Hector Slam with Kinect - Error could not transform laser scan into base frame

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Forgive my naivety but i'm new to ROS so its all a bit strange to me. I followed the method provided in answers.ros.org/question/11363/how-to-generate-map-with-hector_slam-and-kinect/ and after fixing a few problems with deprecated stacks I was able to get the first launch file working. But the second launch file seems to raise the errors shown below.

When rivz is called no data changes on the map..

I can send a copy of the 2 launch files if it helps as I’m unable to paste them into this post

Has any one faced a similar or the same problem?

Any assistance would be much appreciated.

ERROR:-

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[ERROR] [1353506787.385155113]: Trajectory Server: Transform from /map to /base_link failed: Frame id /base_link does not exist! Frames (11): Frame /camera_depth_frame exists with parent /camera_link.

Frame /camera_link exists with parent NO_PARENT.

Frame /camera_depth_optical_frame exists with parent /camera_depth_frame.

Frame /camera_rgb_optical_frame exists with parent /camera_rgb_frame.

Frame /camera_rgb_frame exists with parent /camera_link.

Frame /base_frame exists with parent /base_stabilized.

Frame /base_stabilized exists with parent /map.

Frame /openni_camera exists with parent /base_frame.

Frame /nav exists with parent /base_frame.

Frame /map exists with parent NO_PARENT.


    [ERROR] [1353506787.634790194]: Trajectory Server: Transform from /map to /base_link failed: Frame id /base_link does not exist! Frames (11): Frame /camera_depth_frame exists with parent /camera_link.

    Frame /camera_link exists with parent NO_PARENT.

    Frame /camera_depth_optical_frame exists with parent /camera_depth_frame.

    Frame /camera_rgb_optical_frame exists with parent /camera_rgb_frame.

    Frame /camera_rgb_frame exists with parent /camera_link.

    Frame /base_frame exists with parent /base_stabilized.

    Frame /base_stabilized exists with parent /map.

    Frame /openni_camera exists with parent /base_frame.

    Frame /nav exists with parent /base_frame.

    Frame /map exists with parent NO_PARENT.

Thanks!

Ben, I tried what you suggested and saw the following

$ rosrun tf view_frames
Listening to /tf for 5.000000 seconds
Done Listening
Exception AttributeError: AttributeError("'_DummyThread' object has no attribute '_Thread__block'",) in <module 'threading' from '/usr/lib/python2.7/threading.pyc'> ignored 

dot - graphviz version 2.26.3 (20100126.1600)

Detected dot version 2.26.3
Exception AttributeError: AttributeError("'_DummyThread' object has no attribute '_Thread__block'",) in <module 'threading' from '/usr/lib/python2.7/threading.pyc'> ignored
frames.pdf generated

yes i am using fuerte.. and the pdf file has /map at the top followed by /base stablized, /base_frame then a split into /camera_link and /nav, the camera_link is connected to the Camera rgb and depth frame... Could it be that i have not included the right dependencies?

I looked at the set-up tutorial for hector slam and the launch files send the required parameters correctly..

Files can be found here:- dropbox.com/sh/7i5f3kcygtyud5q/2-w1HGYw6X.

Errors brought up when using Bens suggested code

   [ INFO] [1353684416.257402857]: lookupTransform base_footprint to /openni_depth_frame timed out. Could not transform laser scan into base_frame.
    [ERROR] [1353684416.339196772]: Trajectory Server: Transform from /map to /base_link failed: Frame id /map does not exist! Frames (8): Frame /camera_depth_optical_frame exists with parent /camera_depth_frame.
    Frame /camera_depth_frame exists with parent /camera_link.
    Frame /camera_link exists with parent NO_PARENT.
    Frame /camera_rgb_frame exists with parent /camera_link.
    Frame /camera_rgb_optical_frame exists with parent /camera_rgb_frame.
    Frame /openni_camera ...