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Frustrated trying to install 1.9.2
by MJ Ray 06 May '03

06 May '03

I've been defeated by the koha installation, too. This email is a summary of the problems. It's not in the bug tracker, as some of these might be my errors and no-one has answered the last bug I put there yet. This is written in the absolute, but please don't take offence: correct me. 1. I don't want to install as root. There is no need for it to install as root, is there? sudo or su could be used for the bare minimum of pieces. Mike Hansen sent me a modified installer.pl to try as a normal user. Thanks. 2. The installer has defaults marked in the opposite way to normal, I think. A prompt of (Y/[N]) is used when the default is Y. 3. It tries to write to the apache config file. I use apache2 on debian, which lets each vhost have its own config file. In any case, it should be writing a file to be Include-d in, not splatting the master config. 4. It asks for the db admin password, then tries to connect as the current user without that password to create the db, which (unsurprisingly) fails. 5. It does a very long chown with no way to avoid it. This isn't needed for some (most?) web server configurations. Sadly, I'm left without the apache config or the database, so there's not much of koha installed and no manual installation docs to work from. Hope you can help, -- MJR http://mjr.towers.org.uk/ IM: slef(a)jabber.at This is my home web site. This for Jabber Messaging. How's my writing? Let me know via any of my contact details.

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strange things in errorlog, (apache 2.0, Perl CGI)
by paul POULAIN 06 May '03

06 May '03

Hi, I've just install a mdk9.1 (with httpd2) and written my vhost.conf file. I work on Koha (www.koha.org) that is a Perl programm (not mod_perl, but CGI). MARC::Record, yaz-2.0, Net-z3950.0.33 and some other perl packages installed. Everything works fine, except on a few pages, that shows "waiting for ..." forever. The error log only show (after 2mn): [Fri May 02 17:04:40 2003] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] Premature end of script headers: search.pl, referer: http://127.0.0.1:7777/cgi-bin/koha/acqui.simple/addbiblio.pl?oldbiblionumbe… If I close the mozilla windows, after 3 or 4 more minuts, the log is suddenly filled with dozens of : [Fri May 02 16:56:52 2003] [error] [client 127.0.0.4] Use of uninitialized value in hash element at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/MARC/Record.pm line 206., referer: http://koha.dev/cgi-bin/koha/acqui.simple/addbiblio.pl?oldbiblionumber=8 Note it occurs only on a runtime error in the module. In case of a compilation error, the error is reported immediatly as previously. It's a bug in Koha, but with my previous install (http1.3 from mdk90), The errors where reported immediatly to the error log. At the moment, it's pretty unuseable for error tracking ! What happend ? VHOSTS.CONF : ============= Listen 7777 <VirtualHost 127.0.0.1:7777> ServerName koha.dev DocumentRoot /home/paul/koha.dev/koha/koha-tmpl ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /home/httpd/html/koha.dev/cgi-bin/ ErrorLog logs/koha_error.log SetEnv PERL5LIB /home/paul/koha.dev/koha </VirtualHost> ============== Thanks for ideas/suggestions -- Paul POULAIN Consultant indépendant en logiciels libres responsable francophone de koha (SIGB libre http://www.koha-fr.org)

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Koha and the Trophees du libre
by Pat Eyler 05 May '03

05 May '03

As a bit of added excitement, it appears that Koha has made the list of finalists for the Trophees du Libre, a free software prize being awarded in Soissons, France on May 23rd 2003. There are 113 projects who are being considered for awards in 6 classifications. Koha is in the 'Applications for Public Agencies' category, where there are 20 finalists. Paul Poulain will be representing Koha at the awards ceremony. I think congratulations are in order for everybody who's contributed code, documentation, testing, or any other activities that have helped to make Koha what it is. Great job everyone! -pate Pat Eyler Kaitiaki/manager migrant Linux sys admin the Koha project ruby, shell, and perl geek http://www.koha.org http://pate.eylerfamily.org

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'nother link
by Pat Eyler 05 May '03

05 May '03

This looks like it might make an interesting approach to providing Z39.50 services from a Koha system: http://catalogablog.blogspot.com/2003_04_27_catalogablog_archive.html#20023… Pat Eyler Kaitiaki/manager migrant Linux sys admin the Koha project ruby, shell, and perl geek http://www.koha.org http://pate.eylerfamily.org

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Re: [Koha-devel] More about member searches
by Owen Leonard 05 May '03

05 May '03

Thinking more about this issue... Perhaps the solution to our differing expectations about member searches is to offer two alternatives to the member search mode: Browse, and Keyword. There could be a radio button, for instance, allowing you to pick your method. That would allow you to either do a keyword search for the middle name you're looking for, or a Browse search to give you a list of the 'smith, j' names. Does anyone else have an opinion on the issue? -- Owen ---- Nelsonville Public Library Koha 1.9.2 > On Fri, 25 Apr 2003, Owen Leonard wrote: > > Another question about member searches: > > > > If you search for 'smith, j' names returned > will include: > > > > Smith, Brian J. > > Smith, Bobbi J. > > > > as well as: > > > > Smith, James > > Smith, Jacob > > > > I would expect the latter, but not the former. > I assumed that the search was > > looking for first names *beginning with* J, not > just including J as a keyword. > > I would consider the 'beginning with' search to > be preferable. > > It looks to me as if you _are_ getting the > results of a "word > begins with ..." search (i.e., you're getting all > members who have a name > that begins with "smith" and a word that begins > with "j"). > And IMHO searching by middle name or initial, or > even nickname > makes sense. I know a number of people who go by > their middle names (and, > in one extreme case, Vernon Lee Last-name- > withheld goes by "Skip"). > > At any rate, Koha's behavior above seems > intuitive to me. Maybe my > intuition is different from yours.

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Re: [gaio@sv.lnf.it: [Koha] Fill a koha installation with very partial data...]
by Pat Eyler 05 May '03

05 May '03

Hi Marco, I'm moving your question over to the koha-devel list to try to lure a few answers for you. The quick answer is that Koha is going to want more information than this, but that you can likely use the information that you have as a seed to gather more if you're willing to dabble in a bit of perl scripting. thanks, -pate On Mon, 5 May 2003, Marco Gaiarin wrote: > > I've posted this, messages arrived?! > > Please reply me. > > ----- Forwarded message from Marco Gaiarin <gaio(a)sv.lnf.it> ----- > From: Marco Gaiarin <gaio(a)sv.lnf.it> > Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 18:02:42 +0200 > To: koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz > Subject: [Koha] Fill a koha installation with very partial data... > Organization: La Nostra Famiglia - Polo FVG > > > I've collected some data from the books stored in a library of my > organization. > > This data was managed with a simple db (microsoft works), and contain > rather minimal data, like: > > 1) title > 2) author > 3) publisher > 3) the series title (first volume, second volume, ...) > 4) a field that can be considered like an item type > 5) the ``location'', that i think i can consider like a branches > > > With this simple list of books i can fill the koha database and start > using it quickly?! > > Thanks. > > -- > dott. Marco Gaiarin GNUPG Key ID: 240A3D66 > Associazione ``La Nostra Famiglia'' http://www.sv.lnf.it/ > Polo FVG - Via della Bont�, 7 - 33078 - San Vito al Tagliamento (PN) > gaio(at)sv.lnf.it tel +39-0434-842711 fax +39-0434-842797 > > Osservatorio sulle sporche menzogne di guerra > http://www.peacelink.it/mediawatch/ > _______________________________________________ > Koha mailing list > Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz > http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha > > ----- End forwarded message ----- > > -- > dott. Marco Gaiarin GNUPG Key ID: 240A3D66 > Associazione ``La Nostra Famiglia'' http://www.sv.lnf.it/ > Polo FVG - Via della Bont�, 7 - 33078 - San Vito al Tagliamento (PN) > gaio(at)sv.lnf.it tel +39-0434-842711 fax +39-0434-842797 > > Osservatorio sulle sporche menzogne di guerra > http://www.peacelink.it/mediawatch/ > _______________________________________________ > Koha mailing list > Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz > http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha >

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[Bug 279] Import USMARC records
by bugzilla-daemon＠wilbur.katipo.co.nz 05 May '03

05 May '03

http://bugs.koha.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=279 ------- Additional Comments From mwhansen(a)hmc.edu 2003-05-05 23:52 ------- I made your changes, but I am not sure whether that fixed it. ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the QA contact for the bug, or are watching the QA contact.

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Bugzilla summary for last 4 days
by chris＠wilbur.katipo.co.nz 05 May '03

05 May '03

15 bugs found. ID Sev Pri Plt Owner State Result Summary 169 nor P2 PC mwhansen(a)hmc.edu REOP dateformat not used anywhere http://bugs.koha.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=169 193 nor P2 All paul.poulain(a)free.fr REOP Multiple search criteria in OPAC gives misleading feedback http://bugs.koha.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=193 197 nor P2 All a.c.li(a)ieee.org REOP cannot search for author with a space http://bugs.koha.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=197 239 nor P4 PC paul.poulain(a)free.fr NEW Issue limit doesn't work - able to check out more items than http://bugs.koha.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=239 279 maj P2 PC tonnesen(a)cmsd.bc.ca NEW Import USMARC records http://bugs.koha.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=279 354 nor P1 All chris(a)katipo.co.nz NEW Acquisitions Link in Menu always goes to full (normal) acqui http://bugs.koha.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=354 408 nor P2 PC paul.poulain(a)free.fr NEW Shopping basket - nowhere to enter Authorised by http://bugs.koha.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=408 422 nor P2 PC paul.poulain(a)free.fr REOP Search.pl isn't in the right place http://bugs.koha.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=422 423 nor P2 PC paul.poulain(a)free.fr NEW Unable to output biblios imported to breeding farm http://bugs.koha.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=423 424 min P2 PC paul.poulain(a)free.fr NEW Bookfunds no longer in select list in Add Budget http://bugs.koha.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=424 425 nor P2 PC paul.poulain(a)free.fr NEW Add new website feature doesn't work http://bugs.koha.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=425 426 nor P2 PC chris(a)katipo.co.nz NEW Reserving a book (with a reserve fee) results in a hostile m http://bugs.koha.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=426 430 min P2 PC paul.poulain(a)free.fr NEW MARC21 LOC number has default auth value Yes/No http://bugs.koha.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=430 431 min P2 PC paul.poulain(a)free.fr NEW MARC21 852K given default auth value of itemtypes http://bugs.koha.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=431 435 nor P2 PC tonnesen(a)cmsd.bc.ca NEW Branch codes don't work http://bugs.koha.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=435 15 bugs found. Long Format Query Page Enter New Bug Change columns Edit this query

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[Bug 394] Reserve process doesn't require pickup branch
by bugzilla-daemon＠wilbur.katipo.co.nz 05 May '03

05 May '03

http://bugs.koha.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=394 paul.poulain(a)free.fr changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution| |FIXED ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the QA contact for the bug, or are watching the QA contact.

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Handling forms
by Owen Leonard 05 May '03

05 May '03

I'm not sure if it's handled the same everywhere, but in the process for adding a new member, if you leave something blank, an error page tells you to hit the back button and correct the mistake. The way I try to build such pages in PHP is to have the page submit to itself, and if there are errors, the form can be redisplayed with the submitted values, and error messages can be added by each mistake. This makes it much clearer for the user (by marking each mistake where it was made), and prevents the possiblity of the form being empty when you hit the back button. Would this be possible with Perl and HTML::Template? I think it's a much more user-friendly system, if so. -- Owen ---- Nelsonville Public Library Koha 1.9.2

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