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Re: [Koha-devel] Which is the best Linux flavour to work with Koha ?
by Partha Mukhopadhyay 29 Dec '09

29 Dec '09

Dear Dr. Manjunath I'm bit late in response and don't know what is the view of other Koha users. I can share my personal experience with you. I think community version of Redhat is now CentOS, not Fedora. So there may not be regular upgradation of Fedora in future. We shifted to Ubuntu with all our library specific FLOSSs like Koha (3.0.4 is we use now), DSpace (1.5.2) and Moodle (for LCMS on FLOSS). The beauty is that the smooth upgrading to the next release always ensured both for OS and Koha. Moreover, regular release cycle is helpful (twice in a year June April and October). Hope this help. Happy new year... Dr. Parthasarathi Mukhopadhyay Department of Library and Information Science University of Burdwan, Burdwan, West Bengal, India > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "G.K.MANJUNATH" <gkm(a)igidr.ac.in> > To: koha-devel(a)lists.koha.org > Subject: [Koha-devel] Which is the best Linux flavour to work with Koha ? > Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2009 12:14:25 +0530 (India Standard Time) > > > > > We installed Koha on Fedora, Ubuntu and Debain and did not face any > problem. I understand that, Debian is what most people use. > > I need some suggestions. Which is the best Linux flavour to work on, > especially with Koha and why ? Can any one please clarify ? > > I do not want to frequently change the OS environment. However, later like > to opt for the latest version of Koha ( 3.2 ), when fully tested. > > Most important, we would like to use the same OS for other open source > software such as Dspace and Greestone. > > > thanks, > > Dr.G.K.Manjunath > Chief Librarian > Indira Gandhi Inst of Development Research > Film City Road > Santosh Nagar > Goregaon(East ) > MUMBAI - 400 065, India > > Phone: 022-28416528 > _______________________________________________ > Koha-devel mailing list > Koha-devel(a)lists.koha.org > http://lists.koha.org/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel > -- _______________________________________________ Search for products and services at: http://search.mail.com

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Help needed in Conditional variables passing to templates
by nitesh rijal 28 Dec '09

28 Dec '09

Hello all. I am using KOHA 3.0.3 in Debian Lenny. I am trying to integrate the fulltext viewing option of GSDL in KOHA in a different way than the existing one. When we search for a string in KOHA then it displays a list of results. I am trying to make a link to GSDL fulltext option through KOHA records directly. In the search results we have a place holder named "ACTION" where I have placed a link "View Full Text". On clicking the link it goes to the GSDL and searches the records for the particular author and title. I found that matching both title and author is not possible in GSDL so I decided to match just the author and display results. My main problem is that, I have made a field 953 'a' for storing whether the particular record has fulltext or not. If the field says "YES" then I need to display the "View Full Text" link in the "ACTIONS" placeholder of the search results. I have come to know that we can use  to make conditional variable passing and displaying, but I am having a problem in deciding whether the field 953 'a' contains a "YES" or a "NO". How can I find out that for every record in the current search result. I have looked into the search.pl and search.tmpl but got no idea from that. Please Help me. Thank you. -- Nitesh Rijal BE IT email: rijal.it(a)gmail.com url: http://niteshrijal.com.np facebook: http://facebook.com/openrijal twitter: http://twitter.com/openrijal +9779841458173

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Koha Cache -- Problem with Changing Admin Password?
by Richard Forristall 25 Dec '09

25 Dec '09

Does Koha use a cache to remember config settings in OPAC and Intranet? I updated koha_conf.xml to change the password and now in the librarian view and OPAC view I get this error: Access denied for user 'kohaadmin'@'localhost' (using password: YES) at /home/koha/kohaclone/C4/Context.pm line 667. Compilation failed in require at /home/koha/kohaclone/C4/Circulation.pm line 25. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /home/koha/kohaclone/C4/Circulation.pm line 25. Compilation failed in require at /home/koha/kohaclone/C4/Overdues.pm line 24. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /home/koha/kohaclone/C4/Overdues.pm line 24. Compilation failed in require at /home/koha/kohaclone/C4/Members.pm line 27. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /home/koha/kohaclone/C4/Members.pm line 27. Compilation failed in require at /home/koha/kohaclone/C4/Auth.pm line 31. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /home/koha/kohaclone/C4/Auth.pm line 31. Compilation failed in require at /home/koha/kohaclone/opac/opac-search.pl line 12. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /home/koha/kohaclone/opac/opac-search.pl line 12. Here's what I've done: 1. changed the password in koha_conf.xml. 2. updated the kohaadmin password in mysql for koha dbase 3. restarted apache2 4. checked if in terminal I can access mysql with new password -- yes I can 5. when the above error echos -- I was inserted the password it was getting in Context.pm line 667 - that password was the former password. 6. in Context.pm I hard code the new password and there's success. Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks, Rick ------------------------------------------- Rick Forristall Programmer Analyst Goodwill of Central AZ 602.535.4078 -------------------------------------------

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koha-3.0.5 local keyboard in opac
by Zico 23 Dec '09

23 Dec '09

Hi, I am trying to insert a bengali keyboard in my Koha 3.0.5. i was checking his provided pdf. There he mentioned* "Add following code to sysprefs OpacUserJS, OpacUserCSS and OpacHeader.". *The point is, i didn`t find any "OpacUserJS" or "OpacUserCSS" or "OpacHeader" in my Koha system. Plus, there is no directory called "sysprefs". * *Can you please a little bit more? It will be really great full for me. If you want, i can provide the pdf Katrine provided me. -- Best, Zico

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by Richard Forristall 23 Dec '09

23 Dec '09

New to Koha - had koha installed on a production server & needed a development version - created one on a new server using the koha virtual appliance at http://kylehall.info/index.php/projects/koha/koha-virtual-appliance/ Koha works fine, but I can't search on the catalog in OPAC pages. Using SQLyog, I copied the database from the production server to the development version. I try to search in the development version and get no results. I search in the production version and get results -- for the same word. Are there files associated with the search that are not part of the MySQL database that I'm missing? Thanks in advance for any guidance. Rick ------------------------------------------- Rick Forristall Programmer Analyst Goodwill of Central AZ 602.535.4078 -------------------------------------------

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Koha 3.0.5 + cannot print labels
by Zico 22 Dec '09

22 Dec '09

Hi, i have just installed koha-3.0.5. Everything looks cool so far. But, the point is, i cannot print labels from there. When i go to Tools-> Label and Patron Card Creator -> Create a new batch -> *Add item(s) to batch * No windows comes... i mean, after clicking "Add item(s) to batch" .. another window should come.. as i saw in koha-3.0.1 & 3.0.4! But, nothing is coming here!!! Here, i want to add that, My active layout is ok. -- Best, Zico

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Need for reindex with Zebra?
by David Schuster 22 Dec '09

22 Dec '09

In a legacy system that I used to be using we were encouraged to once a year do a complete system reindex to clean things up and make the system perform better. I have not seen any recommendations anywhere on this so was looking for opinions. I'm coming up on a very long holiday that would be perfect for this type of work. Thanks! David Schuster Plano ISD -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Need-for-reindex-with-Zebra--tp26575069p26575069.html Sent from the Koha - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Will my patches for Bug 3730 (submitted in October) be applied for Koha 3.0.5?
by Ricardo Dias Marques 21 Dec '09

21 Dec '09

Hi all, I've been monitoring the git.koha.org web site for the 3.0.x branch of Koha: http://git.koha.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=Koha;a=shortlog;h=3.0.x I noticed that Henri-Damien LAURENT submitted the release notes for 3.0.5. So, I assume that Koha 3.0.5 release is imminent and that is great. Thanks again to Henri for being the release maintainer for the 3.0.x branch! :) The release notes for 3.0.5, in git is available at: http://git.koha.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=Koha;a=blob;f=misc/release_notes/r… Short URL for that: http://tinyurl.com/ydau23n However, I can't find the following patch(es) of mine, for Bug 3730, that I submitted in October, in the Release Notes for 3.0.5: [Koha-patches] [PATCH] Fix for Bug 3730 - Wrong ISO 639-2 Language Code for Portuguese in database http://lists.koha.org/pipermail/koha-patches/2009-October/004766.html [Koha-patches] [PATCH] Follow-up patch for my Fix for Bug 3730 http://lists.koha.org/pipermail/koha-patches/2009-October/004770.html So, my question is: will my patches for Bug 3730 (submitted in October) be applied for Koha 3.0.5? Or were my patches rejected by some reason (I can't find any reference to that)? BTW: I noticed some small mistakes in the Release Notes for 3.0.5 (for instance, due to the recent Pootle upgrade done by Chris Cormack, the URL http://translate.koha.org/languages/ isn't valid anymore). Thanks in advance! :) Cheers, Ricardo Dias Marques lists AT ricmarques DOT net Installation Guide for Installing Koha 3 on openSUSE 11 http://wiki.koha.org/doku.php?id=opensuse_11.0

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Multiple Library Search :: Help Needed
by nitesh rijal 21 Dec '09

21 Dec '09

Hello all. We have hosted 10 different Libraries at 10 different Public IPs. Now while searching the koha catalog from the OPAC view of any one of the libraries, is it possible to limit the search to one of the libraries we have hosted??? I mean to say that suppose that we browse the opac interface with the IP of Libarary A, then is it possible to select the branch as Libarary B in the limit options provided by KOHA and then get the results from only Library B ??? I have already added certain libraries and group into it. Libarary A : 202.70.88.22 Libarary B : 202.70.88.23 Please Help. -- Nitesh Rijal BE IT email: rijal.it(a)gmail.com url: http://niteshrijal.com.np facebook: http://facebook.com/openrijal twitter: http://twitter.com/openrijal +9779841458173

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koha 3.0.4 + holdings + "no physical items available"
by Zico 20 Dec '09

20 Dec '09

Hi, in my new Koha 3.0.4 system which running under Debian 5.0; i am facing problem regarding holding issue. Say, i have 5 holdings for some book; now if i search for that book in OPAC; it shows me that, there are 5 holdings but *only one* physical item is showing there... others are showing that... "no physical items for this record"! How can i get rid of this? -- Best, Zico

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