p2os_teleop should not interfere with writing to a bagfile. Make sure that you have write permissions for the directory where the bagfile will be written, (this is not always the current directory, sometimes it is /opt/ros/ros or ~/ros/ros whereever the ros installation was done). On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 10:32 AM, Rishi Bedi wrote: > Ya, I did that. > It may have something to do with the p2os_teleop package that I am > using -- could they be interfering? I installed the teleop package > after gmapping worked for me last Friday... so that's probably it... > any ideas on interference between the two? > Thanks > Rishi > > > Rishi Bedi > rbedi100@gmail.com > > > > On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 12:30 PM, Brian Gerkey wrote: >> hi Rishi, >> >> I just ran through that tutorial, downloading the linked bag, and it >> works fine for me.  Did you set the use_sim_time parameter (step 4) >> before starting gmapping (step 5)? >> >>        brian. >> >> On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 8:08 AM, Rishi Bedi wrote: >>> Hi, >>> I'm trying to run the gmapping package, following the tutorial here: >>> http://www.ros.org/wiki/slam_gmapping/Tutorials/MappingFromLoggedData >>> . >>> I'm getting errors at a few points along the way, however -- when I >>> try to record my own bagfile from my Pioneer 2 (which I am >>> teleoperating using a joystick), I repeatedly get this error: >>> "[FATAL] [WallTime: 1279638142.894919030]: rosrecord::Record: could >>> not write to file.  Check permissions and diskspace" My diskspace is >>> definitely enough -- what permissions is it alluding to? >>> >>> I then tried just using the bagfile linked to in the tutorial, but >>> gmapping outputs the following, repeatedly: "[ WARN] [WallTime: >>> 1279638187.366396181]: TF_OLD_DATA ignoring data from the past for >>> frame /base_link at time 126.2 according to authority >>> /play_1279638095646529424". Using rosbag play to play the bagfile >>> appears to be working, but it shows this: >>> "RUNNING]  Bag Time:     35.500164   Duration: 0.900164 / >>> 1239670987.745222   " <-- it's counting by 1/10, so that looks too >>> big... it would take a while to count to that! >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Rishi >>> >>> Rishi Bedi >>> rbedi100@gmail.com >>> _______________________________________________ >>> ros-users mailing list >>> ros-users@code.ros.org >>> https://code.ros.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-users >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> ros-users mailing list >> ros-users@code.ros.org >> https://code.ros.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-users >> > _______________________________________________ > ros-users mailing list > ros-users@code.ros.org > https://code.ros.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-users >