Qidi branch issues with install

[eroboticdude]

Qidi printers are stuck with python 3.7 Its possible to force an update to 3.9+, but it can cause issues and harm the function of the Qidi firmware. This is the error I get with install:

Cache entry deserialization failed, entry ignored
  Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement numpy>=1.26.3 (from -r/home/mks/chopper-resonance-tuner/wiki/requirements.txt (line 1)) (from versions: 1.3.0, 1.4.1, 1.5.0, 1.5.1, 1.6.0, 1.6.1, 1.6.2, 1.7.0, 1.7.1, 1.7.2, 1.8.0,1.8.1, 1.8.2, 1.9.0, 1.9.1, 1.9.2, 1.9.3, 1.10.0.post2, 1.10.1, 1.10.2, 1.10.4,1.11.0, 1.11.1, 1.11.2, 1.11.3, 1.12.0, 1.12.1, 1.13.0, 1.13.1, 1.13.3, 1.14.0, 1.14.1, 1.14.2, 1.14.3, 1.14.4, 1.14.5, 1.14.6, 1.15.0, 1.15.1, 1.15.2, 1.15.3, 1.15.4, 1.16.0, 1.16.1, 1.16.2, 1.16.3, 1.16.4, 1.16.5, 1.16.6, 1.17.0, 1.17.1, 1.17.2, 1.17.3, 1.17.4, 1.17.5, 1.18.0, 1.18.1, 1.18.2, 1.18.3, 1.18.4, 1.18.5, 1.19.0, 1.19.1, 1.19.2, 1.19.3, 1.19.4, 1.19.5, 1.20.0, 1.20.1, 1.20.2, 1.20.3, 1.21.0, 1.21.1, 1.21.2, 1.21.3, 1.21.4, 1.21.5, 1.21.6)
No matching distribution found for numpy>=1.26.3 (from -r /home/mks/chopper-resonance-tuner/wiki/requirements.txt (line 1))

The python libraries used require higher python levels than 3.7. Is it possible to use different libraries that do not require update to higher python versions? This would be a super cool script to remove the common VFAs on qidi printers.

[eroboticdude]

the qidi branch is used currently, but there is only one small error I was having fixed, after I force python 3.9. This caused my printer to be bricked, and I had to do a full firmware flash to repair it.

[eroboticdude]

from requirements.txt;

numpy>=1.26.3
tqdm>=4.66.1
plotly>=5.18.0
matplotlib>=3.8.2

numpy 1.21 is the highest python 3.7 supports, matplotlib 3.7.x is also probably needed

[MRX8024]

and I had to do a full firmware flash to repair it.

Do you mean the host firmware?

[eroboticdude]

and I had to do a full firmware flash to repair it.

Do you mean the host firmware?

Yeah, the Qidi Q1 uses a Mks Skipr clone. I must have deleted something important while i was installing python 3.9. No worries though, it was simple to repair

[MRX8024]

Well, I lowered the requirements to 3.7, if you have the opportunity to test it, it would not be bad

[eroboticdude]

Well, I lowered the requirements to 3.7, if you have the opportunity to test it, it would not be bad

Thank you! I will test it and report any errors here

[eroboticdude]

running the install script works, the only error to show up is this: Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in /tmp/pip-install-tqp7p8tz/matplotlib/

hopefully that isn't a fatal error. We'll see in a moment

[eroboticdude]

Unfortunately there seems to be more to this error:

 Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
      File "/tmp/pip-install-tqp7p8tz/matplotlib/setup.py", line 349, in <module>
        "sdist": Sdist,
      File "/home/mks/chopper-resonance-tuner/.venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/setuptools/__init__.py", line 144, in setup
        _install_setup_requires(attrs)
      File "/home/mks/chopper-resonance-tuner/.venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/setuptools/__init__.py", line 139, in _install_setup_requires
        dist.fetch_build_eggs(dist.setup_requires)
      File "/home/mks/chopper-resonance-tuner/.venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/setuptools/dist.py", line 724, in fetch_build_eggs
        replace_conflicting=True,
      File "/home/mks/chopper-resonance-tuner/.venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 782, in resolve
        replace_conflicting=replace_conflicting
      File "/home/mks/chopper-resonance-tuner/.venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 1065, in best_match
        return self.obtain(req, installer)
      File "/home/mks/chopper-resonance-tuner/.venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 1077, in obtain
        return installer(requirement)
      File "/home/mks/chopper-resonance-tuner/.venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/setuptools/dist.py", line 791, in fetch_build_egg
        return cmd.easy_install(req)
      File "/home/mks/chopper-resonance-tuner/.venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 704, in easy_install
        return self.install_item(spec, dist.location, tmpdir, deps)
      File "/home/mks/chopper-resonance-tuner/.venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 730, in install_item
        dists = self.install_eggs(spec, download, tmpdir)
      File "/home/mks/chopper-resonance-tuner/.venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 901, in install_eggs
        os.path.abspath(dist_filename)
    distutils.errors.DistutilsError: Couldn't find a setup script in /tmp/easy_install-tf4w1xe6/numpy-2.1.2.tar.gz

    Edit mplsetup.cfg to change the build options; suppress output with --quiet.

    BUILDING MATPLOTLIB
          python: yes [3.7.3 (default, Mar 23 2024, 16:12:05)  [GCC 8.3.0]]
        platform: yes [linux]
           tests: no  [skipping due to configuration]
          macosx: no  [Mac OS-X only]

    ----------------------------------------
Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in /tmp/pip-install-tqp7p8tz/matplotlib/

[eroboticdude]

I forgot to mention a change I made to the original files on my last test! QIDI Klipper uses a different location for its config files: It places the config files in a directory called "klipper_config" I will do the procedures for manual install to continue testing, but modifying the install script would be cool

[MRX8024]

Unfortunately there seems to be more to this error:

Try rebooting the host, it looks like the installation package is broken

called "klipper_config"

To ~/klipper_config ?

[eroboticdude]

Yes, I will share the edits I made to the config and other files. First test was successful after manual installing of all the packages