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z39:50 Daemon Start Problem
by fbray 03 Nov '06

03 Nov '06

I am also having some problems getting Z3950 to work, and the problem seems to be with starting the z3950 daemon. I am using CentOS 4.4 with all updates installed (as of November 2, 2006). CentOS 4.4 is based on Red Hat ES4, I believe. I am using Koha 2.2.5 (2.2.6 came out after the installation process was started). The Koha web sites are located in /var/www/koha/opac, and /var/www/koha/intranet, rather than in the /usr/local/koha... directory. According to the Koha User Guide, if you are having problems starting the z3950 daemon, you need to change the user of the .../z3950-daemon-launch.sh file from www-data to root. The file was originally owned by apache, and was in the apache group. I have changed the user from apache to root, and also the group from apache to root. In neither case would the daemon start, giving the same "This account is currently not available" error message. I have also tried changing the owner to root and the group to apache, with the same error message. I am currently accessing the Koha applications inside an internal network (no public URL at the moment). A public IP address is available and should be up and running in another day or two. Domain names are available, and when the public IP address is up, they should be accessible by those domain names.

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ZOOM required? probable mistake in Install.pm
by Mike Dalgity 03 Nov '06

03 Nov '06

Hi, I'd like to know whether ZOOM is required for Koha 2.2.6 or can I still use Net::Z3950? The reason being that ZOOM requires a fairly recent version of YAZ which I'm having problems with on OpenBSD. I posted about this issue sometime back in January I think. Basically any version of YAZ newer than 2.1.8 causes problems with the Koha installer script after it does the perl module check. Any interactive input is automatically entered as blank and this results in the error "Use of uninitialized value in scalar chomp at Install.pm line 637, <STDIN> line 1." which then in turn results in an infinite loop in the kohaadmin password and mysql password prompts because they are blank. The same behaviour used to occur with Net::Z3950 and YAZ > 2.1.8 but at least I can use Net::Z3950 with YAZ 2.1.8. http://lists.katipo.co.nz/public/koha/2006/009583.html I did send off an email to the YAZ list a few days ago but so far no response. During troubleshooting I narrowed the cause of this problem to the following line in the checkperlmodules function of Install.pm: unless (eval {require ZOOM}) { push @missing,"ZOOM" }; If I comment that out then the installation proceeds normally. I then decided to test YAZ using yaz-client. I looked up the documentation and was able to connect to Index Data's test server and test commands such as find and scan. I don't know where to go from here so any help is appreciated. Also while looking at Install.pm in the checkperlmodules section I noticed what appears to be another problem where modules are not actually checked whether they are installed. I don't know perl well but I believe the require statements should be changed to match the modules in the push statement unless (eval {require MARC::File::XML}) { push @missing,"MARC::File::XML" }; unless (eval {require MARC::File::XML}) { push @missing,"LWP::Simple" }; unless (eval {require MARC::File::XML}) { push @missing,"XML::Simple" }; unless (eval {require MARC::File::XML}) { push @missing,"Date::Calc" }; unless (eval {require MARC::File::XML}) { push @missing,"MARC::File::XML" }; Never mind, looks like it was fixed in CVS after the 2.2.6 release. Thanks, Mike D.

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OPAC-only installs?
by Geoff Sinclair 02 Nov '06

02 Nov '06

Hi Kohaers, Is it possible to use the Koha OPAC with another vendor's ILS...say, Sirsi? Is anyone doing this? Is this a silly idea? Geoff

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MySQL using 99% CPU and making web site slow to a crawl
by Greg Vickers 02 Nov '06

02 Nov '06

Hi all, Over the last few days that the web side of our Koha installation has been slowing to a crawl. It usually happens in the afternoon (our time) and has only been happening since librarians from interstate have been making entries for their libraries. So it could be related to something they are doing, or an entry they have made, I'm waiting for them to get back to me on what they were doing on Koha when the system slowed down. I logged on when this happened yesterday noticed that MySQL is using 99% of the CPU time. I scheduled a time last night to restart MySQL and Apache and when I logged back on Koha was running fine and MySQL was not using up 99% CPU time. I restarted MySQL and Apache and Koha is behaving normally. I don't know what to do to investigate MySQL to find out why it is using up so much CPU time, or if there is some abnormal data entered in the Koha web site that causes MySQL to do this. Can anyone give me some tips or pointers on what to do? Thanks, Greg p.s. this Debian host has been up for almost 200 days and is fully patched

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Questions for setting Parameters
by Darla Grediagin 02 Nov '06

02 Nov '06

Item Types -- For this, do I use what I want in a library or what I have now. I am finding in my old automation system I have a plethora of the category or "language materials". I find this on line 911 of the MARC record. Am I looking at the right place? Is there a list of accepted item types for MARC records. I have looked at the Library of Congress website and not found the answer to that question. I am assuming that I have some work to do to clean up my current records before I migrate them over. Setting up the MARC tag structure -- Are any MARC fields loaded or do I need to load all that I will use? I believe that I have to load them all, but I want to check before I start that process. Thanks for all the questions of mine that have been answered and any answers to these. I know I will have more as the process continues. I also know that I will be thrilled when I have finished this and can move from the lost beginner to someone who can help others. Have a great day, Darla -- Darla Grediagin District Librarian Bering Strait School District Unalakleet, Alaska Web Address : http://bssdonline.org/course/view.php?id=51 Blog: http://aklibrarian1.edublogs.org/

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z39.50 configuration assist ;)
by Huck 02 Nov '06

02 Nov '06

I've got Koha setup. I'm trying to get this Z39.50 stuff working =) Maybe I'm confused as to what is actually supposed to happen. This was my understanding: Click on Catalogue Click on Add biblio Click 'Create Empty Biblio' Input the Title and ISBN number of the book Click on the 'z3950 search' button and it should go fetch the juicy Biblio Info from whatever z3950 servers you've entered during setup. Can anyone confirm or correct me please? Also...does anyone have a Z39.50 Server they KNOW works that I could use to test? I've added: Arizona State hostname=129.219.110.86 port=210 database=INNOPAC (no userid or password) checked = 0 rank = 0 syntax = MARC21 ASSUMPTION COLLEGE hostname=sun2.assumption.edu port=7090 database=Voyager (no userid or password) checked = 0 rank = 0 syntax = MARC21 HAMILTON COLLEGE hostname=lib.hamilton.edu port=7090 database=Voyager (no userid or password) checked = 0 rank = 0 syntax = MARC21 Thanks, --Huck

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perl module problems on Mac OS X Server 10.4
by Roger Hart 01 Nov '06

01 Nov '06

I've been having terrible problems installing the perl module XML::Simple, which is required by Koha, on Mac OS X Server 10.4. Can anyone offer any suggestions? The error message I get is the following: Fatal Error: Your default XML Parser (XML::SAX::PurePerl) is broken. ... One way to avoid the problem is to install XML::SAX::Expat -- it will install itself as the system default XML parser and then you will be able to install XML::Simple successfully. I have installed XML::SAX::Expat but continue to get the error message. I do not know how to check whether XML::SAX::Expat is the default parser. I have been unable to find a discussion of this problem on the web. Thanks, Roger ******************************** Roger Hart Assistant Professor, Departments of History and Asian Studies University of Texas at Austin office: Room 470, Burdine Hall office phone: 512-475-7258 department fax: 512-475-7222 email: rhart(a)mail.utexas.edu http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~rhart *********************************

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Minor things borrower and export
by bluejaydesign＠sympatico.ca 01 Nov '06

01 Nov '06

Hello all, We started using Koha 2.2.5 a few weeks ago, and almost everything works wonderful (including Z3950 searches and imports, I love these...) There are 2 things however, I cannot figure out. First, Every single borrower I have or enter as new, will show up as "borrower leaving soon" even if the expiry date is set a year from the entry date. Did I miss setting a parameter somewhere? Second, If I try to export a report to the screen it shows up fine. However, if I try to export to Open Office, I get no file or a file with only the first column filled in, only numbers. Any help or suggestions would be welcome.... Running on Debian Sarge. Thanks again, Marty

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Importing MARC Records
by Kondwani Wella 01 Nov '06

01 Nov '06

Dear All, I am migrating from Library Solution to Koha. I have imported my MARC records to Koha Reservoir and I am transfering them into the catalogue one by one. Is there a way I can use to transfer all records in the reservoir into the catalogue? -- *Kondwani** Wella* University of Malawi Kamuzu College of Nursing P/Bag 1 Lilongwe Malawi Tel.: +265 (0) 1 751 622 Fax: +265 (0) 1 756 090 http://www.kcn.unima.mw

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OPAC user password
by Carol Ku 30 Oct '06

30 Oct '06

In Koha v.2.2.6 (windows), looks like the user name and password was set up in intranet. I remember that in earlier versions, user is allowed to change their password in OPAC. But I don't seem to see that feature available in v.2.2.6 Any idea? --------------------------------- Low, Low, Low Rates! Check out Yahoo! Messenger's cheap PC-to-Phone call rates.

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