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Found out that pr2 uses

libgazebo_ros_controller_manager.so

as plugin instead of libgazebo_ros_controller.so, so I changed the plugin in my urdf to that. It now loads the controller manager and tries to parse the robot_description from the parameter server.

The robot is not falling, it is held in position by the controller, I think. But this crashes!

        ..........
Dbg plugin model name: smart_arm
[ INFO] [1428668226.366662355, 1.120000000]: starting gazebo_ros_controller_manager plugin in ns: /
[ INFO] [1428668226.367980472, 1.120000000]: Callback thread id=7f9e9daef700
[ INFO] [1428668226.386303567, 1.120000000]: gazebo controller manager plugin is waiting for urdf: //robot_description on the param server.  (make sure there is a rosparam by that name in the ros parameter server, otherwise, this plugin blocks simulation forever).
[ INFO] [1428668226.491614563, 1.120000000]: gazebo controller manager got pr2.xml from param server, parsing it...
 adding actuator elbow_flex_motor
 adding actuator left_finger_motor
 adding actuator right_finger_motor
 adding actuator shoulder_pan_motor
 adding actuator shoulder_pitch_motor
 adding actuator wrist_roll_motor
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
[gazebo-1] process has died [pid 10196, exit code 139, cmd /opt/ros/indigo/lib/gazebo_ros/gzserver -e ode worlds/empty.world __name:=gazebo __log:=/home/p100213/.ros/log/7a2eff70-df7b-11e4-bd67-002481150e15/gazebo-1.log].
log file: /home/p100213/.ros/log/7a2eff70-df7b-11e4-bd67-002481150e15/gazebo-1*.log

A little debugging revealed that it seems to crash in gazebo_ros_controller_manager.cpp, in line 379.

   this->cm_->initXml(doc.RootElement());

Is it actually ok to use this plugin in an non-pr2 robot? What could be wrong? Next to the files, the package can be found in http://fwn06.housing.rug.nl/ros/arm/

I think I'm almost there, but I really need that little bit of help!

Thanks in advance, Sietse

Found out that pr2 uses

libgazebo_ros_controller_manager.so

as plugin instead of libgazebo_ros_controller.so, so I changed the plugin in my urdf to that. It now loads the controller manager and tries to parse the robot_description from the parameter server.

The robot is not falling, it is held in position by the controller, I think. But this crashes!

        ..........
Dbg plugin model name: smart_arm
[ INFO] [1428668226.366662355, 1.120000000]: starting gazebo_ros_controller_manager plugin in ns: /
[ INFO] [1428668226.367980472, 1.120000000]: Callback thread id=7f9e9daef700
[ INFO] [1428668226.386303567, 1.120000000]: gazebo controller manager plugin is waiting for urdf: //robot_description on the param server.  (make sure there is a rosparam by that name in the ros parameter server, otherwise, this plugin blocks simulation forever).
[ INFO] [1428668226.491614563, 1.120000000]: gazebo controller manager got pr2.xml from param server, parsing it...
 adding actuator elbow_flex_motor
 adding actuator left_finger_motor
 adding actuator right_finger_motor
 adding actuator shoulder_pan_motor
 adding actuator shoulder_pitch_motor
 adding actuator wrist_roll_motor
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
[gazebo-1] process has died [pid 10196, exit code 139, cmd /opt/ros/indigo/lib/gazebo_ros/gzserver -e ode worlds/empty.world __name:=gazebo __log:=/home/p100213/.ros/log/7a2eff70-df7b-11e4-bd67-002481150e15/gazebo-1.log].
log file: /home/p100213/.ros/log/7a2eff70-df7b-11e4-bd67-002481150e15/gazebo-1*.log

A little debugging revealed that it seems to crash in gazebo_ros_controller_manager.cpp, in line 379.

   this->cm_->initXml(doc.RootElement());

Is it actually ok to use this plugin in an non-pr2 robot? ~~What could be wrong? Next to the files, the package can be found in http://fwn06.housing.rug.nl/ros/arm/~~

I think I'm almost there, but I really need that little bit

UPDATE: At home I got Ros/Indigo installed from source on Debian/Jessie, which seems to work for the most part! When I tried the above , I got

[ INFO] [1428760883.992343714, 0.524000000]: gazebo controller manager got pr2.xml from param server, parsing it...
Error [Model.cc:779] Exception occured in the Load function of help!
 Thanks in advance,  plugin with name[gazebo_ros_controller_manager] and filename[libgazebo_ros_controller_manager.so]. This plugin will not run.
Segmentation fault
[gazebo-1] process has died [pid 15899, exit code 139, cmd /home/sietse/catkin_ws/src/gazebo_ros_pkgs/gazebo_ros/scripts/gzserver -e ode worlds/empty.world __name:=gazebo __log:=/home/sietse/.ros/log/351c4266-e053-11e4-9232-ac220b1a4c95/gazebo-1.log].
log file: /home/sietse/.ros/log/351c4266-e053-11e4-9232-ac220b1a4c95/gazebo-1*.log

Also the gazebo view stays black.

Please help, Sietse