Hi I have just installed a new indi server - 64 bit intel (Mele quieter3q) using Linux Mint 21 (based on Ubuntu Jammy)
and the latest version of kstars/indi from the ubuntu jammy repo.
Plugged in my qhy cameras and nothing registered. Cameras QHY294M, QHY5III178M.
I remembered I had the same issue a year or so ago using arm64 packages on raspberry pi.
The problem is that the executable /sbin/fxload was completely out of date (April 03 2018) and fails to load the firmware when the camera was plugged in.
Packages installed:
indi-qhy/jammy,now 2.7+stable+202304052024~ubuntu22.04.1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libqhy/jammy,now 23.2.24+stable+202304051644~ubuntu22.04.1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
I have installed a new version of fxload into /sbin from QHY's sdk downloaded from their website and now everything works fine.
I thought this software packaging bug had been fixed a long time ago but seems to still be present.
Hopefully this will get fixed for future package updates.
Thanks,
Nick
The problem has to do with different distros having a rouge copy of FXLOAD somewhere in the system.
I would like to look at making a INDI version of FXLOAD that has a different name and change the rules to match the indi name (INDI-FXLOAD3) or something similar.
I am on the road right now, but will try and work on this when I get back.
But the problem is there i likely a rouge FXLOAD or the permission did not allow installation of the new FXLOAD.
EDIT: Just checked the INDI-3rdparty GITHUB and FXLOAD is not there.
So you are correct, the FXload file is not in the QHY library.
Thanks for looking at that. If someone runs into the same issue, then the fix is to install fxload from QHY's sdk for the present.
I thought I should flag it on the forum so that it is a known issue with a fix.