kstars can connect but not control lx90 using kubuntu gutsy

[sleepless.knight]

I have reported this bug to the kstars team, here is their last response and a link to a patch that fixes the problem. The patch is downloadable from the bug reported at http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=152453

Can this patch get rolled out as part of a kubuntu/ubuntu update?

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http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=152453
mutlaqja ikarustech com changed:

           What |Removed |Added
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             Status|UNCONFIRMED |RESOLVED
         Resolution| |FIXED

------- Additional Comments From mutlaqja ikarustech com 2007-11-20 07:43 -------
Please save the attachment below as kstars.patch, and copy it to kdeedu/kstars/kstars/, then using konsole, go to kdeedu/kstars/kstars and type:

patch -p0 < kstars.patch

Then make then make install, and the problem should be fixed!

[sleepless.knight (sleepless-knight)]

I have now built this patch for myself and tested it, it fixes the problem with the menu commands not getting to the telescope. My telescope is laptop driven once more! This patch then now really should get into a formal release.

[Pierre Nerzic (pierre-nerzic)]

Hi everybody,

Yes, I can confirm that this patch on indiproperty.cpp is working well and is really necessary for a new release. The sooner the better, because new users of Kstars and Indi on Ubuntu won't understand its power and richness -- this was my case. Some commands in kstars don't work easily without it, for instance, it is difficult to get to sync or slew the telescope to a position without the context menu working : you have to manually enter the coordinates into the dialog box in Device Configuration page...
This patch allows all the devices to be driven by the context menu : scope and camera. In the current release (4:3.5.8-0ubuntu1), this context menu is uneffective.

Best regards,
Pierre

[Harald Sitter (apachelogger)]

Should be fixed in KDE 4.1 at least.