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Difficulties getting 17.05.01 to talk with MariaDB under Mint 18.1
by C.J.S. Hayward 10 Jan '18

10 Jan '18

I posted https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18852 and Katrin encouraged me to post to the list where it might get more attention. My bug description, very lightly reformatted, is: As of 17.05.01, I was told there were reports of successful installations. However, I have not been able to reproduce such. I had earlier made a couple of attempts to add Koha to a multipurpose appliance, and that remains my end goal. However, when I tried to back up, I saw the same issue verbatim. What I have done today was: Download a fresh Linux Mint 18.1 ISO. Build a VirtualBox VM with the ISO, with mostly default features and with third-party addons, and also enabling auto-login, but in general intended to be a plain vanilla install. Rebooted; installed Chrome and touched /etc/sudoers, ran "aptitude update"; ran "aptitude upgrade", installed MariaDB, and rebooted again. Followed the steps, including a couple of a2enmod enablings, and created a virtual site. I was able to edit passwords in /etc/koha/.../koha-conf.xml, and enter the web setup wizard. However, I experienced identical output from the installer: at a certain point, it says: Software error: DBIx::Class::Storage::DBI::catch {...} (): DBI Connection failed: Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' at /usr/share/perl5/DBIx/Class/Storage/DBI.pm line 1492. at /usr/share/koha/lib/Koha/Database.pm line 100 For help, please send mail to the webmaster ([no address given]), giving this error message and the time and date of the error. I am having difficulties with MariaDB and my difficulties may be contributing to the problem. My understanding, as inherited from MySQL, is that "mysql -uroot -p", for any account that will run it, will check a password and, if you have root's password set, will let you into the MySQL root command line if and only if you type the password exactly. The behavior I have observed is that as root "mysql -uroot" does not prompt for a password, but just logs you in, and "mysql -uroot -p" prompts for a password, but will accept any password, the empty password included. However, from an unprivileged account, "mysql -uroot -p" prompts for a password, but none of the passwords I've tried have worked; I've tried and used values as set in my customized koha-conf.xml, and every single password is rejected. I believe that this command line behavior is a symptom of the same problem quoted above: permission is being denied for user 'root'@'localhost' where the action in question would be permitted for any account with UID 0 and no account with any other UID. Again, this is after the 17.05.01 release, where it was reported to me that some people have had success. The system setup shows a couple of my personal idiosyncracies, but is meant to be awfully close to a procedure of "Step 1: Create a new Linux Mint VM. Step 2: Install Koha." The behavior is the same between the fresh new VM running 17.05.01, and an "everything but the kitchen sink" multitool of an appliance. What can I do to let Koha talk to MariaDB as 'root'@'localhost'? Thanks, -- [image: Christos Jonathan Seth Hayward] <https://cjshayward.com/> *Christos Jonathan Seth Hayward <https://cjshayward.com/>*, an Orthodox Christian author (*main site <https://cjshayward.com/>* • *bookshelf <https://cjshayward.com/bookshelf/>*). If you'd like to just barely sample my writing, I invite you to read The Angelic Letters <https://CJSHayward.com/letters/> and Doxology <https://CJSHayward.com/doxology/>. I am seeking to reach Mount Athos to enter monastic repentance for the rest of my life: see GoFundMe.com/the-holy-mountain <https://gofundme.com/the-holy-mountain>

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Koha 17.11.01 released
by Jonathan Druart 10 Jan '18

10 Jan '18

The Koha community is proud to announce the release of Koha 17.11.01. This is a maintenance release including a few security fixes. The full release notes are available at https://koha-community.org/koha-17-11-01-release Packages are also available. Regards, Jonathan (for Nick)

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Delete CINECA from support company page
by Zeno Tajoli 09 Jan '18

09 Jan '18

Hi to all, I need to inform everyone in the comunity that CINECA has stopped to support Koha from 01/Jan/2018. I will do a correct closing of all pending issues. Libraries have find different support options. I ask to delete CINECA from Paid Support directory You will still see me but a personal email [ztajoli(a)gmail.com] and at personal level. Thank you for everything Bye Zeno Tajoli

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Introduction of "Koha Bangla Translators" Group
by Mubassir Ahsan 09 Jan '18

09 Jan '18

The group is created based on facebook group. [ https://www.facebook.com/groups/kohabt/] There are currently 44 translators come forward to contribute to koha-community. This is the first ever koha group in Bangladesh. We will soon establish Koha Bangladesh Community in near future. On 7th Jan, 2018 Koha Bangla Translators Group's 1st-Meet were taken into place in the computer Lab of the Dept. of Information Science and Library Management, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh. There were 20 participants gathered there. They have expressed their opinions and enthusiasm to work with koha-community and also in koha-development. The session were live in facebook [ https://www.facebook.com/groups/kohabd/permalink/919970191461558/] -- *Best wishes.* *--------------------* *Md. Mubassir Ahsan* *Assistant Librarian* *(Library In-Charge)* *Southeast University*

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Including Bengali (Bangladesh) In Koha Translation Site
by Mubassir Ahsan 09 Jan '18

09 Jan '18

In koha translate page, the language 'Bengali' is listed, but the files are named as "*bn-IN*-pref.po" [http://translate.koha-community.org/bn/17.11/] Our kind request to koha translation maintainer to please rename this to bn-BD as BD refers to Bangladesh where IN referring to India. In addition, we have a history regarding our Bengali Language where 21 February is been celebrated worldwide as a "International Mother Language Day" [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Mother_Language_Day] -- *Best wishes.* *--------------------* *Md. Mubassir Ahsan* *Assistant Librarian* *(Library In-Charge)* *Southeast University*

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Union Catalog using Koha
by Mubassir Ahsan 09 Jan '18

09 Jan '18

Thanks for the answer, vufind probably is the solution. But koha already uses Inter-library loan (ILL) module. If it could be further extended to use it as a union catalog compatible. My suggestions is in below: 1. Koha will provide a remote authentication token 2. Another koha will use that authentication to synchronize the database 3. Sharing could be permission based. i.e, catalog,user, accounting etc. Is that possible? So that it will be an standalone solution and an easy to use between participating libraries. On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 10:45 PM <koha-request(a)lists.katipo.co.nz> wrote: > Send Koha mailing list submissions to > koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > koha-request(a)lists.katipo.co.nz > > You can reach the person managing the list at > koha-owner(a)lists.katipo.co.nz > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Koha digest..." > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Union Catalog using Koha (Pablo Bianchi) > 2. Re: Union Catalog using Koha (Indranil Das Gupta) > 3. Re: Software error: Biblionumber (Jade) > 4. Re: Software error: Biblionumber (Katrin Fischer) > 5. Re: Union Catalog using Koha (Tajoli Zeno) > 6. How does the AutoEmailOpacUser preference work? (Arturo Longoria) > 7. Educator – Exciting Training Opportunity Open at ByWater > Solutions! (Jessica Zairo) > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Pablo Bianchi <pablo.bianchi(a)gmail.com> > To: Tajoli Zeno <z.tajoli(a)cineca.it> > Cc: koha <koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz> > Bcc: > Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2018 21:39:48 -0300 > Subject: Re: [Koha] Union Catalog using Koha > Hi Zeno, > > 2018-01-05 10:50 GMT-03:00 Tajoli Zeno <z.tajoli(a)cineca.it>: > > > Il 05/01/2018 13:54, Mubassir Ahsan ha scritto: > > > >> Actually there are multiple universities maintain their own koha > >> installations. I am trying to connect them via Union Catalog and > >> inter-library loan. > >> > > > > to create a union catalog with different Koha installs you can: > > 1)Setup z39.50 server on every Koha > > 2)Do the union catalog with pazpar2, http://www.indexdata.com/pazpar2 > > An example of pazpar2 complex conf: > > https://github.com/ssp/pazpar2-config > > > Wouldn't be a third option to use OAI-PMH? Maybe with vuFind. > What are the advantages you find using the other alternatives? > > Regards, > Pablo > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Indranil Das Gupta <indradg(a)gmail.com> > To: Pablo Bianchi <pablo.bianchi(a)gmail.com> > Cc: koha <koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz>, Tajoli Zeno <z.tajoli(a)cineca.it> > Bcc: > Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2018 06:17:08 +0530 > Subject: Re: [Koha] Union Catalog using Koha > Hi Pablo, > > On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 6:09 AM, Pablo Bianchi <pablo.bianchi(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Hi Zeno, > > > > 2018-01-05 10:50 GMT-03:00 Tajoli Zeno <z.tajoli(a)cineca.it>: > > > > > Il 05/01/2018 13:54, Mubassir Ahsan ha scritto: > > > > > >> Actually there are multiple universities maintain their own koha > > >> installations. I am trying to connect them via Union Catalog and > > >> inter-library loan. > > >> > > > > > > to create a union catalog with different Koha installs you can: > > > 1)Setup z39.50 server on every Koha > > > 2)Do the union catalog with pazpar2, http://www.indexdata.com/pazpar2 > > > An example of pazpar2 complex conf: > > > https://github.com/ssp/pazpar2-config > > > > > > Wouldn't be a third option to use OAI-PMH? Maybe with vuFind. > > What are the advantages you find using the other alternatives? > > > > FWIW, I use vuFind for these sort of cases. > > cheers > idg > > > > > > Regards, > > Pablo > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org > > Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz > > https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha > > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Jade <ngocnguyen.hat(a)gmail.com> > To: koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2018 11:53:37 -0700 (MST) > Subject: Re: [Koha] Software error: Biblionumber > I have a similar error too. Please help me. How to do ? > > Software error: > > No biblionumber tag for framework "BKS" at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Biblio.pm > line 3013. > > > > > -- > Sent from: http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/Koha-general-f3047918.html > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Katrin Fischer <katrin.fischer.83(a)web.de> > To: koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2018 08:25:28 +0100 > Subject: Re: [Koha] Software error: Biblionumber > Hi Jade, > > have you changed the frameworks that install with Koha? Some tags and > subfields are needed by Koha in order to work correctly. In MARC21 some > subfields in 999 should not be changed. For a first test you can take a > look if any errors appear if you open the MARC Bibliographic Framework > Test under Administration. > > Hope this helps, > > Katrin > > > On 07.01.2018 19:53, Jade wrote: > > I have a similar error too. Please help me. How to do ? > > > > Software error: > > > > No biblionumber tag for framework "BKS" at > /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Biblio.pm > > line 3013. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Sent from: http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/Koha-general-f3047918.html > > _______________________________________________ > > Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org > > Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz > > https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Tajoli Zeno <z.tajoli(a)cineca.it> > To: koha <koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2018 09:57:22 +0100 > Subject: Re: [Koha] Union Catalog using Koha > Hi to all, > > Il 08/01/2018 01:39, Pablo Bianchi ha scritto: > > > > Wouldn't be a third option to use OAI-PMH? Maybe with vuFind. > > What are the advantages you find using the other alternatives? > > in fact it is an other option. > I think it is more complex to do, but with OAI-PMH and Vufind you can > create a better result. > The advantage of pazpar2: > -- More light > -- More simple to do (my opinion) > Dis: > -- No checks on loans > -- more 'basic' as frontend > > Bye > Zeno Tajoli > > -- > Zeno Tajoli > /SVILUPPO PRODOTTI CINECA/ - Automazione Biblioteche > Email: z.tajoli(a)cineca.it Fax: 051/6132198 > *CINECA* Consorzio Interuniversitario - Sede operativa di Segrate (MI) > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Arturo Longoria <Arturo.Longoria(a)sll.texas.gov> > To: Koha <koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2018 16:41:57 +0000 > Subject: [Koha] How does the AutoEmailOpacUser preference work? > Hello, > > Our library enabled the AutoEmailOpacUser preference so that patrons > receive a notification of their account details when we create an account > for them via the staff client -- > http://manual.koha-community.org/17.11/en/administration.html#AutoEmailOPAC… > -- and we've set AutoEmailPrimaryAddress to use the first valid e-mail > found in the account. > > But we've noticed that the e-mail is not always sent when the account > includes a valid e-mail. The documentation does not mention any specifics, > so I was wondering if anyone can explain how this feature works? > > It seems to be sent only if the username field is blank AND there is a > password included. I've found that if staff do not include a value in the > password fields, the e-mail is not sent. If the password fields are filled > out and staff also include a username, the e-mail is not sent. > > Is this the intended behavior? > > > Arturo Longoria > Reference Librarian/Web Manager > Texas State Law Library > www.sll.texas.gov > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Jessica Zairo <jzairo(a)bywatersolutions.com> > To: koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2018 11:45:17 -0500 > Subject: [Koha] Educator – Exciting Training Opportunity Open at ByWater > Solutions! > Our team is made up of a small and close knit group of technology > specialists who work in a fast paced and family oriented environment that > places a great deal of attention on quality of life and satisfaction with > one’s job. A Koha Educator here at ByWater, travels the US, meets new > people from around the world, and is a leader in change management for new > partners moving to Koha (an Open Source ILS) from their current ILS system. > > We are looking for someone who is empathetic, driven, and enthusiastic and > can represent the open source community and ByWater Solutions. In addition > to training new libraries on Koha, you will work with members of the > ByWater team to create additional training materials such as videos, > webinars, tutorials, and blog posts. ByWater educators also support our > current library partners via our support portal providing customer support > assistance by ways of a ticketing system and refresher webinars/videos. > > *This job might be for you if:* > > > - You enjoy talking to people, getting to know different libraries and > have a desire to cater their training experience to fit their library’s > needs. > - You love libraries and are familiar with how libraries work. An MLS > degree is a bonus! > - You have a passion for learning. You love seeing the light bulb go off > over their head when what they learned from your teaching finally > clicks. > - You communicate clearly. You write well. You speak eloquently. You are > comfortable communicating on the phone, in person, on video, and in > email. > - You are comfortable in directing change management. You listen to > concerns and are able to coach people through any resistance to change > that > they might be experiencing. > - You are motivated and fearless. You are able to come up with ideas and > try them out and if the idea doesn’t work you don’t give up. > - You are self directed and are able to effectively work from home > (experience working from home is a plus) and manage your time and > responsibilities (webinars, tickets, etc) along with being sufficient at > planning and organize travel arrangements. > - You love to travel and are able to travel 60% of the time. > > If this sounds like you then come join our team! > > Please send a cover letter where you briefly describe your training > philosophy along with your resume to Joy Nelson (joy(a)bywatersolutions.com > ). > -- > Jessica Zairo > Educator > ByWater Solutions > bywatersolutions.com > Phone:(888)900-8944 > > _______________________________________________ > Koha mailing list > Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz > https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha > -- *Best wishes.* *--------------------* *Md. Mubassir Ahsan* *Assistant Librarian* *(Library In-Charge)* *Southeast University*

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Educator – Exciting Training Opportunity Open at ByWater Solutions!
by Jessica Zairo 09 Jan '18

09 Jan '18

Our team is made up of a small and close knit group of technology specialists who work in a fast paced and family oriented environment that places a great deal of attention on quality of life and satisfaction with one’s job. A Koha Educator here at ByWater, travels the US, meets new people from around the world, and is a leader in change management for new partners moving to Koha (an Open Source ILS) from their current ILS system. We are looking for someone who is empathetic, driven, and enthusiastic and can represent the open source community and ByWater Solutions. In addition to training new libraries on Koha, you will work with members of the ByWater team to create additional training materials such as videos, webinars, tutorials, and blog posts. ByWater educators also support our current library partners via our support portal providing customer support assistance by ways of a ticketing system and refresher webinars/videos. *This job might be for you if:* - You enjoy talking to people, getting to know different libraries and have a desire to cater their training experience to fit their library’s needs. - You love libraries and are familiar with how libraries work. An MLS degree is a bonus! - You have a passion for learning. You love seeing the light bulb go off over their head when what they learned from your teaching finally clicks. - You communicate clearly. You write well. You speak eloquently. You are comfortable communicating on the phone, in person, on video, and in email. - You are comfortable in directing change management. You listen to concerns and are able to coach people through any resistance to change that they might be experiencing. - You are motivated and fearless. You are able to come up with ideas and try them out and if the idea doesn’t work you don’t give up. - You are self directed and are able to effectively work from home (experience working from home is a plus) and manage your time and responsibilities (webinars, tickets, etc) along with being sufficient at planning and organize travel arrangements. - You love to travel and are able to travel 60% of the time. If this sounds like you then come join our team! Please send a cover letter where you briefly describe your training philosophy along with your resume to Joy Nelson (joy(a)bywatersolutions.com) -- Jessica Zairo Educator ByWater Solutions bywatersolutions.com Phone:(888)900-8944

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Union Catalog using Koha
by Mubassir Ahsan 08 Jan '18

08 Jan '18

Dear developers, I am doing my research on union catalog. Most of my sample libraries have Koha installed. Is koha capable of using as a union catalog software among different codebase libraries? If there any additional tools that can do this ? Please help me here. -- *Best wishes.* *--------------------* *Md. Mubassir AhsanAssistant Librarian(Library In-Charge)Southeast University* *-----------------------------* *Mobile+Viber+IMO: 01916303060* *Facebook:* mmahsan <http://facebook.com/mmahsan> *Skype+Twitter*: mahsandu Website: Mubassir.info *"Proud to be a LIS Professional*" *Tag: Web Developer, CMS (Drupal, Joomla), ILS (Koha), IR (DSpace, Greenstone), N/W Admin, DBA.*

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Software error: Biblionumber
by Peter Feingundez 08 Jan '18

08 Jan '18

hi, i am a new koha-developer. I have a problem with my koha system, but i can´t understand it. I created one new MARC Framework changing some fields and one new item type for it. When i try to add one new record using this framework, i get this : Software error: No biblionumber tag for framework "MTS" at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Biblio.pm line 3135. What should i do? Thx. -- View this message in context: http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/Software-error-Biblionumber-tp5747673.html Sent from the Koha-general mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Checking out with no barcode opens a print dialog
by Chris Brown 08 Jan '18

08 Jan '18

Gentle Reader, We have noticed a strange behaviour in Koha 17.05 and 17.11 when checking books out. If you select a patron, then click "Check out" without entering an item barcode, a new window opens with a printer dialog to print a list of the books checked out. Is this considered a feature or a bug? It certainly took us by surprise! Best Regards, Chris Brown

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