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rqt topic monitor failled AttributeError cStringIO.StringO

asked 2017-03-01 14:08:02 -0500

adrienH gravatar image

Hello every body,

A problem with rqt and topic monitor shows up this morning after an update/upgrade of my system (ubunut 14.04 with ros-indigo)

Since that upgrade I can't monitor any topic without having this error message :

[ERROR] [WallTime: 1488390882.559023] bad callback: <bound method TopicInfo.message_callback of <rqt_topic.topic_info.TopicInfo object at 0x7fafac18d1d0>>
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/opt/ros/indigo/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rospy/topics.py", line 720, in _invoke_callback
    cb(msg)
  File "/opt/ros/indigo/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rqt_topic/topic_info.py", line 100, in message_callback
    self.sizes.append(buff.len)
AttributeError: 'cStringIO.StringO' object has no attribute 'len'

In addition :

  • Topics are still operationals since I can visualise them with rostopic echo
  • This error occur on many type of message (std_msgs/string, moveit...)
  • This error occur regardless the publishing node

Does anyone have some clues ? Concerning me it's look like some python related file or configuration have been corrupted...

Thank by advance.

here below some system's information

Python interpreter version : 2.7.6

System information

Linux version 4.4.0-64-generic (buildd@lcy01-27) (gcc version 4.8.4 (Ubuntu 4.8.4-2ubuntu1~14.04.3) ) #85~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Mon Feb 20 12:10:54 UTC 2017

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answered 2017-03-01 14:23:02 -0500

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updated 2017-03-01 15:42:09 -0500

I've seen this happens many times, and I'm kind of sure that this patch fixes it. It is/will be available in version 0.4.6 of rqt_topic (I just noticed that the changelog gives more info regarding this).

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thanks !!! I have just dowload the patch and run the folowing commande :

catkin_make -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/opt/ros/indigo install

and it works again

Thanks again

adrienH gravatar image adrienH  ( 2017-03-01 15:37:19 -0500 )edit

It's up to you, but pedantically when building source you're advised to use catkin workspace (I can't find the best resource for this, but something like this), instead of directly writing into the protected folders like /opt.

130s gravatar image 130s  ( 2017-03-01 17:46:14 -0500 )edit

To be more specific on what I've done (if someone want the full procedure), I have created a new workspace into witch I've cloned your link to the patch and then I have built it with this command :

catkin_make -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/opt/ros/indigo install

hope it's more clear

adrienH gravatar image adrienH  ( 2017-03-02 01:31:33 -0500 )edit

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