Uuv_simulator: gazebo_gui-2 issue
Hi, I have install the uuv simulator in Ubuntu 16.04 ROS kinetic using VMware following the wiki steps. I input the commands roslaunch uuv_descriptions empty_underwater_world.launch and got the following logs:
....
VMware: vmw_ioctl_command error Invalid argument.
Aborted (core dumped)
[gazebo_gui-2] process has died [pid 43452, exit code 134, cmd /opt/ros/kinetic/lib/gazebo_ros/gzclient __name:=gazebo_gui __log:=/home/name/.ros/log/6751db6c-4111-11e7-9c52-000c29919bea/gazebo_gui-2.log].
log file: /home/name/.ros/log/6751db6c-4111-11e7-9c52-000c29919bea/gazebo_gui-2*.log
So how could I get rid of this issue? Thank you.
hughhugh
All 5 comments
Hi,
running Gazebo within a virtual machine can cause problems due to the 3D graphics.
Have you seen this entry on Gazebo answers describing the same problem? Maybe the solutions mentioned there can help you.
Best,
Sebastian
bst
on 25 May 2017
Hi,
one quick fix is to run the following in your terminal
export LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE=1
Gazebo should stop crashing then, but the simulation can run much slower than on native Ubuntu. If I am not mistaken, VMWare should also have some drivers that should be installed as well.
Could you try this and give us a feedback?
Best,
Musa
musamarcusso
on 25 May 2017
Hi, did you manage to solve your issue? If you did, can you send a message saying how you did it?
musamarcusso
on 5 Jun 2017
I had the same issue and
export LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE=1
managed to solve it
Thanks
ayushzenith
on 11 Mar 2019
A heads up for anyone else finding this when attempting to get Gazebo working in a VMWare VM.
This combination allows partial 3d acceleration:
- Windows 7 Host
- VmWare 15.5.2 build-15785246
- Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS
- Graphics: SVGA3D; build: RELEASE; LLVM;
- Gazebo multi-robot simulator, version 9.0.0
Before running execute
- export SVGA_VGPU10=0
(This rolls back the driver to use to an earlier version of OpenGL protocol)
This is enough to achieve 60fps on a modest PC.
dawnofclarity
on 14 Mar 2020
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Hi,
one quick fix is to run the following in your terminal
export LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE=1
Gazebo should stop crashing then, but the simulation can run much slower than on native Ubuntu. If I am not mistaken, VMWare should also have some drivers that should be installed as well.
Could you try this and give us a feedback?
Best,
Musa