[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen 1.4 install problems after running staff client

[Jason Etheridge]

Robert,

Did you make any headway on this?

-- Jason

On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 10:06 AM, Robert Soulliere
<robert.soulliere at mohawkcollege.ca> wrote:
> I was able to install Evergreen on Ubuntu following the the instructions.
> I was able to test with srfsh
> The OPAC worked.
>
> However, I ran into problems once I installed and ran the staff client
> (http://open-ils.org/downloads/evergreen-setup-rel_1_4_0_0_rc1.exe).
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> When I ran the server test from the client, the server connection was
> "OK", but the version verification failed.
>
> I assumed the problem related to step 5.III "make
> STAFF_CLIENT_BUILD_ID=rel_1_4_0_0 install"
>
> I thought I ran this step exactly as written, but wondered if the build
> ID needed to be  "rel_1_4_0_0_rc1" which is the title of the client
> window. So I ran the command "make STAFF_CLIENT_BUILD_ID=rel_1_4_0_0_rc1
> install" (probably a big mistake in retrospect.)
>
> My other possible misstep is that I tried out the My account login in
> the web opac using the admin user. At which point I was asked to change
> my password for "admin" which I did. (probably another big mistake).
>
> As well as the staff client not working, the srfsh test does returns an
> error "Unable to commincate with service open-ils.auth"
>
> Running Settings-tester.pl does not return any errors.
>
> My questions are:
>
> 1. Is step 5.III where the server connection version problem being
> caused or was there another potential issue?
>
> 2. Has changing the admin password caused any issues or is that OK as
> long as I remember to use the new password?
>
> 3. Do instructions to restore the database on the page:
> http://www.open-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=evergreen-admin:importing:bibrecords
> still work for version 1.4?
>
> 4. Is there a step I could go back and start from to get back to a good
> install, or do I start from scratch?
>
> Thanks,
> Robert
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