Kinect "no device connected" error in openni.launch after openni-dev package upgrade

asked 2014-03-12 01:02:54 -0500

Brijendra Singh
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updated 2016-10-24 08:36:36 -0500

ngrennan
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Hi,

I'm using turtlebot on ROS electric on ubuntu 11.04.

The openni-dev package was recently updated from version 1.1.0.41~natty to 1.3.2.1-4~natty2. After this update, the openni.launch process gives the error "No device connected.. Waiting for devices to be connected". Its not able to initialize.

I tried to downgrade the openni-dev version using the command: "sudo apt-get install openni-dev=1.1.0.41~natty", but it says that the version was not found. I have also tried replacing the entries in the source.list files for apt to "old-releases.ubuntu.com", but it still didn't work.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

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You should be aware that ROS electric is quite old and a lot of the packages deprecated

Athoesen ( 2014-05-14 12:14:56 -0500 )edit

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answered 2014-03-23 20:36:22 -0500

Brijendra Singh
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I resolved the issue by un-installing the openni-dev package, which also removed the dependencies - nite-dev, ps-engine, ros-electric-turtlebot, ros-electric-turtlebot-desktop, ros-electric-turtlebot-robot, ros-electric-turtlebot-viz, ros-electric-openni-kinect. And then re-installing these packages.

The openni.launch process is working fine now.