I am confused by your post. You mention sudo apt-get install, which is an Ubuntu installation method, then you mention cloud makers OS X INDI server. Are you using OS X or are you using Ubuntu? Are you hosting an INDI server on one OS and then trying to access it with a client on another? I am just not sure which you mean. My best guess from what you said is that you are running an indi server on a Mac and are trying to connect to it from an Ubuntu system?
Regardless, if your goal is to connect KStars/Ekos to a remote INDI server that is currently hosting an FCUSB device, you just need to have the XML file for for the FCUSB driver (Called indi_shoestring.xml) on the client machine. You don't actually have to have the driver fully installed on the client machine. The XML file needs to be placed in the INDI Drivers Directory. Where that directory is depends on what operating system you are using to run KStars.
Actually, one thing that I would like to do is get more xml files into the OS X app. I know the SBIG xml file needs to get in there. I use my SBIG with KStars all the time, hosted using a remote indiserver from my Raspberry Pi. Right now I have to copy and paste the XML file in there. It should be copied in automatically. So yes, if there are any other XML files that need to get in there, please let me know. I will work on getting more XML files into the App.
Yes, it's because the cloud makers driver is built into their indi server app. I believe that is a driver we cannot bundle into kstars because it is their own proprietary driver, but as I said before, we can include an xml file in kstars and you could connect to the indiserver on the pi or to the cloudmakers indiserver if you want to run the fcusb on your mac. You can copy the xml file in there yourself, or I should be able to get it in there by next week sometime.
Then once you do that, copy and paste the file into KStars.app/Contents/MacOS/indi
If you don't know how to get into the app, just right click on it and select "show package contents"
I was able to display it on the OS X Kstars, Ekos list.
Thank you very much.
Currently, I am challenging OSX Kstars localization.
I installed kde - 10 ln on MacPort, but it was not reflected in Kstars.
Since there was a Kstars language file in the installation file, let's investigate a little more.
I corrected a problem with the Gphoto driver build on OS X. By accident, it wasn't included when otool redirected the paths to files in frameworks.
ZWO ASI driver now builds natively in KStars for OS X.
We corrected the problem where several remote drivers that are available for remote use were not listed (like the post by T-Studio).
We directed the user to relaunch kstars if they change their driver directory correcting an observation Sean Houghton made a few weeks ago.
And I just updated the documentation on the OS X KStars page so the instructions are up to date:
I'm testing Ekos on Mac OS X (Kstars 2.7.6). Unfortunately, I cannot connect any of my Canon DSLR's ("Unable to establish: +Canon DSLR Please ensure the device is connected and powered on"). I went through the Q&A, read all the docs I could find but I can't find a solution. Just for your information:
The DSLR is NOT mounted by the OS
Canon EOS Utilities are NOT installed
The DSRL is correctly detected by gphoto2 --auto-detect
Camera properties are correctly reported by gphoto2 -a
If I run the Ekos VM in VirtualBox the DSLR is detected and it works properly
I have the same issue with MacOS Sierra and Yosemite, with a Canon EOS 7D and a 7D Mark II
The above considerations seems to rule out any hardware issue (USB port, USB cable, etc.).
When checking the log I found a suspicious line:
DEBG - INDI Server: "2017-05-01T19:39:42: Driver indi_canon_ccd: Number of cameras detected: -4."
The full log is attached.
While the problem is solved I can run Ekos VM, but having it run natively would be great. Is there something else I can check to sort this out?
Thanks in advance - Alessio