My steps to get Kstars/Ekos running on an
Odroid-N2. I hope this might be useful to someone else. My apologies in advance if I lead you astray.
First of all, a thanks to
spartacus
for all his help in getting to this point.
I probably have left out some steps, but this approach appeared to work for me. The only thing I’m missing is creating a stand alone wi-fi AP access point in lieu of my local wi-fi network (and the automatic selection of that network, if no local network is found).
The Odroid-N2 is
fast (6 cores) with
lots of RAM ( I chose the 4 G RAM model). This has solved my apparent problems with my RPi3B+. Stellarmate on the other hand is much easier to get going.
hardkernel.com/
odroid official release
east.us.odroid.in/ubuntu_18.04lts/N2/ubu...d-n2-20190325.img.xz
I wrote this to a 32G eemc card using balenaEtcher.
Power on, wait until it stops blinking, unplug, power on again with keyboard, mouse, HDMI.
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:mutlaqja/ppa
sudo apt-get update
I installed synaptic, but of course it’s optional.
sudo apt-get install synaptic
sudo apt-get install indi-full
sudo apt-get install kstars-bleeding
Wi-FI Installation
For the USB wi-fi adapter I chose (listed below) and as described in
ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2394372&page=3
export ARCH=arm64
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y git
git clone https://github.com/EntropicEffect/rtl8822bu.git
cd rtl8822bu
make
sudo make install
sudo modprobe 88x2bu
Note that when Update Manager offers a newer kernel version you must recompile after the requested reboot:
cd rtl8822bu
make clean
git pull
make
sudo make install
sudo modprobe 88x2bu
autologin
It appears we must enable autologin to enable remote login via NoMachine before remote desktop access.
sudo nano /usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/50-greeter-wrapper.conf
[Seat:*]
greeter-wrapper=/usr/lib/lightdm/lightdm-greeter-session
autologin-user=odroid
NoMachine Remote Access
I had a problem with VNC tightvnc keyboard mapping, and install issues with TeamViewer. NoMachine worked nicely. Use the V8 ARM version if you want to give it a go.
www.nomachine.com/download/linux&id=30&s...ad/linux&id=30&s=ARM
Bonjour discoverysudo apt-get install avahi-daemon avahi-autoipd
SAMBA sharing via SMS
Follow this guideline if you would like to configure simple desktop network access to the odroid.
www.computerbeginnersguides.com/blog/201...18-04-bionic-beaver/
GPSD
I have this GPS unit
Stratux Vk-162 Remote Mount USB GPS
sudo apt-get install gpsd
I downloaded this script (thank you Rob Lancaste)
github.com/rlancaste/AstroPi3/blob/maste...er/udevRuleScript.sh
chmod +x udevRuleScript.sh
# execute the script to identify the GPS device
./udevRuleScript.sh
I chose to leave out the serial number in the ID.
Astrometry.netsudo apt-get install astrometry.net
I transferred the data files from the Mac manually onto the Odroid, as I had problems with file permission using the built-in index file loaded inside kstars.
Device used for wi-fi USB
Realtek RTL8812BU USB WiFi Adapter 1200 Mbps 5dBi Antenna AC1200 Dual Band 5.8GHz 2.4GHz WiFi Dongle IEEE 802.11 a b g n ac for Laptop Desktop PC USB 3.0 Network Adapter Support Windows 10/8/7 Mac
www.amazon.ca/Realtek-RTL8192AU-Wireless...ntenna/dp/B078NSSM7W
Network for USB 2
Micro usb 4 port hub used on the OTG micro port to amerliorate issues with USB 2/3 on the built-in ports.
www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B01JL837X8/ref=...00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Cheers