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windows install fail... not sure of next steps.
by Joy Payton 08 Sep '09

08 Sep '09

Hi Friends, I'm migrating an old clunky Access DB of bibliographic records to something more platform and software-independent, a web-based open-source solution. I started with Greenstone, which seems ok for static data, but it's really a chore to get new records in the system (especially for non-techies, which most of my sisters -- I'm a nun working on a convent library -- definitely aren't). I've heard that Koha is better, but I can*not* get the darn thing to install. I'm trying to install on a vista system. I installed Apache HTTP Server 2.0.63, MySQL Server 4.1 and Active Perl 5.10.1 build 1006 with the configurations suggested by the Koha wiki KohaWinInstallation. But I'm a total newbie with all three of these pre-requisite programs so I've no real way to see if I installed them well. I DID make sure to change the Perl path name to usr. When I try to install Koha 2.2.9 (or 2.2.8), by double-clicking install.pl, I get a quick flash of a console, too fast to read, and then nothing. Nada. A very patient use of hitting PrtSc finally got me a screenshot of what my error message is: c:\usr\bin\perl.exe is the window name, and it reports: "Use of uninitialized value $env{"home"} in concatenation (.) or string at Install line 122. Um, okay. Not sure what that means for me. Any tips out there for someone starting from scratch? Much obliged. Sr. Joy Payton, aci

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MARCOrgCode
by Nadel Catura 08 Sep '09

08 Sep '09

Is MARCOrgCode required in the system? Unfortunately, when I visited the site: http://www.loc.gov/marc/organizations/org-search.php it did not give any result on our Library. How can we have our own MARCOrgCode? Is there any registration needed to have our own value of MARCOrgCode? Please Help.

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Add item: production mode - trapped fatal error
by yared berhanu 08 Sep '09

08 Sep '09

Greetings, I'm from Hawassa University a place 271Km from capital city Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Currently we are moving to use Koha for our Library. I had upgraded from 2.2 to 3.0 on Ubuntu 8.04 and I was successful using the manuals for installation and upgrading from Koha-duke site. But when the librarians are adding items in to the database, it will show us "production mode - trapped fatal error" . the error in koha log file states that " [Tue Sep 08 15:59:07 2009] [error] [client ...] [Tue Sep 8 15:59:07 2009] additem.pl: Can't call method "append_fields" on an undefined value at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/MARC/File/SAX.pm line 92. at /usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.8/XML/LibXML/SAX.pm line 73, referer: http://lis.hu.edu.et:8080/cgi-bin/koha/cataloguing/additem.pl?biblionumber=… "[Tue Sep 08 15:59:07 2009] [error] [client ...] [Tue Sep 8 15:59:07 2009] additem.pl: at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/MARC/File/XML.pm line 445, referer: http://lis.hu.edu.et:8080/cgi-bin/koha/cataloguing/additem.pl?biblionumber=… please any help!!

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Urget help!!
by yared berhanu 08 Sep '09

08 Sep '09

Greetings, I'm from Hawassa University a place 271Km from capital city Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Currently we are moving to use Koha for our Library. I had upgraded from 2.2 to 3.0 on Ubuntu 8.04 and I was successful using the manuals for installation and upgrading from Koha-duke site. But when the librarians are adding items in to the database, it will show us "production mode - trapped fatal error" . the error in koha log file states that " [Tue Sep 08 15:59:07 2009] [error] [client ...] [Tue Sep 8 15:59:07 2009] additem.pl: Can't call method "append_fields" on an undefined value at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/MARC/File/SAX.pm line 92. at /usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.8/XML/LibXML/SAX.pm line 73, referer: http://lis.hu.edu.et:8080/cgi-bin/koha/cataloguing/additem.pl?biblionumber=… "[Tue Sep 08 15:59:07 2009] [error] [client ...] [Tue Sep 8 15:59:07 2009] additem.pl: at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/MARC/File/XML.pm line 445, referer: http://lis.hu.edu.et:8080/cgi-bin/koha/cataloguing/additem.pl?biblionumber=… please any help!!

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Koha support from Catalyst
by Chris Cormack 08 Sep '09

08 Sep '09

Hi All Some of you will know me already - I'm Chris Cormack, one of the original Koha developers and current translation manager. Catalyst IT, who I work for, have been doing Koha support and development for a couple of months now, and we thought it was about time for us to do a more formal announcement. A brief introduction to Catalyst Catalyst is New Zealand's largest independent open source solutions provider. Based in Wellington, we develop, host and support business-critical systems for some of New Zealand's largest organisations. With our commitment to open source technologies over the last ten years, we attract and retain some of the brightest talent in the field. Catalyst's clients enjoy our open consultative approach and we in turn enjoy our long-term relationships with a diverse range of clients. We bring this range of expertise to our work with Koha. We have a genuine commitment to honouring both the letter and spirit of the license. We understand that Free Software is about providing Freedoms to our clients. So on the 10th anniversary of when coding first started on Koha, here's looking forward to the next 10 years. Chris -- Chris Cormack Catalyst IT Ltd. +64 4 803 2238 PO Box 11-053, Manners St, Wellington 6142, New Zealand

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Koha support from PTFS Europe
by Nick Dimant 07 Sep '09

07 Sep '09

Hi all In the light of Chris's comments I thought I would use this opportunity to up-date the list with where PTFS Europe are with supporting Koha: 1. We are in the process of implementing Koha at 4 organisations right now - an international agency, a management consultancy, a school and a scientific research library. 2. We are also contributing code and are in discussion with BibLibre about helping them test and document the acquisitions work they have developed as part of 3.2. 3. We submitted our application to get listed on "Pay for support" - we look forward to getting feedback soon. In fact we applied a few weeks ago and have not heard anything yet. Does anyone know how soon we will be listed and/or contacted? Koha is a great product and the more I see of it the more I like it! It is really good to be part of this worldwide community. Nick Dimant Managing Director PTFS Europe Ltd nick.dimant(a)ptfs-europe.com > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Cormack" > <chrisc(a)catalyst.net.nz> > To: <koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz> > Sent: Monday, September 07, 2009 7:21 AM > Subject: [Koha] Koha support from Catalyst > > >> Hi All >> >> Some of you will know me already - I'm Chris Cormack, one of the >> original Koha developers and current translation manager. >> >> Catalyst IT, who I work for, have been doing Koha support and >> development for a couple of months now, and we thought it was about >> time for us to do a more formal announcement. >> >> A brief introduction to Catalyst >> >> Catalyst is New Zealand's largest independent open source solutions >> provider. Based in Wellington, we develop, host and support >> business-critical systems for some of New Zealand's largest >> organisations. With our commitment to open source technologies over the >> last ten years, we attract and retain some of the brightest talent in >> the field. Catalyst's clients enjoy our open consultative approach and >> we in turn enjoy our long-term relationships with a diverse range of >> clients. >> >> We bring this range of expertise to our work with Koha. We have a >> genuine commitment to honouring both the letter and spirit of the >> license. We understand that Free Software is about providing Freedoms >> to our clients. >> >> So on the 10th anniversary of when coding first started on Koha, >> here's looking forward to the next 10 years. >> >> Chris >> -- >> Chris Cormack >> Catalyst IT Ltd. >> +64 4 803 2238 >> PO Box 11-053, Manners St, Wellington 6142, New Zealand >> _______________________________________________ >> Koha mailing list >> Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz >> http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha

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Next IRC meeting about the Foundation: 15 September 2009 19:00 UTC+0
by MJ Ray 07 Sep '09

07 Sep '09

Hi, The next meeting about a Koha project foundation will be held on the #koha IRC channel (IRC server irc.katipo.co.nz) on Tuesday 15 September 2009 at 19:00 UTC+0 [1]. Agenda items for the meeting are currently 1. Welcome and introductions 2. Goals 3. Current situation 4. Options 5. Next steps To add items to the agenda, please edit the page for this meeting on the wiki: http://wiki.koha.org/doku.php?id=meetingnotes09sep15 [1] Time converters: date -d @1253041200 http://www.worldtimeserver.com/meeting-planner-times.aspx?&L0=US-FL&L1=UTC&… http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=2009-09-15%2019:00%20UTC+0 Regards, -- MJ Ray (slef) LMS developer and webmaster at | software www.software.coop http://mjr.towers.org.uk | .... co IMO only: see http://mjr.towers.org.uk/email.html | .... op

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Koha Authentication with Windows Active Directory
by Anselm Olweny 07 Sep '09

07 Sep '09

Dear Members, I have installed koha in my institution library and would like patrons to login at the opac using their active directory accounts. I have followed the instructions in the Auth_with_ldap.pm file and made the necessary changes in the koha-conf.xml file. I have koha version 3.0100041, however when I login using a valid Active Directory account I get "You entered an incorrect username or password." in the opac. There are also no errors in both apache and koha error logs. I am kindly requesting for any assistance in making this work. I would appreciate help relating to what changes I may need to do in active directory as well or Auth_with_ldap.pm. I have attached a copy of my koha-conf.xml so that you may show me what am getting wrong. Stay well Anselm Olweny Teaching Assistant, EASLIS, Makerere University Kampala, Uganda

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Fwd: Welcome to the "Koha" mailing list
by Anselm Olweny 07 Sep '09

07 Sep '09

Dear Members, With this mail I intend introduce myself to members of this list. I am Olweny Anselm, a Teaching Assistant at the East African School of Library and Information Science, Makerere University. In joing this list I would like to keep abreast with the development in Koha, share my experiences where necessary and to be able to obtain help from you guys where necessary. Regards Anselm Olweny ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: koha-request(a)lists.katipo.co.nz Date: Wed, 02 Sep 2009 22:58:15 +1200 Subject: Welcome to the "Koha" mailing list To: aolweny(a)gmail.com Nau Mai, Haere Mai ki te whanau Koha. Hello and Welcome to the Koha Community. This is just a brief email to help you make the most of the community, and the community make the most of you. The best thing you can do to start is to introduce yourself. A brief email to this mailing list saying who you are and what you want to do is a great way to do that. This is the general discussion list for librarians and others interested in the Koha FOSS (free & open-source software) LMS/ILS (library management system/integrated library system) and related activities. It is a companion to other email lists (see <http://lists.koha.org/>) that discuss future development or aspects of the application. Before posting to the list, it's always good to read/search through the mailing list archive <http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.misc.koha> and the manual and FAQs <http://koha.org/documentation> for answers to your questions. Please feel free to use this list for announcements, questions and discussions on relevant topics, and please try to keep it positive and polite. Pro-free-software LMS/ILS news is welcome. Debating definitions of “free” is not. Please send plain text emails and if you opt for the digest, change the subject line when you reply (as described at the top of the digest). In general, try to keep subject lines accurate and try to write the sort of message that you'd be happy if it appeared on the letters page of a national newspaper or magazine. Other useful netiquette guidelines can be found in Internet RFC 1855 <http://tools.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1855.txt>. Emails from non-subscribers (and other emails held for review) will usually be sent to this list in a batch once a day. Websites and bloggers may find the gmane archive <http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.misc.koha> more useful for linking, because its comment system is open to all. Some other useful sites to keep an eye on are included below: - Koha project home page <http://koha.org> - Here you will find links to other Koha websites and announcements of interest to the Koha community. - Koha Bugs <http://bugs.koha.org> - Here you will find enhancement projects as well as bugs - Koha Developer Wiki <http://wiki.koha.org/doku.php> - information about the development process and RFCs (Request for Comments) - Koha Git Repository <http://git.koha.org/> - patches and enhancements to Koha from the community - Koha Documentation <http://koha.org/documentation> We look forward to meeting you and working with you.

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production mode - trapped fatal error : huh ??
by piwako 07 Sep '09

07 Sep '09

Hi all, First please excuse my poooooor english :) I'm trying to install Koha 3.00 on the lastest Debian. The perl installer works, no problem. But when I go on the Installer Web page (127.0.1.1:8080) I've got : production mode - trapped fatal error I've taken a look to the log : Can't call method "id" on an undefined value at InstallAuth.pm I'm totally blocked. Someone can help me please ? -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/production-mode---trapped-fatal-error-%3A-huh----tp19… Sent from the Koha - Discuss mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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