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According to what I learned yesterday, this failure is not ROS related. Lots of people are experiencing the same problem and there is a workaround.

The issue is discussed here in detail.

You may also want to check this

About the rviz issue, more explanation (preferably a screenshot) may be needed. Do you echo the related topics and not see any output?

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