Bullseye ver.11 02/2023 don’t work with PiHQ Camera

[meins1969]

Hello, yesterday I set up a Pi4b 4gb for the first time with the last OS operating system ver.11 from 02/2023 and installed the Allsky software. The selection of the HQ camera is missing in the config. I can only select #legacy camera support#. If I disable this setting, allsky doesn't start at all, if I enable the setting, then allsky tries to start, but I still don't get an image, or just randomly every now and then. Do I have to switch to an older operating system to get the allsky software to run with the PIHQ Camera? Thank you for your help.

[EricClaeys]

@meins1969 What do you mean by "The selection of the HQ camera is missing in the config" ? What config?
I don't think Allsky ever prompts for "legacy camera support" so are you referring to something else like raspi-config?
Allsky works with Bullseye so we just need to determine what's happening.
Try running libcamera-hello. If it fails, Allsky won't work either.

[meins1969]

Hello I try:

echo hi > /tmp/test.txt
~/allsky/scripts/upload.sh --debug /tmp/test.txt /wsc39572675/allsky test.txt

I replaced sensitive data with XXXX

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servi@allsky:~/allsky/tmp $ echo hi > /tmp/test.txt
~/allsky/scripts/upload.sh --debug /tmp/test.txt /wsc39572675/allsky test.txt
*** upload.sh: ERROR, RET=1:
FILE_TO_UPLOAD='/tmp/test.txt'
REMOTE_HOST='homeXXXX.1and1-data.host'
REMOTE_DIR='/wsc39572675/allsky/'
TEMP_NAME='x-19791'
DESTINATION_FILE='test.txt'

quote: PWD: Fatal error: max-retries exceeded
ls: Fatal error: max-retries exceeded
The authenticity of host 'homeXXXXX.1and1-data.host (2001:8d8:1000:401bXXXXXXX)' can't be established.
<--- ECDSA key fingerprint is SHA256:J4oM+B2g7zZWAI3DolXXXXXXXXXXXXX/slsQ.
**** Timeout - reconnecting
The authenticity of host 'homeXXXXXXX.1and1-data.host (2001:8d8:1000:401b:9a7bXXXXXXX)' can't be established.
<--- ECDSA key fingerprint is SHA256:J4oM+B2g7zZWAI3DolXR1eXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/slsQ.
**** Timeout - reconnecting
cd: Fatal error: max-retries exceeded
cd /wsc39572675/allsky/ failed!

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And this is in the lftp_cmds.txt file I change the User and PW to XXX

servi@allsky:~/allsky/tmp $ cat lftp_cmds.txt
set net:max-retries 2
set net:timeout 10
open --user 'XXXXX' --password 'XXXXXX' 'sftp://homeXXXXX.1and1-data.host'
quote PWD
ls
debug 5
cd '/wsc39572675/allsky/' || (echo 'cd /wsc39572675/allsky/ failed!'; exit 1) || exit 1
glob --exist 'x-19791*' && rm 'x-19791'
put '/tmp/test.txt' -o 'x-19791' || (echo 'put of /tmp/test.txt to x-19791 failed!'; rm -f 'x-19791'; exit 1) || exit 2
rm  -f 'test.txt'
glob --exist 'test.txt*'
                        && (echo 'rm of test.txt failed!  Trying again...';  (!sleep 3);  rm 'test.txt' && echo 'WORKED' && exit 1)
                        && (echo '2nd rm failed, quiting.'; rm -f 'x-19791'; exit 1)
                        && exit 3
mv 'x-19791' 'test.txt'
                        || (echo 'mv of x-19791 to test.txt failed!  Trying again...'; (!sleep 3); mv 'x-19791 'test.txt' && echo 'WORKED' && exit 0)
                        || (echo '2nd mv failed, quitting.'; rm -f 'x-19791; exit 1)
                        || exit 4
exit 0
servi@allsky:~/allsky/tmp $

Do you have an idee for the problem?

[EricClaeys]

@meins1969 Try the first entry in the "Certificate errors" section here help.
You are using "sftp" which basically uses "ssh" to transfer files and it needs to be set up once before it can be used.

[meins1969]

I try also
lftp :> set net:max-retries 2
lftp :> set net:timeout 10
lftp :> open --user 'XXXX' --password 'XXXX' 'sftp://homeXXXXX.1and1-data.host'
lftp [email protected]:> quote PWD
quote: PWD: Fatal error: max-retries exceeded
lftp [email protected]:~>

[meins1969]

Hello, everything is working as it should for me now. I got help from my brother, who is an IT expert. It was actually because the server had to learn the authentication of the Raspberry once by manually executing the lftp command and confirming the query with yes. But there was also another problem with saving the camera settings, because apparently there must be a user in the root with the name Pi. When installing Bullseye, however, the Rapberry user is no longer automatically Pi, but you are prompted to create your own user, which then leads to problems when uploading the configuration files. I'm glad that everything is working now and I want to say thank you again.

[EricClaeys]

@meins1969 In the next release you can install and run Allsky as anyone you want, not just "pi", although we recommend "pi" since it makes support easier.
The issue uploading is covered in the "Troubleshooting-> Uploads" Wiki page. It's not an Allsky issue but an ssh / sftp issue.

Glad you have everything working!