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Not an answer yet, but I share some things to look at installation issue with robot_upstart (not limited to these):

  • Does the service have an access to:
    • the ROS packages you defined in the launch file you passed to the install script?
    • ROS-related environment variables e.g. ROS_PACKAGE_PATH?
  • For a list of resources the install script shows at the end of its run, do you still see them at each location after reboot?
  • Do you see your application's log under /var/log/upstart/? If so do you see any errors.

Not an answer yet, but I share some things to look at installation issue with robot_upstart (not limited to these):

  • Does the service have an access to: to the following? Log on as the user that runs the service process and see:
    • the ROS packages you defined in the launch file you passed to the install script?
    • ROS-related environment variables e.g. ROS_PACKAGE_PATH?
  • For a list of resources the install script shows at the end of its run, do you still see them at each location after reboot?
  • Do you see your application's log under /var/log/upstart/? If so do you see any errors.

Not an answer yet, but I share some things to look at installation issue with robot_upstart (not limited to these):

  • Does the service have an access to the following? Log on as the user user account (i.e. usually root for upstart) that runs the service process and see:
    • the ROS packages you defined in the launch file you passed to the install script?
    • ROS-related environment variables e.g. ROS_PACKAGE_PATH?
  • For a list of resources the install script shows at the end of its run, do you still see them at each location after reboot?
  • Do you see your application's log under /var/log/upstart/? If so do you see any errors.