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rqt_graph not working on Windows 10

asked 2020-09-07 17:40:36 -0600

IgnacioCipo gravatar image

updated 2021-11-30 10:07:39 -0600

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Hello, I'm starting with ROS, I installed it (Noetic version) on Windows 10 successfully and I am currently following ROS tutorials. When I reached "Understanding ROS Topics" and run rosrun rqt_graph rqt_graph it opens the GUI but it's empty. This is the error showed in the command line:

PluginHandlerDirect._restore_settings() plugin "rqt_graph/RosGraph#0" raised an exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "c:\opt\ros\noetic\x64\lib\site-packages\pydot.py", line 1912, in create
    stdout_data, stderr_data, process = call_graphviz(
  File "c:\opt\ros\noetic\x64\lib\site-packages\pydot.py", line 129, in call_graphviz
    process = subprocess.Popen(
  File "subprocess.py", line 854, in __init__
  File "subprocess.py", line 1307, in _execute_child
FileNotFoundError: [WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "c:\opt\ros\noetic\x64\lib\site-packages\qt_gui\plugin_handler_direct.py", line 121, in _restore_settings
    self._plugin.restore_settings(plugin_settings_plugin, instance_settings_plugin)
  File "c:\opt\ros\noetic\x64\lib\site-packages\rqt_graph\ros_graph.py", line 260, in restore_settings
    self._refresh_rosgraph()
  File "c:\opt\ros\noetic\x64\lib\site-packages\rqt_graph\ros_graph.py", line 289, in _refresh_rosgraph
    self._update_graph_view(self._generate_dotcode())
  File "c:\opt\ros\noetic\x64\lib\site-packages\rqt_graph\ros_graph.py", line 308, in _generate_dotcode
    return self.dotcode_generator.generate_dotcode(
  File "c:\opt\ros\noetic\x64\lib\site-packages\rqt_graph\dotcode.py", line 914, in generate_dotcode
    dotcode = dotcode_factory.create_dot(dotgraph)
  File "c:\opt\ros\noetic\x64\lib\site-packages\qt_dotgraph\pydotfactory.py", line 175, in create_dot
    dot = graph.create_dot()
  File "c:\opt\ros\noetic\x64\lib\site-packages\pydot.py", line 1722, in new_method
    return self.create(
  File "c:\opt\ros\noetic\x64\lib\site-packages\pydot.py", line 1922, in create
    raise OSError(*args)
FileNotFoundError: [WinError 2] "dot" not found in path.

Exception in thread Thread-3:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "c:\opt\ros\noetic\x64\lib\site-packages\rospy\impl\tcpros_base.py", line 154, in run
    (client_sock, client_addr) = self.server_sock.accept()
  File "socket.py", line 292, in accept
OSError: [WinError 10038] An operation was attempted on something that is not a socket

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "threading.py", line 932, in _bootstrap_inner
  File "threading.py", line 870, in run
  File "c:\opt\ros\noetic\x64\lib\site-packages\rospy\impl\tcpros_base.py", line 160, in run
    (e_errno, msg) = e.args
ValueError: too many values to unpack (expected 2)

I would appreciate it if someone could help me.

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answered 2020-09-07 20:10:37 -0600

IgnacioCipo gravatar image

I solved this problem following the 3 steps in this link: https://www.programmersought.com/arti... Hope this help others with the same problem I had.

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becareful on this part:

Prog = self.set_prog('dot')

it should be

prog = self.set_prog('dot')

i spent whole night just to figure out the error... huhu...

cikgu nash gravatar image cikgu nash  ( 2022-08-16 09:24:44 -0600 )edit
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answered 2021-11-30 10:11:19 -0600

osilva gravatar image

Recent update for this issue:

A two step process to make install Graphviz:

  1. Use chocolatey to install choco install graphviz

  2. Download latest stable Graphviz package: https://graphviz.org/download/

I tried to use choco only but didn't get it to work, so not 100% sure if both steps are needed.

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