[Alexandria-list] Ubuntu 7.10 and Alexandria

[Jack Myrseth]

> The serial number of unmodified CueCats is actually included in the
> scan info (one of the criticisms against the (now defunct) company that
> made them, Digital Convergence Inc.)

Aha,
>
> And my cat Sibbie has her own serial number in her microchip! :^)
>
:)  yes, and my daschshund (certified tracker..) has one, too!

> I wrote the Acquire from Scanner feature myself... It should work if the
> Add Book feature works with the scanner. Maybe we can check it out over
> Jabber instant messaging some time...

And I need some more testing, I think, the 7.10 on this old Latitude D600
needs a bit warming up before I trust all it does.

> I checked out this bug yesterday. To fix it really quickly, find
> z3950.rb - it's probably in, or around
> /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/alexandria/book_providers
> - - and edit it to add
>
>  conn.piggyback = false
>
> around line 120 of z3950.rb
>
> This disables piggybacking for all z3950 sources, but should fix BIBSYS
> for you.

That is great news!

I have installed the developement version now, and should be able to get
it going, but I grip this opportunity to give you the response to typing
alexandria from the prompt:

"/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/gtk2.rb:12:in `init': Cannot open display:  RuntimeError)
        from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/gtk2.rb:12
        from /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in
`gem_original_require'
        from /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in
`require'
        from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/libglade2.rb:11
        from /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in
`gem_original_require'
        from /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in
`require'
        from /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/alexandria/ui.rb:19
        from /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in
`gem_original_require'
        from /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in
`require'
        from /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/alexandria.rb:75
        from /usr/bin/alexandria:4:in `require'
        from /usr/bin/alexandria:4"

>
> Good luck,
>

Thanks!
Jack