[olug] POS and bar code reader

[Jay Woods]

I have been looking at the Lemon POS system and have it up and running 
under Kubuntu 10.04 but have not run any hardware. If you try it, I'd 
like to hang around and see how the whole thing works out. (I am 
reluctant to call this "help".)

Some additional notes:

http://www.lemonpos.org/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/lemonpos/

> I have been trying to follow the User's guide (
> 
http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/lemonpos/index.php?title=Users_Guide);
> but the guide was for lemonpos 0.8 and I assume that some changes have
> occurred since.
>
> My question is about Vendors.  In the guide, on the part about 
vendors; it
> shows a screen form squeeze that is not
> in this version ( 0.9.3 )
>
>  Is the Clients inputting screen also the Vendors inputting screen? or 
did
> I miss a process to be done?

> > Well, the kubuntu part of the guide is only for installing the 
needed
> > tools and dependencies, to install lemonPOS from sources.
> > The Installation
> > 
Guide<http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/lemonpos/index.php?title=
> > Installation_Guide> links
> > this guide for ubuntu users, then you need to return to the
> > installation
> > process<http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/lemonpos/index.php?tit
> > le=Installation_Guide#Compiling> to
> > continue ...
> >
> > > Im very interested in using lemon as the pos sw, but are there any
> > > way to break these password ?, or how can I setup the program ?
> >
> > I have not tested the ubuntu package for lemonPOS.. but I have
> > installed from sources in ubuntu when I create the guide, and its
> > pretty easy.
> >
> The version 0.9.2 was installed on Kubuntu 9.10 using the Installation
> Guide instructions.
>
> A password was asked for and given after the "cat lemon_mysql.sql |
> mysql -u root -p" instruction. This is presumably the mysql-admin
> password generated earlier. According to messages a database was
> created.
>
> After the Database Creation, there was no occasion to use the default
> user and password.
>
> How do you apply the instruction, "Remember that mysql should be 
running
> and cofigured [sic] before creating the database, and before running
> lemonPOS"?
>
>
When you start your computer, try connecting to mysql:

mysql -uroot -p

and tpye the password...

If a message like:
"Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 2
Server version: 5.1.45 Source distribution

Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input
statement.

mysql>"

That means that mysql is running (without manual/user intervention)

Once where are here, lets do a simple test to verify that the database
exists..
type:

use lemondb;
select * from users;

If you got something like:

+----------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+
| username | password
        | salt      |
+----------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+
| admin    | C07B1E799DC80B95060391DDF92B3C7EF6EECDCB | h60VK |
+----------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+
(some fields were removed)

then, at least the default user was created (it means that like 85% of 
the
script was executed fine), and the user/password should be accepted. 
(note
that the shown table above is the default, it means the default
user/password -crypted-).

If you dont get those results, so the script was not executed "ok"
completely (try : "show tables" command to see what tables of the 
database
were created...)

>When I attempt to run squeeze, it can't hook up to the database. After
> several attempts, it got further by clicking on Defaults, using the
> default user and password as the administrator and applying the
> lemonclient and (unknown) password as presented.
>
> Is this correct?
>
> > The part you would be missing, and you dont tell, is the database
> > 
creation<http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/lemonpos/index.php?tit
> > le=Installation_Guide#Database_Creation>process. Which, as its name
> > says, creates the database for lemonPOS. Of course MySQL must be
> > installed and ready to use (running, and its convenient to run it at
> > boot time.. I dont know if ubuntu installation process for mysql
> > does this by default).


On Friday, May 28, 2010 03:51:43 pm Craig Wolf wrote:
> Anyone setup a Point of Sale system with a bar code reader??  Need to
> put together a system for a fireworks tent.
> 
> Any pointers you can give me?
> 
> Thanx!!
> 
> 
> Craig Wolf
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