[OPEN-ILS-DEV] Odd Mac OSX staff client weirdness

[Grant Johnson]

Any good resolution on this?
I have been having the same problems so have reverted to using the
Windows Client only...
Thanks

>>> On 2009/07/24 at 12:42 PM, in message
<7D52E2EE-07EE-4A58-AA79-39CA8569B4F7 at ilstu.edu>, Victoria Bush
<vbush at ilstu.edu> wrote:
> Whoops. Everything works, except "Search the catalog"! How weird.
> 
> -Vicki
> 
> 
> On Jul 24, 2009, at 10:23 AM, Victoria Bush wrote:
> 
>> Okay, an update:
>>
>> I downloaded SITKA's experimental Evergreen 1.4 Mac Client. Straight
 
>> out of the box, it wouldn't work, because of two issues:
>>
>> 1. Wrong build number, which I was able to fix by updating the  
>> application.ini and BUILD_ID. (I'm running 1.4.0.4; the client has 

>> the build as 1.4.0.2.) But that lead to:
>>
>> 2. It claimed there was no SSL support. Oops.
>>
>> So I used the files in C:\Windows\Program Files\Evergreen Staff  
>> Client\build from the Windows staff client, copied it over to the  
>> Mac into the Evergreen Staff Client.app/Contents/Resources  
>> directory, and fired it off that way. That version works, and the  
>> Reports show up correctly, with no errors.
>>
>> I think this cobbled version will be my preferred client now.  
>> Anything else I should look for, in terms of errors or problems?
>>
>> -Vicki
>>
>>
>> On Jul 23, 2009, at 3:14 PM, Bill Ott wrote:
>>
>>> Victoria Bush said the following on 07/23/2009 03:53 PM:
>>>> I grabbed the version on the Evergreen-ILS web site. I can go back
 
>>>> and try to grab it again.....
>>>
>>> FWIW, I've worked with OSX and xulrunner quite a bit.
>>>
>>> Under 1.2.x, I only had success under xulrunner 1.8.0.4.  However, 

>>> I've been running an EG 1.4.0.4 client under xulrunner 1.9.0.11,  
>>> quite happily.
>>>
>>> After installing Xulrunner, from a Windows client, I copy the  
>>> "build" directory (e.g. C:\Windows\Program Files\Evergreen Staff  
>>> Client\build\ ) to the desktop.  You'll need to change the last  
>>> line of the application.ini to allow for the newer Xul version.   
>>> Something like:
>>> MaxVersion=1.99
>>>
>>> Then execute the command listed under Option 2 in the link below  
>>> (renaming or replacing the directory name used (e.g.  
>>> Evergreen_Staff_Client vs. build ).
>>> ...I hope that makes sense
>>>
>>> 
>
http://open-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=evergreen-user:installing_and_running_

> the_staff_client#installing_on_mac
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Jul 23, 2009, at 2:51 PM, Jason Etheridge wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> FYI: The Windows client shows the Local Administration page fine
 
>>>>>> and the
>>>>>> Reports page fine. It's only the Mac client that seems to have
the
>>>>>> problems.
>>>>>
>>>>> Victoria, did you build the client or grab an existing build
from
>>>>> somewhere?  What version of xulrunner is it using?
>>>>>
>>>>> -- 
>>>>> Jason Etheridge
>>>>> | VP, Tactical Development
>>>>> | Equinox Software, Inc. / The Evergreen Experts
>>>>> | phone:  1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457)
>>>>> | email:  jason at esilibrary.com 
>>>>> | web:  http://www.esilibrary.com 
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> Victoria Bush
>>>> Opscan Evaluation Manager
>>>> Center for Teaching, Learning & Technology
>>>> vbush at ilstu.edu 
>>
>> --
>> Victoria Bush
>> Opscan Evaluation Manager
>> Center for Teaching, Learning & Technology
>> vbush at ilstu.edu 
>>
>>
>>
> 
> --
> Victoria Bush
> Opscan Evaluation Manager
> Center for Teaching, Learning & Technology
> vbush at ilstu.edu