Hi Tully,
I have put a note to the following tutorials on stage controllers about incompatibility with Fuerte and Groovy. Stage 4.1.1 has had issues with these tutorials which were designed on Stage 3.2.2 (Diamondback and Electric).
http://www.ros.org/wiki/stage/Tutorials/IntroductiontoStageControllers
http://www.ros.org/wiki/stage/Tutorials/MakingMapsUsingStagesWanderController
Best regards,
Arkapravo
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