gazebo simulation not running

[lr101095]

[base_to_world-3] process has died [pid 24561, exit code -11, cmd /opt/ros/kinetic/lib/tf2_ros/static_transform_publisher 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 world base __name:=base_to_world __log:=/home/lr101095/.ros/log/18c879c0-b4aa-11e8-9b83-f894c21f9c3f/base_to_world-3.log].
log file: /home/lr101095/.ros/log/18c879c0-b4aa-11e8-9b83-f894c21f9c3f/base_to_world-3*.log
[ INFO] [1536553774.216652389]: Finished loading Gazebo ROS API Plugin.
[ INFO] [1536553774.217655274]: waitForService: Service [/gazebo/set_physics_properties] has not been advertised, waiting...
[ INFO] [1536553774.267867574]: Finished loading Gazebo ROS API Plugin.
[ INFO] [1536553774.268545185]: waitForService: Service [/gazebo/set_physics_properties] has not been advertised, waiting...
SpawnModel script started
[INFO] [1536553774.571681, 0.000000]: Loading model XML from ros parameter
[INFO] [1536553774.576153, 0.000000]: Waiting for service /gazebo/spawn_urdf_model
[INFO] [1536553774.577366, 0.000000]: Calling service /gazebo/spawn_urdf_model
Service call failed: transport error completing service call: unable to receive data from sender, check sender's logs for details
[INFO] [1536553774.728926, 0.000000]: Waiting for service /gazebo/set_model_configuration
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
[gazebo-1] process has died [pid 24551, exit code 139, cmd /opt/ros/kinetic/lib/gazebo_ros/gzserver -e ode /home/lr101095/tmp/ws2/src/sawyer_simulator/sawyer_gazebo/worlds/sawyer.world __name:=gazebo __log:=/home/lr101095/.ros/log/18c879c0-b4aa-11e8-9b83-f894c21f9c3f/gazebo-1.log].
log file: /home/lr101095/.ros/log/18c879c0-b4aa-11e8-9b83-f894c21f9c3f/gazebo-1*.log

cant seem to run the simulation. please see the above for the command line output when trying to use

roslaunch sawyer_gazebo sawyer_world.launch

Gazebo would load but freeze on a black screen and no model loading.

not really sure what to do to fix this.

any advice would be much appreciated.

[Shiwei Wang]

Hello Ir101095,

Thank you for using our Sawyer simulator!

Few questions to understanding your issue better:

1. Are you running Ubuntu 16.04, ROS Kinetic?

2. Does your machine meet the minimum specs for data Visualization or Simulation of Sawyer?

Please  take a look at the post :

 

Thank you.

-Shiwei

 

[lr101095]

Hi Shiwei,

Thanks for your response. 

I am indeed running Ubuntu 16.04 and ROS Kinetic. I meet all the minimum requirements, except for the Nvidia requirement. Although i do have a dedicated Radeon graphics card, Ubuntu does not recognise it when i look at the graphics status.

I already looked at the suggested post before i posted my own topic and i didn't find anything that was of help.

An issue though is that I have been using the simulation for several months now, and this issue suddenly came up. I know this happened after i tried to remove some ROS packages. although, i re-ran through the workstation setup for the simulation fully. but this is still an issue. 

Are there any other suggestions i may be able to try?

Again, many thanks for your help!

regards,
Luke

[Shiwei Wang]

Hi Luke,

My recommendation is to remove ros and reinstall everything, make sure to follow the tutorial. 

You can purge remove the ros kinetic and re- install, let me know if the commands fix your issue.

Thank you.

-Shiwei

$ sudo apt-get purge ros-kinetic-* && sudo apt-get autoremove
$ sudo apt-get install ros-kinetic-desktop-full