Sounds like your X server is not setup properly for 3D acceleration.  What
does "glxinfo" output?

Josh

On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 1:37 AM, Suraj Swami <suraj.g.swami@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am trying to use  the Stage simulation. I am following the tutorial given
> on the site
>
> ros.org/wiki/simulator_stage/Tutorials/SimulatingOneRobot
>
> I am able to run the simulation environment and even the command
>
> rosrun teleop_base teleop_base_keyboard base_controller/command:=cmd_vel
>
> But I get a very slow response to the inputs typed on the keyboard. I see
> the robot moving very  slowly and after few minutes. Later on the blue robot
> just disappears from the screen.
>
> Do I need to change any parameters in the world file ?
> I even tried changing the world file to
>
> interval_sim 1  # simulation timestep in milliseconds
> interval_real 1  # real-time interval between simulation updates in
> milliseconds
>
> But I still get the same response.
>
> I have one more concern.
>
> I was not able to run the command
> rosrun rviz rviz -d rviz/stage.vcg
>
> I get the following error.
> No protocol specified
> Error: Unable to initialize gtk, is DISPLAY set properly?
>
> The result of the command $ echo $DISPLAY
> :0.0
>
>
> Basically I trying to use ROS for a good simulation environment for my
> project. Do you recommend me to use Stage or do we have a new simulation
> environment by ROS ?
>
> Thank you.
>
>
> Regards,
> Suraj Swami
>
>
>
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