AstroNerd:  I used the sudo script and it did go through an update routine.  As far as I know this has resolved the connection issue as every time I enter Ekos the connection resolves itself.

I am however seeing one undesirable behavior when I hit the disconnect button to close the INDI Control Panel this drops me to the Stellarmate desktop without actually closing the INDI Control Panel.  The next time I get into Ekos and the INDI Control Panel it warns me that an instance is still running.

I'm hoping that the sudo script went successfully all the way through the install routine.

Just in the event that it didn't I'll attach a screen shot of the end of the install.

If this looks normal I guess I can't suspect that it was due to the install fading out.