[Koha] additional-contents.pl?category=news returns http error 500

[Katrin Fischer]

Hi Eric,

it sounds like your accident could create a lot of hard to predict 
problems along the way. I assume the problem was with the 
systempreferences table? Maybe consider resetting your table with the 
SQL included in the installer of the right version and re-configuring or 
at least comparing to find the missing entries. Otherwise you might keep 
running into issues.

Hope this helps,

Katrin

On 13.01.26 02:59, Eric Lease Morgan wrote:
>
> How do I resolve the following two errors when additional-contents.pl?category=news is called:
>
>    Use of uninitialized value $interface in concatenation (.) or
>    string at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Languages.pm line 122.
>    
>    Use of uninitialized value $theme in concatenation (.) or
>    string at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Languages.pm line 122.
>
> A long time ago I submitted the wrong CLI command at the wrong time, and I believe I blew away many of Koha's preferences. Since then I have been able to re-create a new super librarian, and thus I have regained access to the administrative backend. Whew!
>
> Now I want to use the Tools functions to create news. Apparently the command to do this is:
>
>    <address>/cgi-bin/koha/tools/additional-contents.pl?category=news
>
> Unfortunately, when submitted, the adminstrative interface returns HTTP error 500, and the error log includes the following two diagnostics:
>
>    Use of uninitialized value $interface in concatenation (.) or
>    string at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Languages.pm line 122.
>    
>    Use of uninitialized value $theme in concatenation (.) or
>    string at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Languages.pm line 122.
>
> Languages.pm seems to be called from additional-contents.pl and the error seems to stem from the getTranslatedLanguages method.
>
> Where do the values for $interface and $theme get initialized? Maybe something in my database needs to be reset? I'm stumped, and any help would be appreciated.
>
> --
> Eric Morgan
> Infomotions, LLC
>
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