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tar ball defective?
by Benedykt P. Barszcz 17 Aug '00

17 Aug '00

Hi, While untarring the tarball with koha-1.01.tar.gz I get these messages: gzip: stdin: decompression OK, trailing garbage ingored tar: Child returned status 2 tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors I am using tar zxvf koha-1.01.tar.gz command. Is this OK? Also, the filenames eg. front-mouseover-memeber.gif are not called from scripts by their right name. Apache complains that such file doesn't exist. That's because it is called as front-mouseover-members.gif. regards, Benedict --------------------------------------- Darmowe kursy HTML, JavaScript, Flash http://fabryka.republika.pl/kurs/ ---------------------------------------

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internationalization of koha?
by Benedykt P. Barszcz 17 Aug '00

17 Aug '00

Hi all, I have partially installed koha 1.01 and I am impressed with the completeness functionality if offers. I was wondering how many files do I have to translate in order for it to speak and present itself to users in their own native tongue? thanks for any answers. Also, how to populate the tables in mysql with koha bypassing the "commercialism" of placing some orders - as I have noticed...? Benedict P. Barszcz --------------------------------------- Darmowe kursy HTML, JavaScript, Flash http://fabryka.republika.pl/kurs/ ---------------------------------------

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postgres
by Benedykt P. Barszcz 17 Aug '00

17 Aug '00

Hi all, just wondering whether koha.mysql will work with postgresql? Postgres is included with many Linux distros. Has anyone tried that already? regards, Benedict --------------------------------------- Darmowe kursy HTML, JavaScript, Flash http://fabryka.republika.pl/kurs/ ---------------------------------------

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just a thought
by Benedykt P. Barszcz 17 Aug '00

17 Aug '00

Hi, Just a thought on "koha", it means donation, a gift, contribution in Maori I infer. Believe it or not but in Polish it means: He [or She] loves... . Given the fact that love is a gift of one to another then Polish and Maori must be related languages, ha ha ! Benedict --------------------------------------- Darmowe kursy HTML, JavaScript, Flash http://fabryka.republika.pl/kurs/ ---------------------------------------

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setup: some paths
by Matthew Kelly (CPL) 17 Aug '00

17 Aug '00

What I ended up doing is making the opac site the default and then added a virtualhost on the port no to 6588 (could be just about anything) so that users would point it to 192.168.1.1:6588 and this would get it to the Koha admin side of things.. in the Apache httpd.comf file I have done the following Listen koha.mysite.co.nz:6588 listen barney.mysite.co.nz:80 Port 80 Port 6588 AddHandler cgi-script .cgi AddHandler cgi-script .pl # # To use server-parsed HTML files # AddType text/html .shtml AddHandler server-parsed .shtml AddType text/html .html AddHandler server-parsed .html AddType text/html .inc AddHandler server-parsed .inc <VirtualHost koha.mysite.co.nz> ServerAdmin matthew.kelly(a)press.co.nz DocumentRoot /home/httpd/html/intranet-html ServerName koha.mysite.co.nz ErrorLog /home/httpd/html/intranet-html/logs/error_log TransferLog /home/httpd/html/intranet-html/logs/access_log </VirtualHost> and it works. * Matthew Kelly (MCP) * Systems Controller * Christchurch Press Co Ltd * Phone: 364-8494 extn 612 * Cell phone: 021 500-654 * Visit our site at www.stuff.co.nz -----Original Message----- From: Benedykt P. Barszcz [mailto:kb2qzv@box43.gnet.pl] Sent: Thursday, 17 August 2000 09:53 To: koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: [Koha] setup: some paths Hi, With many actions that are invoked in both opac and koha the server seems to be loking for .../cgi-bin/koha/somefile.pl instead for cgi-bin/somefile.pl. Why? The INSTALL file instructs to copy all *.pl file into cgi-bin, not to cgi-bin/koha/ dir. Is this something i am missing? Also, Is there a way to create a CNAME in /etc/hosts (I know this question should be going to a more general linux group)? My /ets hosts file just lists 192.168.1.1 twice, once for opac.private.org, and second time for koha.private.org. It doesn't work, though. http.conf has <VirtualHosts> directive set for both but it doesn't work. Show only the opac stuff, not the intranet stuff. Any hints welcome and appreciated thanks Benedict --------------------------------------- Darmowe kursy HTML, JavaScript, Flash http://fabryka.republika.pl/kurs/ ---------------------------------------

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New Version available for Download
by Chris Cormack 09 Aug '00

09 Aug '00

Hi People I have put a new version of Koha up for download www.koha.org/download/ Its version 1.01 It contains a few bug fixes, and a reworking of how the subject search works. If anyone wants to download it, feel free, and feel free to email me if you have any problems following the installation instructions. Chris -- Chris Cormack Katipo Communications Programmer/Sys Admin chris(a)katipo.co.nz 025 500 789 www.katipo.co.nz

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Download available if feeling brave
by Rachel Hamilton-Williams 21 Jul '00

21 Jul '00

Hi all, Well Chris has made his first set of files ready to be downloaded. They do assume a pretty high level of familiarity with loading systems in Linus - but you're welcome to sign your techies up to this list and they can ask for help:-) http://www.koha.org/download/ Cheers Rachel _____________________________________________________________ Rachel Hamilton-Williams Katipo Communications WEBMISTRESS ph 025 300 825 or +64 04 389 1285 mailto:rachel@katipo.co.nz PO Box 7039, Wellington http://www.katipo.co.nz New Zealand

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FAQ: Overdues and fines
by Rachel Hamilton-Williams 17 Jul '00

17 Jul '00

HI, Have had a question about overdues and fines in Koha, and thought you may all be interested in the answer. QUESTION - Does koha have functionality to automatically record overdues $$ and other penalties and print o/d notices? Yep it does - the library fills in a schedule matching itemtype and borrower type to a loan length and a fine amount as part of the setup, and then Koha calculates the fines based on that. Librarians can write of fines if they need too. for a demo see http://hlt.katipo.co.nz/cgi-bin/koha/moremember.pl?bornum=11250 Fines owing comes up when you're issuing a book, and it won't let you issue if the borrower owes more than $5. You could change that amount if you wanted to. It doesn't automaticaly prints over due notices right now, although it collects them, and we have been doing work with talking technologies to get the overdue notices going to the auto phone system - so we have a text file that is output at the moment, but it could easily be output to the printer rather than the phone system. Hope that's what you need to know Cheers Rachel _____________________________________________________________ Rachel Hamilton-Williams Katipo Communications WEBMISTRESS ph 025 300 825 or +64 04 389 1285 mailto:rachel@katipo.co.nz PO Box 7039, Wellington http://www.katipo.co.nz New Zealand

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Re: [Koha] RE: Query
by Simon Blake 13 Jul '00

13 Jul '00

Hi all. I'd add an extra point - we developed Koha on the Katipo development server, which is a Pentium II 233 with 256Mb of RAM, that does a bunch of other stuff as well (hosts ~60 other websites, runs mail, usual ISP type stuff), and it works fine on that. Sizing is likely to be dependant largely upon how many concurrent users you're going to have, and how heavily they're going to be using the system - for only a couple of users, you could easily get away with a Pentium with 64-96Mb RAM, with > 50 users you would probably want to go to a bigger box, with plenty of RAM. It's also relatively modular, so that you can run the web server, telnet clients and database on different machines, if you need to. In a real sense, it's just a standard dynamic website with a database backend, so a lot of the material on the 'net about sizing servers with apache and mysql is probably applicable here as well. I should also add that the config below supports about 30 concurrent clients - about 7 opacs, and the rest staff machines and circulation. Cheers Si On Thu, 13 Jul 2000, Rachel Hamilton-Williams wrote: > hi Sue - I hope you don't mind, but I forward your questions and reply to the > mailing list so everyone could see the answers - I'm sure it's what everyone > wants to know :-) > > > .... just about 'everything' > > but for a start.... > > > What hardware is required to run it? > > Horowhenua have 2 linux boxes that comprise Koha. > > One is an AMDK6/500 with 256 Mb of Ram and 2 x 15GB hard drive - it runs > the OPACs and Issue and Returns machines which at horowhenua are > dumb diskless 486's, so this machine is running lots of copies of Netscape > and telnet. Cost was approx $2000 (without screen or keyboard). This > machine is also the HLT server for staff to use - so it has all the usual mail > and home directories etc, and it functions as a dial in server for the > branches - so there are a couple of modems in it for them to use. > > The second machine is running the actual database, and webserver - it is > an Athlon 650, 256 MB Ram, 2x 15GB hard drive - running MYSQl and > Apache. Cost was Approx $2100 (without screen or keyboard). The double > hard drives are so that the main disk can be mirrored nightly for backup. > > The actual database is only about 80mb on disk, (15 GB were cheep that > week :-) > > If all your clients are "real" PC's that have enough ram etc to run interent > explorer you don't actually need to have the first machine. However if you > have a lot of old gear, then spending $2000 in an extra server is probably > cheeper than buying a lot of new pc's for the public to use. > > The Hardware at the "client" end, ranges from some very old 486 machines > that function as terminals through to Pentium and higher PC's. > > > How many branches does Horowhenua have? > > Main library in Levin and 2 staffed branches in Foxton and shannon, and one > in tokamaru that I don't think has paid staff. > > > I'd like to see the acquisitions / cataloguing module.... > > Hmm - something odd was going on there but is all fixed now - > http://hlt.katipo.co.nz/ > > We have taken out peoples last names and addresses - for privacy - so if > you're doing member searches unfortunatly you can only go on first names. > > Hope that's enough to be going on with. > > Cheers > Rachel > > _____________________________________________________________ > > Rachel Hamilton-Williams Katipo Communications > WEBMISTRESS ph 025 300 825 or +64 04 389 1285 > mailto:rachel@katipo.co.nz PO Box 7039, Wellington > http://www.katipo.co.nz New Zealand > > > _______________________________________________ > Koha mailing list > Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz > http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha > -- Simon Blake simon(a)katipo.co.nz Katipo Communications +64 25 300 825

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RE: Query
by Rachel Hamilton-Williams 13 Jul '00

13 Jul '00

hi Sue - I hope you don't mind, but I forward your questions and reply to the mailing list so everyone could see the answers - I'm sure it's what everyone wants to know :-) > .... just about 'everything' > but for a start.... > What hardware is required to run it? Horowhenua have 2 linux boxes that comprise Koha. One is an AMDK6/500 with 256 Mb of Ram and 2 x 15GB hard drive - it runs the OPACs and Issue and Returns machines which at horowhenua are dumb diskless 486's, so this machine is running lots of copies of Netscape and telnet. Cost was approx $2000 (without screen or keyboard). This machine is also the HLT server for staff to use - so it has all the usual mail and home directories etc, and it functions as a dial in server for the branches - so there are a couple of modems in it for them to use. The second machine is running the actual database, and webserver - it is an Athlon 650, 256 MB Ram, 2x 15GB hard drive - running MYSQl and Apache. Cost was Approx $2100 (without screen or keyboard). The double hard drives are so that the main disk can be mirrored nightly for backup. The actual database is only about 80mb on disk, (15 GB were cheep that week :-) If all your clients are "real" PC's that have enough ram etc to run interent explorer you don't actually need to have the first machine. However if you have a lot of old gear, then spending $2000 in an extra server is probably cheeper than buying a lot of new pc's for the public to use. The Hardware at the "client" end, ranges from some very old 486 machines that function as terminals through to Pentium and higher PC's. > How many branches does Horowhenua have? Main library in Levin and 2 staffed branches in Foxton and shannon, and one in tokamaru that I don't think has paid staff. > I'd like to see the acquisitions / cataloguing module.... Hmm - something odd was going on there but is all fixed now - http://hlt.katipo.co.nz/ We have taken out peoples last names and addresses - for privacy - so if you're doing member searches unfortunatly you can only go on first names. Hope that's enough to be going on with. Cheers Rachel _____________________________________________________________ Rachel Hamilton-Williams Katipo Communications WEBMISTRESS ph 025 300 825 or +64 04 389 1285 mailto:rachel@katipo.co.nz PO Box 7039, Wellington http://www.katipo.co.nz New Zealand

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