================================== Re: [Koha] Zebra Indexing Problems by Joshua Ferraro-3 Jan 31, 2008; 08:02am Hi Christine, On 1/30/08, Mueller, Christine, DCA <Christine.Mueller@...> wrote: > > > Environment: Koha 3 Alpha / Ubuntu 7.1.0 / Zebra 2.0.26 / Mac-Tel Hardware / > MARC21 > > No experience with Koha 2.x; our goal is to become familiar with Koha while > waiting for Koha 3 Beta Good plan :-) > Problems with Zebra Indexing: > > > > 1) When biblio and biblioitem deleted from database data remained in > Zebra indexes and search results displayed link to biblio which was no > longer in database, even after indexes rebuilt. - How to prevent? Could you clarify how you deleted data from the database? Did you use the API, or directly query the RDBMS? Do you have the zebraqueue daemon running? > > > 2) Sometimes new biblios would not be indexed for 20-30 minutes and > other times Zebra indexes would need to be rebuilt to force indexing of new > biblios. - Any suggestions for solving delayed indexing problem? Do you have the zebraqueue daemon running? > 3) When Zebra server is restarted Zebra directories are missing and > must be restored. - How can server be restarted without deleting > directories? Hmm ... that's very strange ... which make target did you use? standard, dev? > 4) Today searching no longer works at all. Zebra server was restarted, > missing directories were restored and indexes were rebuilt. Biblios and > biblioitems are still in the database. - Any suggestions for restoring > search function *without* reinstalling Zebra? i think we need to figure out why your zebra directories are disappearing ... > 5) If we want to export the biblios and biblioitems (less than 25 at > this time) in the database to create a backup file in case we need to do a > total reinstall of Koha and Zebra are there any "gotchas" or best practices? The MARC data is stored as a blob in biblioitems, so you could just mysqldump that table ... there are also some utilities in the interface in Tools -> Export Bibliographic and Holdings Data; as well as some command line tools that do the same thing in misc/ directory. So ... we need to figure out why your zebra configuration isn't working well, could you tell us a bit more about your environment? Also, I'd suggest we take this discussion to the koha-devel list where more of the technical questions tend to get hashed out (I've CCed your question to that list). Here's the list info: http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel Cheers, -- Joshua Ferraro SUPPORT FOR OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE President, Technology migration, training, maintenance, support LibLime Featuring Koha Open-Source ILS jmf@... |Full Demos at http://liblime.com/koha |1(888)KohaILS Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including all attachments is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited unless specifically provided under the New Mexico Inspection of Public Records Act. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this message. -- This email has been scanned by the Sybari - Antigen Email System.

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zebra server Koha 3.0
by Chadwick, John, DCA 04 Feb '08

04 Feb '08

I am on my third Koha 3.0 box. We are installing Koha 3 on Mac Minis (Intel duo core processors) running Ubuntu 7.10. The first two installations went in with no problems. The third is giving me grief. I get through the install and when I try to start the zebra server I get a command not found error: $ sudo /usr/share/koha/bin/koha-zebra-ctl.sh start Starting Zebra Server /usr/share/koha/bin/koha-zebra-ctl.sh: line 18: daemon: command not found Here is line 18: daemon --name=$NAME --errlog=$ERRLOG --stdout=$STDOUT --output=$OUTPUT --verbose=1 --respawn --delay=30 --user=$USER.$GROUP -- $ZEBRASRV -f $KOHA_CONF I also get the same issue when starting the zebraqueue server (line 20 instead of line 18). Any ideas on this one? Thanks, John +----------------------------------------------------------------------- -----+ John Chadwick, Ed.D. Information Technology Manager New Mexico State Library 1209 Camino Carlos Rey Santa Fe, NM 87507 Phone: 505-476-9740 Cell: 505-629-8116 Fax: 505-476-9761 john.chadwick(a)state.nm.us http://www.stlib.state.nm.us Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including all attachments is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited unless specifically provided under the New Mexico Inspection of Public Records Act. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this message. -- This email has been scanned by the Sybari - Antigen Email System.

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Beta a few days late
by Joshua Ferraro 04 Feb '08

04 Feb '08

Hi folks, You probably noticed, I'm running a few days behind on the beta release of 3.0 -- there were just a couple of issues I'm wrapping up w/respect to the translations that turned out to be a bigger job than originally anticipated, the result should be a nice mechanism for enabling and disabling specific translations, rather than being stuck with 28 language choices on every page :-). So ... stay tuned, it'll be ready shortly. Cheers, -- Joshua Ferraro SUPPORT FOR OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE President, Technology migration, training, maintenance, support LibLime Featuring Koha Open-Source ILS jmf(a)liblime.com |Full Demos at http://liblime.com/koha |1(888)KohaILS

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