uvc_cam launching errors/ set_control

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Hi! I am trying to get my: Bus 006 Device 007: ID 046d:08f0 Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Messenger to publish its images in ROS. I am now trying to use uvc_cam using a launch file.

Problem 1:

unable to set control: Invalid argument ERROR: could not set some settings.
unable to set control

I get this error unless I comment out all set_control(,) calls other than the ones to Brightness, Contrast, and Gain. I do not know if commenting every other set_control is an acceptable solution.

Problem 2: Regardless of the code in the set_controls section, I get:

[uvc_camera-1] process has died [pid 7386, exit code -11, cmd /home/siml/roswk/uvc_camera_pkg/uvc_camera/bin/camera_node __name:=uvc_camera __log:=/home/siml/.ros/log/0cee0b5a-a2dc-11e2-9b3d-20cf3057401c/uvc_camera-1.log]. log file: /home/siml/.ros/log/0cee0b5a-a2dc-11e2-9b3d-20cf3057401c/uvc_camera-1*.log all processes on machine have died, roslaunch will exit shutting down processing monitor... ... shutting down processing monitor complete done

This log file does not exist for me to check out :(

I have no idea how to proceed, as usb_cam also failed on me due to an error: what(): pixel format not available.

Could it be that my .yaml calibration file is incorrect?

Any suggetions/ideas?

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MORE INFO::

My launch file (with removed brackets for display):

launch

node pkg="uvc_camera" type="camera_node" name="uvc_camera" output="screen"

param name="width" type="int" value="324" /

param name="height" type="int" value="240" /

param name="fps" type="int" value="30" /

param name="frame" type="string" value="wide_stereo" /

param name="device" type="string" value="/dev/video0" /

param name="camera_info_url" type="string" value="file://$(find camtobot)/usbcam.yaml" /

/node

/launch

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Full output:

PARAMETERS * /rosdistro * /rosversion * /uvc_camera/camera_info_url * /uvc_camera/device * /uvc_camera/fps * /uvc_camera/frame * /uvc_camera/height * /uvc_camera/width

NODES / uvc_camera (uvc_camera/camera_node)

ROS_MASTER_URI=("removed to post wo links")

core service [/rosout] found Exception AttributeError: AttributeError("'_DummyThread' object has no attribute '_Thread__block'",) in <module 'threading'="" from="" '="" usr="" lib="" python2.7="" threading.pyc'=""> ignored process[uvc_camera-1]: started with pid [7763] opening /dev/video0 pixfmt 0 = 'GRBG' desc = 'GRBG' discrete: 162x120:
discrete: 324x240:
int (Brightness, 0, id = 980900): 0 to 31 (1) int (Contrast, 0, id = 980901): 0 to 15 (1) int (Exposure, 0, id = 980911): 0 to 1023 (1) int (Gain, 0, id = 980913): 0 to 255 (1) unable to set control: Invalid argument ERROR: could not set some settings.
unable to set control [uvc_camera-1] process has died [pid 7763, exit code -11, cmd /home/siml/roswk/uvc_camera_pkg/uvc_camera/bin/camera_node __name:=uvc_camera __log:=/home/siml/.ros/log/0cee0b5a-a2dc-11e2-9b3d-20cf3057401c/uvc_camera-1.log]. log file: /home/siml/.ros/log/0cee0b5a-a2dc-11e2-9b3d-20cf3057401c/uvc_camera-1*.log all processes on machine have died, roslaunch will exit shutting down processing monitor... ... shutting down processing monitor complete done