The asterisks appear when I paste into here, no idea why, they are not shown in Konsole.
Tho, they do not show up until the post is previewed, or posted.
Sorry, I didn't keep any of the logs
I should have, but there were no other issues that I saw in them.
I am wiping my calibre install again, with drill to insure absolutely nothing remains before trying again.
That there was no issue before must mean something, somewhere has changed, so maybe I missed something on my last attempt.