Version: 1.3.99 (using 4.1.00 (KDE 4.1.0), Kubuntu packages) Compiler: gcc OS: Linux (i686) release 2.6.24-20-generic I am trialling KStars 1.3.99 under kde 4.1. I have set up my telescope as per my old KStars 1.2 config. It is an LX90 LNT. Incidentally, if I try to use the Telescope Wizard, it appears to hang at the point I enter the device (/dev/telescope) on my system. The device in question exists and works with my old KStars 1.2 installation. Under KStars 1.3.99 I then manually entered the settings, and attempt to connect the INDI server to the telescope from "Device Manager". The driver selected is indi_lx200autostar. If I then select "Run Service", I get something like I have reported below in the server log. I can't cut and paste the INDI log, KStars becomes too unresponsive. The crux of the issue appears to be this: "...Driver indi_lx200autostar: ... Driver indi_lx200autostar: execlp: No such file or directory" If I quit KStars, indiserver becomes a zombie process.
Note the following: From drivers.xml <device label="LX90" focal_length="2000" aperture="203.2"> <name>LX200 Autostar</name> <driver>indi_lx200autostar</driver> <version>2.0</version> </device> ls of available INDI drivers: carl@joshua:/usr/lib/kde4/bin$ ls indi* indi_apogee_alta indi_fli_wheel indi_meade_lpi indi_sbig_stv indi_trutech_wheel indi_celestron_gps indi_intelliscope indi_orion_atlas indiserver indi_v4l_generic indi_fli_ccd indi_lx200basic indi_robofocus indi_skycommander indi_v4l_philips indi_fli_pdf indi_lx200generic indi_sbig_ccd indi_temma carl@joshua:/usr/lib/kde4/bin$ ls indi*autostar* ls: cannot access indi*autostar*: No such file or directory carl@joshua:/usr/lib/kde4/bin$
This is my workaround for now: ln -s ./indi_lx200generic ./indi_lx200autostar based upon what looks like the fact that lx200autostar was just a link to lx200generic in my KStars 1.2 installation.
This _might_ be an issue with Kubuntu packaging since the symlinks are created from the source package as I see it here. Can you please check if the Kubuntu package also includes the symlinks?
Have not checked the kubuntu packages for the symlinks, but worse than that, the latest upgrade to kstars-kde4 apparently replaces indi-kde4 and breaks indi-kde4, so I uninstalled both in my kubuntu installation and attempted to reinstall kstars-kde4 and adept-installer still tells me kstars-kde4 breaks and replaces indi-kde4. Now I am without kstars-kde4 which is really annoying because it's my preferred method of driving my telescope from my monthly observing lists created in kstars! I'll get back to you once I have sorted this mess out.
I just installed Ubuntu on a VM and install KStars, and the symlinks were not part of the package, so it is a Kubuntu packaging bug. Can you please contact them to fix this critical issue?