The astrometry index files for the FOV of the simulator were not loaded.
That was the problem. Thanks !
After loading them, solver worked really very very fast. I have followed your wok on this over the last few months. Thanks! and congratulations.

In any case, I still think that the simulator should work by default after KStars installation (that is, the appropriate indexes to the FOV of the CCD simulator should be loaded at install - or first time INDI/EKOS is instantiated). A successful start is much more motivating !

On the other hand, I do not remember to see any warning. Should I ?. To try the solver without ANY index file should trigger all kinds of emergency lights and sounds...

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