[Alexandria-list] Ubuntu 7.10 and Alexandria

[Jack Myrseth]

Yes, I thnk that the original install under Ubuntu 6 might have done
things a bit easier. I also noticed that installation of Ruby modules took
some different ways and asked for different modules depending on which
sequence they were installed in, but as I said, it is just speculation.
One have to start over with a clean 7.10 an do it all over again in small
documented steps to find out, I think. Nothing that tempts me for the
moment, tough!

Mys CueCat i brand new, usb-model, there is a number: Cat.No. 68-196 on
the back. (Didn't know cats had numbers...).
Yes, a lot of codes do not work straight off the paper, rough paper and
lossy printing gives less quality bars, that is a problem. But after some
retries, they come in. And as I said, it works as keyboard input, but does
not show in the "Acuire fom scanner...", at least so far. More testing to
do...

Too bad it is of no use for me with regard to my most important provider,
this is buried deep inside the code, I'm afraid. A remote friend of mine
is a works at this provider, maybe I can talk them into abandoning their
practise on piggybacking :).

Jack

> Glad you got it working. I also use Ubuntu but I had no problems
> installing Alexandria, though I think I originally installed it under
> Ubuntu 6. Maybe something changed in the packages between the two?
> What kind of CueCat do you have by the way? Is it PS/2 or USB? I have a
> PS/2 model and it works, but just barely. Half the bar-codes I scan
> don't work (seems to have a lot to do with how reflective the paper is
> and how small the bar-code is). My CueCat is also a strange revision as
> I've found no reference anywhere to the model code that mine has. I
> tried to "declaw" my CueCat a while back and found a series of pictures
> showing the various circuit boards, none of them looked like mine. My
> theory is that I got a later revision that simply wasn't as good.
>
> Tim



>
> On Thu, 2008-01-24 at 23:20 +0100, Jack Myrseth wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> just an update on the Ubuntu 7.10 intall, sucess at last! But I am sorry
>> to tell you that I do not know what the problem was, after to many
>> installs/uninstalls during the day. No use speculating into that. Still
>> no
>> Amazon, but that's a minor problem.
>>
>> Acquire from scanner does not show that Cuecat is connected, it but
>> works
>> perfectly as keyboard input.
>>
>> So, my problem for now is that my most important provider
>> z3950.bibsys.no,
>> that is a common base for most libraries i Norway does not support
>> search
>> and retrieve in one operation (piggybacking) and throw error 1005. Let a
>> fix to that be my wish for coming versions.
>>
>> I have started on the nb.po, so the next step would be to get a
>> developement versison to do some contextual testing of the translation.
>> I
>> am sure you can give me some advice on that.
>>
>> Jack
>>
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