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How Update Kstars on Astroberry RPi4

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Thanks Wornish and Hy - followed both your details and I am now at 3.5.0

I note I had to use a different URL in the initial git pull - I just clicked on the URL and then copy and pasted what it actually resolved to.

Thanks!
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3.5.0?????????????????????????????? ahh..okay. It is indinightly.
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Yeah, I was wondering the same thing: if 3.4.3 just got released, how can they have 3.5.0? That explains it.

With that said, what's new in 3.5.0 that didn't make it into 3.4.3? I am curious.
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It's not 3.5.0, after releasing 3.4.3 Jaseem changed the version in the development source code to prepare for a 3.5.0 release, the version they have is just a few source code commits different from 3.4.3 and not to be considered stable.
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okay. Will never want to upgrade mine to that 3.5.0 first. Unless you wish to solve issues the whole night. I am running on a stable version nowadays. :) Good luck guys.
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Perhaps you could be a bit more constructive and help those of us who didn’t know we were compiling ‘indinightly’ to reach the stable version of 3.4.3? Many thanks in advance!
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You want to look at the commits invent.kde.org/education/kstars/-/commits/master

Then go to the version that relates to the 3.4.3 release and clone that, rather than cloning the latest version in git.

They (the developers) don't appear to tag versions in git, but this is bleeding-edge kstars, so really, you're already running beta, even if not nightly.
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Many thanks for the clarifications. I certainly would prefer not be be cutting edge! I now have a second SSD running the simple June Astroberry 2.0.2 image (KStars 3.4.2) which continues to serve me well.
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Hi guys! I'm still here and alive ;-)
As already noted I will be releasing update very soon (probably this weekend). I need to look closer to USB issues caused by latest kernel upgrade first.
Stay safe!
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We never doubted it - welcome back and hope you had a good break!
The 'USB issues' are still a challenge and I don't always find the simple 'everything's working' situation that I did a couple of months ago Even with a revertion to the June Astroberry 2.0.2 image, I am now struggling to keep my Pegasus Astro PPB behaving as it did. The PPB contains a FTDI USB to serial adapter and after months of working without even knowing that, now it doesn't want to work anymore even when I move to more favoured ports on my powered USB 3.0 hub. @dmsummers often warns us to make sure we have enough power on hand especially during the powering up current inrush moments and I am wondering if the new kernel could have inadvertently increased the current demand of the RPi4 during booting which may be influencing my results. Perhaps my power distribution and USB connections work marginal before.
The one upgrade I have had to make is to the RPi-eeprom-image or else my RPi reverts to the April 16 bootloader which (I think) is part of the AStroberry 2.0.2 image. If this happens I cannot use a USB connected SSD copy to boot.
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Update has been just pushed to Astroberry repository. Have fun!

PS. if you encounter missing devices on any USB port see this post indilib.org/forum/stellarmate/7374-no-as...ct-port-mapping.html
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I hope I’m not making a premature judgement, but it’s possible that the very latest RPi kernel updates installed yesterday but dated 2020-07-11 may have sorted the FTDI USB device issue. At least I have booted my equipment three times without warning messages about the Pegasus Astro PPB disconnecting. The PPB features an FTDI USB to serial chip.
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