Sorry for the "small" delay, I was busy with other projects for some
time. I installed from debs now and gazebo seems to run fine. So in
conclusion for other people getting this error and finding this
mailing list entry:
The described behavior most likely has to do with partial
recompilation and not with graphics driver hassles.

2010/9/16 John Hsu <johnhsu@willowgarage.com>:
> Looks like Geom instantiation didn't quite complete correctly, possibly due
> to partial recompile from updates.  You're probably right that running from
> debs will avoid this types of issues, but can you try doing a make clean and
> make wipe in opende and gazebo, then recompile and rerun your test?
> thanks,
> John
>
> On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 11:50 PM, Stefan Kohlbrecher
> <stefan.kohlbrecher@googlemail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi John,
>>
>> thanks for catching that, it indeed fixed the error w/ backtrace I
>> posted earlier. I have to agree that this error message indeed isn't
>> very helpful though, quite the opposite actually.
>>
>> So, here's a proper backtrace, with hopefully proper use of
>> gdb/gazebo/.world file:
>>
>> stefan@SKnotebook:~/ros/stacks/simulator_gazebo$ gdb ./gazebo/bin/gazebo
>> GNU gdb (GDB) 7.1-ubuntu
>> Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>> License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
>> <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
>> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
>> There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.  Type "show copying"
>> and "show warranty" for details.
>> This GDB was configured as "x86_64-linux-gnu".
>> For bug reporting instructions, please see:
>> <http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/>...
>> Reading symbols from
>> /home/stefan/ros/stacks/simulator_gazebo/gazebo/bin/gazebo...done.
>> (gdb) run  ./gazebo_worlds/worlds/empty.world
>> Starting program:
>> /home/stefan/ros/stacks/simulator_gazebo/gazebo/bin/gazebo
>> ./gazebo_worlds/worlds/empty.world
>> [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
>> Gazebo multi-robot simulator, version 0.10.0
>>
>> Part of the Player/Stage Project [http://playerstage.sourceforge.net].
>> Copyright (C) 2003 Nate Koenig, Andrew Howard, and contributors.
>> Released under the GNU General Public License.
>>
>> [New Thread 0x7fffe1c8c710 (LWP 3981)]
>> [New Thread 0x7fffe148b710 (LWP 3982)]
>> directory [/tmp/gazebo-stefan-0] already exists (previous crash?)
>> but the owner gazebo server (pid=3928) is not running.
>> deleting the old information of the directory [/tmp/gazebo-stefan-0]
>>
>> Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
>> gazebo::Entity::GetCompleteScopedName (this=0x0) at
>>
>> /home/stefan/ros/stacks/simulator_gazebo/gazebo/gazebo-svn/server/Entity.cc:309
>> 309       Entity *p = this->parent;
>> (gdb) bt
>> #0  gazebo::Entity::GetCompleteScopedName (this=0x0) at
>>
>> /home/stefan/ros/stacks/simulator_gazebo/gazebo/gazebo-svn/server/Entity.cc:309
>> #1  0x00007ffff5e7b6e9 in gazebo::Geom::CreateBoundingBox (this=0x0)
>>    at
>> /home/stefan/ros/stacks/simulator_gazebo/gazebo/gazebo-svn/server/physics/Geom.cc:219
>> #2  0x00007ffff5e81cc7 in gazebo::Geom::Load (this=0xfb6f00,
>> node=0x8e4ef0)
>>    at
>> /home/stefan/ros/stacks/simulator_gazebo/gazebo/gazebo-svn/server/physics/Geom.cc:172
>> #3  0x00007ffff52d57d9 in gazebo::ODEGeom::Load (this=0x7fffffffc2f0,
>> node=0x0)
>>    at
>> /home/stefan/ros/stacks/simulator_gazebo/gazebo/gazebo-svn/server/physics/ode/ODEGeom.cc:68
>> #4  0x00007ffff5e59ac5 in gazebo::Body::LoadGeom (this=<value
>> optimized out>, node=0x8e4ef0)
>>    at
>> /home/stefan/ros/stacks/simulator_gazebo/gazebo/gazebo-svn/server/physics/Body.cc:516
>> #5  0x00007ffff5e5ec9b in gazebo::Body::Load (this=0xfaee70,
>> node=0x8e4ea0)
>>    at
>> /home/stefan/ros/stacks/simulator_gazebo/gazebo/gazebo-svn/server/physics/Body.cc:205
>> #6  0x00007ffff52d6e19 in gazebo::ODEBody::Load (this=0x7fffffffc2f0,
>> node=0x0)
>>    at
>> /home/stefan/ros/stacks/simulator_gazebo/gazebo/gazebo-svn/server/physics/ode/ODEBody.cc:79
>> #7  0x00007ffff7b812a4 in gazebo::Model::LoadBody (this=<value
>> optimized out>, node=0x8e4ea0)
>>    at
>> /home/stefan/ros/stacks/simulator_gazebo/gazebo/gazebo-svn/server/Model.cc:886
>> #8  0x00007ffff7b81b9d in gazebo::Model::LoadPhysical (this=0xfaa6d0,
>> node=<value optimized out>)
>>    at
>> /home/stefan/ros/stacks/simulator_gazebo/gazebo/gazebo-svn/server/Model.cc:1247
>> #9  0x00007ffff7b861e3 in gazebo::Model::Load (this=0xfaa6d0,
>> node=0x8e4d60, removeDuplicate=<value optimized out>)
>>    at
>> /home/stefan/ros/stacks/simulator_gazebo/gazebo/gazebo-svn/server/Model.cc:212
>> #10 0x00007ffff7b588f2 in gazebo::World::LoadModel (this=0xa7d070,
>> node=0x8e4d60, parent=0x0, removeDuplicate=80, initModel=false)
>>    at
>> /home/stefan/ros/stacks/simulator_gazebo/gazebo/gazebo-svn/server/World.cc:590
>> #11 0x00007ffff7b6119a in gazebo::World::LoadEntities (this=0xa7d070,
>> node=0x8e4d60, parent=0x0, removeDuplicate=6, initModel=false)
>>    at
>> /home/stefan/ros/stacks/simulator_gazebo/gazebo/gazebo-svn/server/World.cc:467
>> #12 0x00007ffff7b61123 in gazebo::World::LoadEntities (this=0xa7d070,
>> node=<value optimized out>, parent=<value optimized out>,
>>    removeDuplicate=<value optimized out>, initModel=false) at
>>
>> /home/stefan/ros/stacks/simulator_gazebo/gazebo/gazebo-svn/server/World.cc:475
>> #13 0x00007ffff7b61bdc in gazebo::World::Load (this=0xa7d070,
>> rootNode=0xb0a1f0, serverId=<value optimized out>)
>>    at
>> /home/stefan/ros/stacks/simulator_gazebo/gazebo/gazebo-svn/server/World.cc:223
>> #14 0x00007ffff7b936c8 in gazebo::Simulator::Load (this=<value
>> optimized out>, worldFileName=<value optimized out>, serverId=0)
>>    at
>> /home/stefan/ros/stacks/simulator_gazebo/gazebo/gazebo-svn/server/Simulator.cc:292
>> #15 0x00000000004de25c in main (argc=2, argv=0x7fffffffe1b8) at
>> /home/stefan/ros/stacks/simulator_gazebo/gazebo/src/gazeboros.cpp:2003
>> (gdb)
>>
>>
>> This is still with my current own-compiled version of gazebo, will
>> install package-based C-Turtle sometime later.
>>
>> regards,
>> Stefan
>>
>> 2010/9/15 John Hsu <johnhsu@willowgarage.com>:
>> > Hi Stefan,
>> > ah. I think I figured out one of your problems...
>> > you need to give *.world files as inputs to gazebo, not launch scripts.
>> > Alternatively you can roslaunch these launch scripts, e.g.
>> >
>> > roslaunch gazebo_worlds debug.launch
>> >
>> > I figured that out when I tried:
>> >
>> > $ ./gazebo/bin/gazebo  ./gazebo_worlds/launch/empty_world.launch
>> > Gazebo multi-robot simulator, version 0.10.0
>> >
>> > Part of the Player/Stage Project [http://playerstage.sourceforge.net].
>> > Copyright (C) 2003 Nate Koenig, Andrew Howard, and contributors.
>> > Released under the GNU General Public License.
>> >
>> > gazebo:
>> >
>> > /u/hsu/projects/cturtle_wg_all/stacks/visualization_common/ogre/build/ogre_src_v1-7-1/OgreMain/src/OgreTextureManager.cpp:42:
>> > static Ogre::TextureManager& Ogre::TextureManager::getSingleton():
>> > Assertion
>> > `ms_Singleton' failed.
>> > Aborted
>> >
>> > I have to admit, the error message is not very helpful :)
>> > John
>> >
>> > On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 1:41 PM, Stefan Kohlbrecher
>> > <stefan.kohlbrecher@googlemail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hi John,
>> >>
>> >> I´m pretty sure I don´t have different installs of Ogre. I´ll probably
>> >> just do the package install and try that once I have the time.
>> >>
>> >> For running gdb, I just went into the bin directory of gazebo and did
>> >> "gdb ./gazebo". Then doing "run
>> >> ~/ros/stacks/simulator_gazebo/gazebo_worlds/launch/debug.launch" is
>> >> equivalent to  "./gazebo
>> >> ~/ros/stacks/simulator_gazebo/gazebo_worlds/launch/debug.launch",
>> >> which is a valid way of starting gazebo with a launch file (at least
>> >> that´s what I gathered from looking at gazebo´s command line help).
>> >>
>> >> regards,
>> >> Stefan
>> >>
>> >> 2010/9/14 John Hsu <johnhsu@willowgarage.com>:
>> >> > Stefan,
>> >> >
>> >> > Do you have multiple installs of Ogre on your system
>> >> > (Local/Boxturtle/Cturtle)?
>> >> > Also, can you manually do a make clean and make wipe in gazebo then
>> >> > rebuild
>> >> > and try again?
>> >> >
>> >> > By the way, this is a gdb question, how did you configure gdb to do
>> >> > roslaunch by  run?
>> >> > (gdb) run
>> >> > ~/ros/stacks/simulator_gazebo/gazebo_worlds/launch/debug.launch
>> >> >
>> >> > John
>> >> >
>> >> > On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 12:45 AM, Stefan Kohlbrecher
>> >> > <stefan.kohlbrecher@googlemail.com> wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Hi everyone,
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I'm having the exact same issues as described by Bert Willaert
>> >> >> (quoted
>> >> >> below) right now.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Platform: Ubuntu 10.04 - Machine x86_64  - Kernel 2.6.32-24-generic
>> >> >> -
>> >> >> Graphic card
>> >> >> Quadro NVS 160M (nvidia-current drivers [195.36.24] , hardware
>> >> >> acceleration sure seems to work in other GL applications)
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Using C-Turtle compiled from SVN.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> When starting gazebo in gdb, I get the following:
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> (gdb) run
>> >> >> ~/ros/stacks/simulator_gazebo/gazebo_worlds/launch/debug.launch
>> >> >> Starting program:
>> >> >> /home/stefan/ros/stacks/simulator_gazebo/gazebo/bin/gazebo
>> >> >> ~/ros/stacks/simulator_gazebo/gazebo_worlds/launch/debug.launch
>> >> >> [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
>> >> >> Gazebo multi-robot simulator, version 0.10.0
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Part of the Player/Stage Project
>> >> >> [http://playerstage.sourceforge.net].
>> >> >> Copyright (C) 2003 Nate Koenig, Andrew Howard, and contributors.
>> >> >> Released under the GNU General Public License.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> gazebo:
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> /home/stefan/ros/stacks/visualization_common/ogre/build/ogre_src_v1-7-1/OgreMain/src/OgreTextureManager.cpp:42:
>> >> >> static Ogre::TextureManager& Ogre::TextureManager::getSingleton():
>> >> >> Assertion `ms_Singleton' failed.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Program received signal SIGABRT, Aborted.
>> >> >> 0x00007ffff15c6a75 in *__GI_raise (sig=<value optimized out>) at
>> >> >> ../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.c:64
>> >> >> 64      ../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.c: No such file or
>> >> >> directory.
>> >> >>        in ../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.c
>> >> >> (gdb) bt
>> >> >> #0  0x00007ffff15c6a75 in *__GI_raise (sig=<value optimized out>) at
>> >> >> ../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.c:64
>> >> >> #1  0x00007ffff15ca5c0 in *__GI_abort () at abort.c:92
>> >> >> #2  0x00007ffff15bf941 in *__GI___assert_fail
>> >> >> (assertion=0x7ffff6f57932 "ms_Singleton", file=<value optimized
>> >> >> out>,
>> >> >> line=42,
>> >> >>    function=0x7ffff6fb9f60 "static Ogre::TextureManager&
>> >> >> Ogre::TextureManager::getSingleton()") at assert.c:81
>> >> >> #3  0x00007ffff6f22947 in Ogre::TextureManager::getSingleton ()
>> >> >>    at
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> /home/stefan/ros/stacks/visualization_common/ogre/build/ogre_src_v1-7-1/OgreMain/src/OgreTextureManager.cpp:42
>> >> >> #4  0x00007ffff577e1cc in gazebo::OgreAdaptor::Init (this=0xb0fbe0,
>> >> >> rootNode=<value optimized out>)
>> >> >>    at
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> /home/stefan/ros/stacks/simulator_gazebo/gazebo/gazebo-svn/server/rendering/OgreAdaptor.cc:180
>> >> >> #5  0x00007ffff7b939d5 in gazebo::Simulator::Load (this=<value
>> >> >> optimized out>, worldFileName=<value optimized out>, serverId=0)
>> >> >>    at
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> /home/stefan/ros/stacks/simulator_gazebo/gazebo/gazebo-svn/server/Simulator.cc:274
>> >> >> #6  0x00000000004de25c in main (argc=2, argv=0x7fffffffe188) at
>> >> >>
>> >> >> /home/stefan/ros/stacks/simulator_gazebo/gazebo/src/gazeboros.cpp:2003
>> >> >> (gdb) ^CQuit
>> >> >> (gdb)
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> thanks in advance for any pointers,
>> >> >> Stefan
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> 2010/7/22 Bert Willaert <bert.willaert@mech.kuleuven.be>:
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Hey,
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > I am having similar problems when trying the Gazebo tutorials:
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Platform: Ubuntu 10.04 - Machine x86_64  - Kernel 2.6.32-22 -
>> >> >> > Graphic
>> >> >> > card
>> >> >> > GeForce 9600GT
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > If I command: roslaunch gazebo_worlds empty_world.launch
>> >> >> > --> Gazebo interface opens and shuts down immediately
>> >> >> > Message:
>> >> >> > [gazebo-2] process has died [pid 8384, exit code -11].
>> >> >> > log files:
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > /home/u0052802/.ros/log/164a5024-95a5-11df-8cda-0023aeb04ff7/gazebo-2*.log
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > If I a command: roslaunch gazebo_worlds empty_world_no_x.launch
>> >> >> > Message:
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > [/opt/ros/boxturtle/stacks/simulator_gazebo/gazebo/gazebo-svn/server/GazeboConfig.cc:106]
>> >> >> >  Unable to find the file ~/.gazeborc. Using default paths. This
>> >> >> > may
>> >> >> > cause
>> >> >> > OGRE to fail.
>> >> >> > directory [/tmp/gazebo-u0052802-0] already exists (previous
>> >> >> > crash?)
>> >> >> > but the owner gazebo server (pid=8384) is not running.
>> >> >> > deleting the old information of the directory
>> >> >> > [/tmp/gazebo-u0052802-0]
>> >> >> > Gazebo successfully initialized
>> >> >> > [ INFO] 0.000000000: Callback thread id=0x95c780
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Thanks for helping!
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > --
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>> >> >> >
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