Libfreenect not finding the Kinect

asked 2012-11-03 14:47:57 -0500

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This is sort of a follow up to this about libfreenect. I successfully got ROS installed on RaspberryPi (ARM) and compiled freenect_stack from @piyushk. I complete all of the steps, but it can't find the Kinect:

[kevin@raspberrypi freenect_stack]$ rosrun freenect_camera freenect_node 
[ INFO] [1351981388.025719933]: Initializing nodelet with 1 worker threads.
[ INFO] [1351981396.302127503]: No devices connected.... waiting for devices to be connected
[ INFO] [1351981399.320659202]: No devices connected.... waiting for devices to be connected
[ INFO] [1351981402.339445895]: No devices connected.... waiting for devices to be connected
[ INFO] [1351981405.356383634]: No devices connected.... waiting for devices to be connected
[ INFO] [1351981408.375364319]: No devices connected.... waiting for devices to be connected
[ INFO] [1351981411.394149012]: No devices connected.... waiting for devices to be connected
[ INFO] [1351981414.413055699]: No devices connected.... waiting for devices to be connected
[ INFO] [1351981417.431225405]: No devices connected.... waiting for devices to be connected
[ INFO] [1351981420.453722998]: No devices connected.... waiting for devices to be connected
[ INFO] [1351981423.472487689]: No devices connected.... waiting for devices to be connected
[ INFO] [1351981426.493123329]: No devices connected.... waiting for devices to be connected
[ INFO] [1351981429.516694892]: No devices connected.... waiting for devices to be connected
[ INFO] [1351981432.538032515]: No devices connected.... waiting for devices to be connected

Is there something else I am missing?

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Hi Kevin - any suggestions around a couple of problems I've having building this:libfreenect: No definition of [libxmu-dev] for OS [debian] freenect_launch: Missing resource pcl (I've installed libxmu-dev and freenect_camera: No definition of [log4cxx] for OS version [] where to get log4cxx?

MarkyMark2012 ( 2012-11-07 07:42:55 -0500 )edit

and finally - MSG: gencfg_cpp on:Test.cfg CMake Error at cmake/cfgbuild.cmake:66 (string): string sub-command REPLACE requires at least four arguments. Thanks Mark

MarkyMark2012 ( 2012-11-07 07:46:02 -0500 )edit

lsusb gives me - "Bus 001 Device 008: ID 045e:02b0 Microsoft Corp. Xbox NUI Motor" on the Pi

MarkyMark2012 ( 2012-11-07 07:47:06 -0500 )edit

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answered 2012-11-04 10:44:14 -0500

piyushk
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I don't have any experience with the RaspberryPi. I am not sure how well libfreenect supports it. Can you check to see if lsusb gives a suitable output:

lsusb

lsusb should give an output similar to:

Bus 001 Device 004: ID 045e:02b0 Microsoft Corp. Xbox NUI Motor
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 045e:02ad Microsoft Corp. Xbox NUI Audio
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 045e:02ae Microsoft Corp. Xbox NUI Camera

Also, I am not sure which binaries inside libfreenect can be run on the pi, but hopefully atleast tiltdemo should work:

rosrun libfreenect tiltdemo

Let me know if the above work.

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No I only see the Motor and the Audio and Camera don't show up. There appears to be others having the same issue, so I has more to do with the RaspberryPi and nothing to do with your code. Some people are thinking it has to do with the RPi's USB implementation.

Kevin ( 2012-11-10 02:12:02 -0500 )edit

Kevin - should you find a solution to this please let me know - am looking into it myself can covered/built from scratch all suggestions I've found thus far..... Thanks Mark

MarkyMark2012 ( 2012-11-20 10:48:05 -0500 )edit

doing more research, many have built libfreenect for RPi, but I cannot find anyone that has really gotten it to work. RPi can see the kinect motor but not the camera and audio. I think this is a RPi issue and not anything else. RPi probably has a bandwidth issue on the USB bus. Still looking at it.

Kevin ( 2012-11-20 14:15:04 -0500 )edit

Yep agreed - I'm getting the same issues as you...shall keep looking

MarkyMark2012 ( 2012-11-20 20:24:59 -0500 )edit

Kevin - by way of an update. Received new 512Mb board this w/e and updated the firmware. Now I'm able to see motor, audio and camera. A quick test of the tiltdemo also works. How did you get freenect_stack to build?

MarkyMark2012 ( 2012-11-25 11:13:21 -0500 )edit

I get the following error: MSG: gencfg_cpp on:Test.cfg CMake Error at cmake/cfgbuild.cmake:66 (string): string sub-command REPLACE requires at least four arguments. Call Stack (most recent call first): cmake/cfgbuild.cmake:87 (gencfg_cpp) CMakeLists.txt:24 (include) when rosmake

MarkyMark2012 ( 2012-11-25 11:13:47 -0500 )edit

MarkyMark2012 ( 2012-11-25 11:13:51 -0500 )edit

Glad to hear you can see the camera now. I had no errors ... try opening a new question and posting the errors.

Kevin ( 2012-11-25 14:36:34 -0500 )edit

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