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Re: [Koha] Windows
by Owen Leonard 19 Dec '02

19 Dec '02

> I now wonder if I should be considering using > Koha with Windows. It would be much simpler for > me that way if there is experience that says it > will work. I am part of an Intranet that has > servers that are Windows 2000 and my classroom > machines are all Windows 95 or 98. Maybe this is obvious, but your message makes me want to say: What does it matter what the classroom machines are? All you need to worry about is the server. If you're more comfortable with Win2K, fine--but there's no reason to be concerned about the client machines, since everything beyond installation and configuration happens through a browser. -- Owen ---- Web Site Developer Athens County Library Services http://www.athenscounty.lib.oh.us

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z3950 daemon won't launch
by Jim Thomas 19 Dec '02

19 Dec '02

Hi all, I'm having a bit of trouble getting the z3950 daemon to launch. I fire up the launch script, and then run ps to see if I've got a process, but it seems to disappear rather quickly (i.e., before I can check for it). I'm logged in as root when I do this: # ./z3950-daemon-launch.sh z3950-daemon-launch.sh starting # ps ax | grep z39 22218 pts/1 S 0:00 grep z39 Any help is greatly appreciated. -- Jim Thomas Principal Applications Engineer Bittware, Inc jthomas(a)bittware.com http://www.bittware.com (703) 779-7770 In theory, theory and practice are the same, but in practice, they're not

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Windows
by Rowse, John R 19 Dec '02

19 Dec '02

Hi all, I was on a track to load Linux and Koha on a stand alone machine in my classroom. I now wonder if I should be considering using Khoa with Windows. It would be much simpler for me that way if there is experience that says it will work. I am part of an Intranet that has servers that are Windows 2000 and my classroom machines are all Windows 95 or 98. I could upgrade to 2000 easily. One recent post mentioned difficulty with making Khoa run smoothly on windows. The most recent post seemed to offer assistance in loading Koha for Windows. Feedback please. John Rowse -- John Rowse 5th grade teacher Boston Public Schools Paul A. Dever School 325 Mount Vernon Street Dorchester, MA 02125 jrowse(a)boston.k12.ma.us school: 617-635-8694 school fax: 617-635-8097 home: 617-522-5366 home fax: 617-524-2250 --

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(no subject)
by IMSc Library 19 Dec '02

19 Dec '02

Hi, I have just installed koha-1.3.2 on linux. Installation seems to have gone OK. When I tried to get into either intranet by using user name and password, it throws the followng error messages: At the koha-error file : [Wed Dec 18 16:12:36 2002] [error] [client 202.41.95.154] Premature end of script headers: /usr/local/koha/intranet/cgi-bin/admin/aqbookfund.pl Can't locate HTML/Template.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/local/koha/intranet/modules /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.6.1/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.6.1 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl .) at /usr/local/koha/intranet/cgi-bin/mainpage.pl line 2. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/local/koha/intranet/cgi-bin/mainpage.pl line 2. At the browser end: Internal Server Error The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request. Please contact the server administrator, webmaster@ and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error. More information about this error may be available in the server error log. Can any one help me out how to set this right?. Thanks in advance, Paul Pandian ======================================================================== LIBRARY | The Institute of Mathematical Sciences | 4th Cross Road | Cable: MATSCIENCE Central Institutes of Technology Campus| Phone: +91-44-254 1856 Tharamani | Fax: +91-44-254 1586 CHENNAI (Madras) | E-mail: library(a)imsc.ernet.in TAMILNADU - 600 113, INDIA | URL: http://www.imsc.ernet.in =========================================================================

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(no subject)
by sanjay gupta 18 Dec '02

18 Dec '02

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library cards
by Rowse, John R 16 Dec '02

16 Dec '02

Hi, Does anyone have experience using Khoa with bar coded library cards from a public library. Does it work. John -- John Rowse 5th grade teacher Boston Public Schools Paul A. Dever School 325 Mount Vernon Street Dorchester, MA 02125 jrowse(a)boston.k12.ma.us school: 617-635-8694 school fax: 617-635-8097 home: 617-522-5366 home fax: 617-524-2250 --

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News and Release Notes has been updated
by kea-notify＠katipo.co.nz 15 Dec '02

15 Dec '02

News and Release Notes has been updated. The revised page is available at: http://www.koha.org/news/index.html

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Serials and Koha
by Pat Eyler 13 Dec '02

13 Dec '02

We've long known that Koha[1] needs solid support for serials[2], but up to this point haven't been willing to commit the resources to work on it for fear of gettin it wrong. We're ready to change that. Koha now sports a group of nearly 30 developers, many of whom are quite active. There's also a large group of libraries around the world who are using Koha, along with many others who are looking seriously at it. We'd like to combine the strengths of these groups to develop between two and five serials modules for Koha. These modules should provide serials support ranging from very simple for small libraries (public schools and the like) up to very complete solutions for large libraries. My plan at this point is as follows: through 31 Jan 2003 -- hold an open discussion at koha2010(a)kohalabs.com[3] about the functional needs of a serials module. This discussion can (should) include dividing functionality among the various modules, but should not be a technical discussion about how to implement the functionality 1 Feb 2003 through 28 Feb 2003 -- create a series of design specs for the modules. This discussion will occur (mostly) on the koha-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net[4] mailing list. Periodic drafts will be posted to the koha(a)mail.katipo.co.nz[5] and koha2010(a)kohalabs.com mailing list for feedback. 1 Mar 2003 on -- work on developing the modules. The simplest module will be the first target, with others folowing based on interest from the developer and user communities. If one or more libraries would like to sponsor the development of a specific module out of sequence, or a developer or company would like to develop one of the modules, that would be fine -- we'd ask that any development be done 'in the open' with CVS access provided to the other Koha developers. -pate ps Please feel free to redistribute this ... I'd like to get as broad a discussion as possible. If you're not interested in Koha, but are interested in serials, please feel free to join the discussion and implement the ideas in your own ILS of choice. Pat Eyler Kaitiaki/manager migrant Linux sys admin the Koha project ruby, shell, and perl geek http://www.koha.org http://pate.eylerfamily.org [1] Koha is a free ILS produced by the Koha project. For more information, please visit http://www.koha.org [2] Serials are items published periodically (in serial), like magazines, newspapers, etc. [3] To subscribe, send an email to koha2010-subscribe(a)kohalabs.com and follow the directions in the response you recieve. [4] To subscribe, please go to http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/koha-devel and fill out the form. [5] To subscribe, please go to http://koha.org/mailing/ and fill out the form provided.

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he panui Koha (13 Dec 2002)
by Pat Eyler 13 Dec '02

13 Dec '02

he panui Koha 13 Dec 2002 # From the Kaitiaki: Another week, and another bunch of work getting done. Two items that've come up a bit recently are a need for more and better administration tools and a reorganization of the Koha source code. The first should help make Koha much easier for a library to manage, allowing changes to be made without having to dive into the database itself. The second should help the developers by cleaning up the structure they have to work with every time they fix a bug or add a feature. I'm anxious to see the fruits of both efforts. Community: Paul has started a french language complement to the koha-translate mailing list. His comments are pertinent: when a developper modifies a template (which happends yesterday from me), i think translators should be informed. As translators are not necessary following the koha-cvs ml, i think we should create a koha-translate ml, for translators. note : i'm happy to announce creation of traduction(a)koha-fr.org for french translators and technique(a)koha-fr.org for french developpers. The main translation list can be subscribed to from: http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/koha-translate France: Nicolas Morin has talked to two libraries in New Caladonia who are starting to work with Koha. He'll be releasing a longer article about it shortly, but here are some of the highlights: * the first library has two branches 12 kms apart, amounting to 600 meters square (1800 meters square in 2005), 35000 documents, with a yearly increase of 5000 ocuments. It's run by a team of 10 people. A small library, but growing steadily. * the second library is run by a 38 people strong team, has 74000 documents, did 260.000 transactions in 2001. Both libraries are jointly considering the switch to Koha. Among their motives, they listed: * the GPL license that would allow them to install Koha in rural and often poor areas that could not pay for a proprietary system, and thus increasing the value of their network * the openness of the source code, that would allow local businesses or the university computer people to support the system Both libraries will evaluate Koha and test it in the coming months. Meanwhile Christophe Augias, head of the second library, couldn't wait and got involved in the french translation team... Documentation: I need technical proofing volunteers (particularly people who have just done installs) for comment on the next version of the manual. Another attempt to make sure I've got every contributor in the CREDITS will occur after the tech proofread. The next edition of the manual is going to try to sit a little on the fence so as to cover the versions out there (the 1.3/devel-test and 1.2/stable). thanks to everyone involved in the project, -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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Set up Fines/Charges?
by Jeff Alt 12 Dec '02

12 Dec '02

I just completed installing Koha on an E-Smith 5.5 Server. I am trying to figure out how/where to set fines and how it will calculate them. I would also like to know how to set a the default due period. Jeffery A. Alt Technology Coordinator Freeburg Community Consolidated School District #70 Freeburg, Illinois 62243 Phone (618)539-3188 ext. 222 Fax (618)539-5795 THIS TRANSMISSION IS INTENDED AND RESTRICTED FOR USE BY THE ABOVE ADDRESSEE ONLY. IT MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR PRIVILEGED INFORMATION EXEMPT FROM DISCLOSURE UNDER FEDERAL OR STATE LAW. IN THE EVENT SOME OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY RECEIVES THIS TRANSMISSION, SAID RECIPIENT IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT ANY DISSEMINATION, DISTRIBUTION, OR DUPLICATION OF THIS TRANSMISSION OR ITS CONTENTS IS PROHIBITED. IF YOU SHOULD RECEIVE THIS TRANSMISSION IN ERROR, PLEASE CALL US IMMEDIATELY (COLLECT) AT 618.539.3188, DELETE THE FILE FROM YOUR SYSTEM, AND DESTROY ANY HARD COPIES OF THIS TRANSMISSION. THANK YOU.

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