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INDI Library v2.0.6 is Released (02 Feb 2024)

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AstroPi3 Scripts revised

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Was this during the make commands when it was building the astro software? And did you update the script to the latest version first? It does seem to be much faster since this change.[/quote]
Sorry - I now remember cronky wasn’t running during the make process! Apologies.
4 years 6 months ago #42620

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A option that I think would be good for this script, is to be able to chose between installing the latest nightly Kstars or the stable version, as personally I prefer the stable versions... but that is not a criticism at all as the script is superb.. :)
4 years 6 months ago #42628

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I also have noticed that USB thumb drives are no longer recognised after running this script.... any ideas how to get them back...??
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Before, we disabled all drive mounting to allow DSLRs to connect with a config file, but the camera mounting should now be disabled in a different way, so you should be able to delete this file now.
Try this:

rm ~/.config/pcmanfm/LXDE-pi/pcmanfm.conf
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No, still does not work, I save my images to a thumb drive so don’t know what to do now... :(
As my whole system is based on that, damn DSLR users....get a CCD..... :)
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Even after deleting that file it re builds it on boot every time....hhhheeelllp, want to get out tonight to image...!!!
4 years 6 months ago #42634

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Three things:

1) KStars didn’t save my location, Windows size etc. Ekos did. Turned out that the users .config folder was set to root user and group. Running “chown pi.pi -R .config” did the trick. Maybe this should be included in the script?

2) I’ve set up static ip in the script to 169.254.0.1 (my laptop was 169.254.x.y). But it doesn’t work when connecting my laptop to the Pi with an Ethernet cable. I get an IP adress, but I can’t make any connections to the Pi (VNC, SSH or even Ping). WiFi works perfectly, normal LAN works perfectly and I guess that Hotspot works too (haven’t tried it). Using WiFi I can see the Pi gets the correct IP on the direct link etc, but it doesn’t work.

3) (not really script related I guess) But when the Pi is connected to my local LAN using Ethernet it also connects via WiFi. Priority for WiFi set to 0, Ethernet to 1, HotSpot -1 (I think) and Direct link to 5. Why is WiFi also enabled?

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4 years 6 months ago #42637

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1. That is very helpful!! I will be glad to check that. There is always room for improvement.
2. Try experimenting a little. Try getting away from/turning off all wifi connections and see if that makes any difference. For instance, go out into a field where neither your laptop or your pi can get wifi and see if it works. I know it works fine for me most of the time, but I'm only one test case. Let me know if you find anything out.
3. I think the priorities are for setting which network connects on which interface. They are independent. So for instance I have two wifi networks on one of my pi's and when there is no internet, it will host 5GHz on one antenna, then it will host 2.4GHz on the other. So you could get your pi to connect to your home router with 3 different interfaces and 3 different IP addresses potentially. You can turn off/disable the ones you don't want to use right now using network manager. I haven't yet confirmed whether it helps or hurts to have more than one on at once. Sometimes it seems to help, other times to hurt. But you have a graphical way to experiment with it.
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Rebuilds?? You mean it recreates the file every boot after it was deleted? What are the contents of the file when it does that? My script simply created the file once, it didn't change any other settings related to that. Something else must be creating the file I think.
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It re creates the file exactly each time you re boot after deleting it, but the same file also exists in the folder alongside the LXDE-pi folder, called “default” I think....
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So can someone please tell me how I can use a USB stick on my rpi after it being disabled by this script, or do I need to delete the the lot and go back to installing all myself from Source....as using USB sticks must be essential to others too, and not just me, just don’t understand what a simple thing like this has to be disabled....it seem really unnecessary .... :(
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The USB Stick mounting was addressed as per my request earlier. Although I went back to setup from a fresh image with that change, so I never got to undo it once setup.
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