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Karanga Mai | Call for Presentations for Kohacon25 Now Open!
by Chris Cormack 02 Mar '25

02 Mar '25

Kia ora koutou, We're very happy to announce that the call for presentations for KohaCon25 is now open! As Koha returns to Aotearoa for its 25th birthday, we're keen to hear your stories and insights for both our conference sessions and working together days. ## Te Kaupapa | Theme Our theme is "Coming Home" as we celebrate a quarter-century of Koha. We're particularly interested in presentations that: - Share success stories from your Koha journey - Highlight how Koha has grown and evolved since its beginnings in Horowhenua - Showcase innovative ways libraries are using Koha - Reflect on the impact of open source in libraries - Look towards the next 25 years of Koha ## Conference Days (17-19 November) We welcome presentations ranging from 15 minutes to 1 hour, including: - Feature showcases - Case studies - Community stories - Future visions - Lightning talks ## Working Together Days (21-23 November) We're seeking workshop proposals for our hands-on sessions, such as: - Technical workshops - Development sprints - Documentation improvements - Training sessions - Community initiatives - Collaborative problem-solving ## Ngā Kōrero | Presentation Details - All presentations will be in-person at Te Whanganui-a-Tara | Wellington - Sessions will be live-streamed for our global whānau - When submitting, please indicate your preferred time length and session type ## Tukua Mai | How to Submit Submit your proposal through our online form at https://cfp.kohacon.org/forms/kohacon25-talks-submission-lfe0lb by 1 March 2025. Your submission should include: - Title of your presentation or workshop - Abstract - Session type (conference talk or workshop) - Preferred length - Brief bio - Any technical requirements ## Important Dates - Submissions close: 1 March 2025 - Presenters notified: 15 March 2025 ## Questions? Flick us an email at chris(a)bigballofwax.co.nz if you have any questions. Share your story as part of this milestone celebration of Koha's journey home. Whether you're a long-time community member or new to the whānau, we'd love to hear from you. Ngā mihi nui, Chris

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Staging background job at null.0 progress
by Bongiwe Shongwe 01 Feb '25

01 Feb '25

Dear all, We seem to have a recent problem with staging our import records where thee progress is stuck at 0. The progress status is null/0. We have been able to import until recently when we had a problem with Koha and needed to restore from backup. Why could be the reason for our staging background job to be stuck at 0. We are on Koha version 23.11.10.000 Thank you. Kind regards, Bongiwe Shongwe Universal Knowledge Software Tel.: +27(11) 375-4700 Fax : +27(11) 375-4710 e-mail: bongiwe(a)uks.co.za Web: www.uks.co.za Confidentiality Notice: The above message and all attachments may contain privileged and confidential information intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed. Any review, retransmission, dissemination, copy or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by e-mail, facsimile or telephone and thereafter delete the material from your computer. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the view of the entity transmitting the message.

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The Terrific Every-Other-Thursday Training Video | 510
by BRANNON, CHRISTOPHER 31 Jan '25

31 Jan '25

Upgrades can be a wonderful thing. They bring you hope of something new, and fix things that have bothered you in previous versions. Sometimes they introduce new bugs. And sometimes, they make improvements that inadvertently mess with your customizations. Today we will take a brief look at some of our initials discoveries with 24.11, and what you might see with your next upgrade. https://youtu.be/MNY44WVz28g Sincerely, Christopher Brannon koha-US Admin

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Koha performance on Debian
by Paul Dokken 28 Jan '25

28 Jan '25

I am running an instance of Koha 23.11.10 on Debian 12.8 on a HyperV VM. I have allocated 16gb of RAM and 16 virtual processors. I have not yet loaded all the data from another system we are exporting from and just have a few patrons entered. It takes about 12 seconds before it displays the list of patrons. Any suggestions on what to check? When I look at the top command it shows app.pl is taking 100% of the CPU when searching. Other parts of Koha are running slow as well. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks, -- *Paul Dokken* Information and Digital Technology System Administrator PO Box 248, Waxhaw, NC 28173 | jaars.org (c) 803.235.6861 | paul.dokken(a)jaars.org JUNGLE AVIATION AND RELAY SERVICE At JAARS, we commit to: Seek God Above All | Serve in Love | Act with Integrity | Steward God's Resources with Courage | Pursue Excellence | Collaborate with Respect | Create a Culture of Innovation

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CSRF tokens are not getting validated
by koha＠ourlib.in 28 Jan '25

28 Jan '25

Hello, sorry to bother you again. Security team has raised following concern, please guide me in fixing the same: =============== In Koha version 24.05, CSRF tokens are not getting validated during insert or update operations (e.g., creating a new patron). Even when the CSRF token is removed or invalid, Koha still processes the request and creates the new patron. Koha Version: 24.05 Steps to Reproduce: Navigate to the patron creation form in Koha. Remove the CSRF token from the input and meta tags. Submit the form to create a new patron. The new patron is created successfully, despite the missing or invalid CSRF token. Koha v24.05 does not validate CSRF tokens correctly, potentially exposing the system to CSRF attacks. ================= Regards, Vikram

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Koha Community Newsletter: January 2025
by Michael Kuhn 27 Jan '25

27 Jan '25

The Koha Community Newsletter for January 2025 is here: https://koha-community.org/koha-community-newsletter-january-2025/ Many thanks to everyone who submitted articles and news to this newsletter! Please feel free to email me (mik(a)adminkuhn.ch) with any corrections or suggestions. Michael Kuhn Editor, Koha Community Newsletter

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koha-US February 2025 Events & Meetings
by Kristi Krueger 27 Jan '25

27 Jan '25

Hello! koha-US online meetings and events are free and open to all. See our calendar for a full list: http://koha-us.org/calendar/. For Google Calendar users, add our events calendar to your list for easy access to meeting times and links: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/1?cid=a29oYS11cy5vcmdfZG1xb2pkczE5Zn… *Meetings* General Meeting - Wednesday, February 05 @ 8:30a PT / 11:30a ET / 15:30 UTC Board Meeting - Wednesday, February 12 @ 8:30a PT / 11:30a ET / 15:30 UTC *Special Interest Groups* Cataloging - Thursday, February 06 @ 8:00a PT / 11:00a ET / 15:00 UTC System Administration - Tuesday, February 11 @ 8:00a PT / 11:00a ET / 15:00 UTC Baby Devs - Thursday, February 13 @ 10:00a PT / 1:00p ET / 17:00 UTC Acquisitions - Tuesday, February 18 @ 9:00a PT / 12:00p ET / 16:00 UTC Web Development - Thursday, February 20 @ 10:00a PT / 1:00p ET / 17:00 UTC Circulation - Wednesday, February 26 @ 10:30 PT / 1:30 ET / 17:30 UTC Consortia - Thursday, February 27 @ 9:00a PT / 12:00p ET / 16:00 UTC Visit http://koha-us.org/special-interest-groups/ to learn more and sign up for topic-specific mailing lists. Most meetings and events are recorded and made available at https://www.youtube.com/kohaus Kristi Krueger koha-US Secretary secretary(a)koha-US.org

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Upgrade errors
by Tim Young 17 Jan '25

17 Jan '25

I was helping some people do-release-upgrade from Ubuntu 18.04, to 22.04 and their koha was updated as well. I believe the previous version was 21.05.05-3. We upgraded the OS on the machine to 20.04, then to 22.04, and then upgraded Koha to 24.11.00-1. During the package configuration (repeatable by doing: dpkg --configure koha-common) we get the following response and error: root@elearning:/var/log# dpkg --configure koha-common Setting up koha-common (24.11.00-1) ... Upgrading database schema for opac Can't use string ("0E0") as a HASH ref while "strict refs" in use at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Installer.pm line 757. dpkg: error processing package koha-common (--configure): installed koha-common package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 255 Errors were encountered while processing: koha-common I tried looking through the log files to see if there was an "install log," but I did not see one. The code looks like it is applying individual updates schema, and one of them is failing. I am not sure how to figure out which one is failing, to then figure out why.

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The Terrific Every-Other-Thursday Training Video | 509
by BRANNON, CHRISTOPHER 16 Jan '25

16 Jan '25

Let's review a couple topics we've visited in the past regarding SQL. Today, George walks through a report request made in the Koha community, and we combine a couple SQL functions we've previously discussed. https://youtu.be/Sxmt9RU9g-c Sincererly, Christopher Brannon koha-US Admin

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Error code while upgrading on 22.11 version
by Paulo Neto 16 Jan '25

16 Jan '25

Hello, Tried to upgrade koha from version 24.11.01-1 to 24.11.01-2 after running the upgrade comando on ubuntu 22.04 i got na error on post-instalation script error code 1 A preparar para desempacotar .../koha-l10n_24.11.01-1_all.deb ... A descompactar koha-l10n (24.11.01-1) sobre (24.11.01-1) ... A preparar para desempacotar .../koha-common_24.11.01-2_all.deb ... A descompactar koha-common (24.11.01-2) sobre (24.11.01-1) ... A instalar koha-l10n (24.11.01-1) ... A instalar koha-common (24.11.01-2) ... Upgrading database schema for dgadr2 dpkg: erro ao processar o pacote koha-common (--configure): o subprocesso instalado, do pacote koha-common, o script post-installation retornou erro do status de saída 1 A processar 'triggers' para man-db (2.10.2-1) ... Foram encontrados erros enquanto processava: koha-common needrestart is being skipped since dpkg has failed E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) Best regards, Paulo Neto

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