rqt Could not load resource

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ROS kinetic running on ubuntu 16.04 Using the Create 2 ca_driver.

rqt was working fine, I could control the robot in rqt with Robot Steering plugin.

Then one day Robot Steering stopped working.

With the ca_driver running, I start rqt, and here is what is displayed before it opens.

$ rqt
[ INFO] [1582562099.474735967]: Stereo is NOT SUPPORTED
[ INFO] [1582562099.476257728]: OpenGl version: 3 (GLSL 1.3).
[rospack] Error: package 'ca_description' not found
[librospack]: error while executing command
[ERROR] [1582562104.609421837]: Could not load resource [package://ca_description/meshes/create_2.dae]: Unable to open file "package://ca_description/meshes/create_2.dae".
[ERROR] [1582562104.609749136]: Could not load model 'package://ca_description/meshes/create_2.dae' for link 'base_link': OGRE EXCEPTION(6:FileNotFoundException): Cannot locate resource package://ca_description/meshes/create_2.dae in resource group Autodetect or any other group. in ResourceGroupManager::openResource at /build/ogre-1.9-mqY1wq/ogre-1.9-1.9.0+dfsg1/OgreMain/src/OgreResourceGroupManager.cpp (line 756)
[ERROR] [1582562104.610356033]: Could not load model 'package://ca_description/meshes/create_2.dae' for link 'base_link': OGRE EXCEPTION(6:FileNotFoundException): Cannot locate resource package://ca_description/meshes/create_2.dae in resource group Autodetect or any other group. in ResourceGroupManager::openResource at /build/ogre-1.9-mqY1wq/ogre-1.9-1.9.0+dfsg1/OgreMain/src/OgreResourceGroupManager.cpp (line 756)
[ERROR] [1582562108.978228064]: Could not load model 'package://ca_description/meshes/create_2.dae' for link 'base_link': OGRE EXCEPTION(6:FileNotFoundException): Cannot locate resource package://ca_description/meshes/create_2.dae in resource group Autodetect or any other group. in ResourceGroupManager::openResource at /build/ogre-1.9-mqY1wq/ogre-1.9-1.9.0+dfsg1/OgreMain/src/OgreResourceGroupManager.cpp (line 756)
[ERROR] [1582562108.978455353]: Could not load model 'package://ca_description/meshes/create_2.dae' for link 'base_link': OGRE EXCEPTION(6:FileNotFoundException): Cannot locate resource package://ca_description/meshes/create_2.dae in resource group Autodetect or any other group. in ResourceGroupManager::openResource at /build/ogre-1.9-mqY1wq/ogre-1.9-1.9.0+dfsg1/OgreMain/src/OgreResourceGroupManager.cpp (line 756)

But rospack finds the package:

$ rospack find ca_description
/home/ubuntu/create_ws/src/create_autonomy/ca_description

The file exists:

/home/ubuntu/create_ws/src/create_autonomy/ca_description/meshes/create_2.dae

I can open the file with nano. It appears to be a valid file.

Is this an ogre issue?

Any direction is appreciated.