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Thank you for the pointers.

rosnode list

did not had openni_camera node listed in it. Following is the output of rosnode list after I ran roslaunch openni_launch once:

turtlebot@turtlebot-1025C:~$ rosnode list
/app_manager
/bumper2pointcloud
/camera/depth/metric
/camera/depth/metric_rect
/camera/depth/points
/camera/depth/rectify_depth
/camera/depth_registered/metric
/camera/depth_registered/metric_rect
/camera/depth_registered/rectify_depth
/camera/disparity_depth
/camera/disparity_depth_registered
/camera/driver
/camera/ir/rectify_ir
/camera/points_xyzrgb_depth_rgb
/camera/register_depth_rgb
/camera/rgb/debayer
/camera/rgb/rectify_color
/camera/rgb/rectify_mono
/camera_nodelet_manager
/cmd_vel_mux
/diagnostic_aggregator
/master_sync_turtlebot_1025C_2026_1107254408
/mobile_base
/mobile_base_nodelet_manager
/robot_pose_ekf
/robot_state_publisher
/rosout
/rviz_1381089680931013393
/turtlebot_laptop_battery
/zeroconf/zeroconf_avahi

Based on ROS documentation, I launched

roslaunch openni_launch openni.launch

It gives the following output. What seems odd to me is where it printed [ INFO] [1381090123.256421081]: No devices connected.... waiting for devices to be connected

turtlebot@turtlebot-1025C:~$ roslaunch openni_launch openni.launch
... logging to /home/turtlebot/.ros/log/92afcf1a-2ec0-11e3-abb1-94dbc9a2c311/roslaunch-turtlebot-1025C-13826.log
Checking log directory for disk usage. This may take awhile.
Press Ctrl-C to interrupt
Done checking log file disk usage. Usage is <1GB.

started roslaunch server (*EDITED* since I don't have previlidges to post URLs)TURTLEBOT:55616/

SUMMARY
========

PARAMETERS
 * /camera/depth/rectify_depth/interpolation
 * /camera/depth_registered/rectify_depth/interpolation
 * /camera/disparity_depth/max_range
 * /camera/disparity_depth/min_range
 * /camera/disparity_depth_registered/max_range
 * /camera/disparity_depth_registered/min_range
 * /camera/driver/depth_camera_info_url
 * /camera/driver/depth_frame_id
 * /camera/driver/depth_registration
 * /camera/driver/device_id
 * /camera/driver/rgb_camera_info_url
 * /camera/driver/rgb_frame_id
 * /rosdistro
 * /rosversion

NODES
  /camera/depth/
    metric (nodelet/nodelet)
    metric_rect (nodelet/nodelet)
    points (nodelet/nodelet)
    rectify_depth (nodelet/nodelet)
  /camera/rgb/
    debayer (nodelet/nodelet)
    rectify_color (nodelet/nodelet)
    rectify_mono (nodelet/nodelet)
  /
    camera_base_link (tf/static_transform_publisher)
    camera_base_link1 (tf/static_transform_publisher)
    camera_base_link2 (tf/static_transform_publisher)
    camera_base_link3 (tf/static_transform_publisher)
    camera_nodelet_manager (nodelet/nodelet)
  /camera/
    disparity_depth (nodelet/nodelet)
    disparity_depth_registered (nodelet/nodelet)
    driver (nodelet/nodelet)
    points_xyzrgb_depth_rgb (nodelet/nodelet)
    register_depth_rgb (nodelet/nodelet)
  /camera/ir/
    rectify_ir (nodelet/nodelet)
  /camera/depth_registered/
    metric (nodelet/nodelet)
    metric_rect (nodelet/nodelet)
    rectify_depth (nodelet/nodelet)

ROS_MASTER_URI=*EDITED* since I don't have previlidges to put URLs TURTLEBOT:11311

core service [/rosout] found
process[camera_nodelet_manager-1]: started with pid [13866]
process[camera/driver-2]: started with pid [13878]
[ INFO] [1381090122.820232930]: Initializing nodelet with 4 worker threads.
process[camera/rgb/debayer-3]: started with pid [13926]
[ INFO] [1381090123.256421081]: No devices connected.... waiting for devices to be connected
process[camera/rgb/rectify_mono-4]: started with pid [13942]
process[camera/rgb/rectify_color-5]: started with pid [13967]
process[camera/ir/rectify_ir-6]: started with pid [13983]
process[camera/depth/rectify_depth-7]: started with pid [13998]
process[camera/depth/metric_rect-8]: started with pid [14016]
process[camera/depth/metric-9]: started with pid [14034]
process[camera/depth/points-10]: started with pid [14055]
process[camera/register_depth_rgb-11]: started with pid [14073]
process[camera/depth_registered/rectify_depth-12]: started with pid [14088]
[ INFO] [1381090126.256891688]: No devices connected.... waiting for devices to be connected
process[camera/depth_registered/metric_rect-13]: started with pid [14104]
process[camera/depth_registered/metric-14]: started with pid [14130]
process[camera/points_xyzrgb_depth_rgb-15]: started with pid [14145]
process[camera/disparity_depth-16]: started with pid [14160]
process[camera/disparity_depth_registered-17]: started with pid [14179]
process[camera_base_link-18]: started with pid [14202]
process[camera_base_link1-19]: started with pid [14215]
process[camera_base_link2-20]: started with pid [14231]
process[camera_base_link3-21]: started with pid [14245]
[ INFO] [1381090129.257261828]: No devices connected.... waiting for devices to be connected
[ INFO] [1381090132.257730486]: No devices connected.... waiting for devices to be connected

Thank you for the pointers.

turtlebot@turtlebot-1025C:~$     rostopic echo /camera/rgb/image_color
WARNING: topic [/camera/rgb/image_color] does not appear to be published yet

rosnode list

did not had openni_camera node listed in it. Following is the output of rosnode list after I ran roslaunch openni_launch once:

turtlebot@turtlebot-1025C:~$ rosnode list
/app_manager
/bumper2pointcloud
/camera/depth/metric
/camera/depth/metric_rect
/camera/depth/points
/camera/depth/rectify_depth
/camera/depth_registered/metric
/camera/depth_registered/metric_rect
/camera/depth_registered/rectify_depth
/camera/disparity_depth
/camera/disparity_depth_registered
/camera/driver
/camera/ir/rectify_ir
/camera/points_xyzrgb_depth_rgb
/camera/register_depth_rgb
/camera/rgb/debayer
/camera/rgb/rectify_color
/camera/rgb/rectify_mono
/camera_nodelet_manager
/cmd_vel_mux
/diagnostic_aggregator
/master_sync_turtlebot_1025C_2026_1107254408
/mobile_base
/mobile_base_nodelet_manager
/robot_pose_ekf
/robot_state_publisher
/rosout
/rviz_1381089680931013393
/turtlebot_laptop_battery
/zeroconf/zeroconf_avahi

Based on ROS documentation, I launched

roslaunch openni_launch openni.launch

It gives the following output. What seems odd to me is where it printed [ INFO] [1381090123.256421081]: No devices connected.... waiting for devices to be connected

turtlebot@turtlebot-1025C:~$ roslaunch openni_launch openni.launch
... logging to /home/turtlebot/.ros/log/92afcf1a-2ec0-11e3-abb1-94dbc9a2c311/roslaunch-turtlebot-1025C-13826.log
Checking log directory for disk usage. This may take awhile.
Press Ctrl-C to interrupt
Done checking log file disk usage. Usage is <1GB.

started roslaunch server (*EDITED* since I don't have previlidges to post URLs)TURTLEBOT:55616/

SUMMARY
========

PARAMETERS
 * /camera/depth/rectify_depth/interpolation
 * /camera/depth_registered/rectify_depth/interpolation
 * /camera/disparity_depth/max_range
 * /camera/disparity_depth/min_range
 * /camera/disparity_depth_registered/max_range
 * /camera/disparity_depth_registered/min_range
 * /camera/driver/depth_camera_info_url
 * /camera/driver/depth_frame_id
 * /camera/driver/depth_registration
 * /camera/driver/device_id
 * /camera/driver/rgb_camera_info_url
 * /camera/driver/rgb_frame_id
 * /rosdistro
 * /rosversion

NODES
  /camera/depth/
    metric (nodelet/nodelet)
    metric_rect (nodelet/nodelet)
    points (nodelet/nodelet)
    rectify_depth (nodelet/nodelet)
  /camera/rgb/
    debayer (nodelet/nodelet)
    rectify_color (nodelet/nodelet)
    rectify_mono (nodelet/nodelet)
  /
    camera_base_link (tf/static_transform_publisher)
    camera_base_link1 (tf/static_transform_publisher)
    camera_base_link2 (tf/static_transform_publisher)
    camera_base_link3 (tf/static_transform_publisher)
    camera_nodelet_manager (nodelet/nodelet)
  /camera/
    disparity_depth (nodelet/nodelet)
    disparity_depth_registered (nodelet/nodelet)
    driver (nodelet/nodelet)
    points_xyzrgb_depth_rgb (nodelet/nodelet)
    register_depth_rgb (nodelet/nodelet)
  /camera/ir/
    rectify_ir (nodelet/nodelet)
  /camera/depth_registered/
    metric (nodelet/nodelet)
    metric_rect (nodelet/nodelet)
    rectify_depth (nodelet/nodelet)

ROS_MASTER_URI=*EDITED* since I don't have previlidges to put URLs TURTLEBOT:11311

core service [/rosout] found
process[camera_nodelet_manager-1]: started with pid [13866]
process[camera/driver-2]: started with pid [13878]
[ INFO] [1381090122.820232930]: Initializing nodelet with 4 worker threads.
process[camera/rgb/debayer-3]: started with pid [13926]
[ INFO] [1381090123.256421081]: No devices connected.... waiting for devices to be connected
process[camera/rgb/rectify_mono-4]: started with pid [13942]
process[camera/rgb/rectify_color-5]: started with pid [13967]
process[camera/ir/rectify_ir-6]: started with pid [13983]
process[camera/depth/rectify_depth-7]: started with pid [13998]
process[camera/depth/metric_rect-8]: started with pid [14016]
process[camera/depth/metric-9]: started with pid [14034]
process[camera/depth/points-10]: started with pid [14055]
process[camera/register_depth_rgb-11]: started with pid [14073]
process[camera/depth_registered/rectify_depth-12]: started with pid [14088]
[ INFO] [1381090126.256891688]: No devices connected.... waiting for devices to be connected
process[camera/depth_registered/metric_rect-13]: started with pid [14104]
process[camera/depth_registered/metric-14]: started with pid [14130]
process[camera/points_xyzrgb_depth_rgb-15]: started with pid [14145]
process[camera/disparity_depth-16]: started with pid [14160]
process[camera/disparity_depth_registered-17]: started with pid [14179]
process[camera_base_link-18]: started with pid [14202]
process[camera_base_link1-19]: started with pid [14215]
process[camera_base_link2-20]: started with pid [14231]
process[camera_base_link3-21]: started with pid [14245]
[ INFO] [1381090129.257261828]: No devices connected.... waiting for devices to be connected
[ INFO] [1381090132.257730486]: No devices connected.... waiting for devices to be connected

Thank you for the pointers.

turtlebot@turtlebot-1025C:~$     rostopic echo /camera/rgb/image_color
WARNING: topic [/camera/rgb/image_color] does not appear to be published yet

rosnode list

did not had openni_camera node listed in it. Following is the output of rosnode list after I ran roslaunch openni_launch once:

turtlebot@turtlebot-1025C:~$ rosnode list
/app_manager
/bumper2pointcloud
/camera/depth/metric
/camera/depth/metric_rect
/camera/depth/points
/camera/depth/rectify_depth
/camera/depth_registered/metric
/camera/depth_registered/metric_rect
/camera/depth_registered/rectify_depth
/camera/disparity_depth
/camera/disparity_depth_registered
/camera/driver
/camera/ir/rectify_ir
/camera/points_xyzrgb_depth_rgb
/camera/register_depth_rgb
/camera/rgb/debayer
/camera/rgb/rectify_color
/camera/rgb/rectify_mono
/camera_nodelet_manager
/cmd_vel_mux
/diagnostic_aggregator
/master_sync_turtlebot_1025C_2026_1107254408
/mobile_base
/mobile_base_nodelet_manager
/robot_pose_ekf
/robot_state_publisher
/rosout
/rviz_1381089680931013393
/turtlebot_laptop_battery
/zeroconf/zeroconf_avahi

Based on ROS documentation, I launched

roslaunch openni_launch openni.launch

It gives the following output. What seems odd to me is where it printed [ INFO] [1381090123.256421081]: No devices connected.... waiting for devices to be connected

turtlebot@turtlebot-1025C:~$ roslaunch openni_launch openni.launch
... logging to /home/turtlebot/.ros/log/92afcf1a-2ec0-11e3-abb1-94dbc9a2c311/roslaunch-turtlebot-1025C-13826.log
Checking log directory for disk usage. This may take awhile.
Press Ctrl-C to interrupt
Done checking log file disk usage. Usage is <1GB.

started roslaunch server (*EDITED* since I don't have previlidges to post URLs)TURTLEBOT:55616/

SUMMARY
========

PARAMETERS
 * /camera/depth/rectify_depth/interpolation
 * /camera/depth_registered/rectify_depth/interpolation
 * /camera/disparity_depth/max_range
 * /camera/disparity_depth/min_range
 * /camera/disparity_depth_registered/max_range
 * /camera/disparity_depth_registered/min_range
 * /camera/driver/depth_camera_info_url
 * /camera/driver/depth_frame_id
 * /camera/driver/depth_registration
 * /camera/driver/device_id
 * /camera/driver/rgb_camera_info_url
 * /camera/driver/rgb_frame_id
 * /rosdistro
 * /rosversion

NODES
  /camera/depth/
    metric (nodelet/nodelet)
    metric_rect (nodelet/nodelet)
    points (nodelet/nodelet)
    rectify_depth (nodelet/nodelet)
  /camera/rgb/
    debayer (nodelet/nodelet)
    rectify_color (nodelet/nodelet)
    rectify_mono (nodelet/nodelet)
  /
    camera_base_link (tf/static_transform_publisher)
    camera_base_link1 (tf/static_transform_publisher)
    camera_base_link2 (tf/static_transform_publisher)
    camera_base_link3 (tf/static_transform_publisher)
    camera_nodelet_manager (nodelet/nodelet)
  /camera/
    disparity_depth (nodelet/nodelet)
    disparity_depth_registered (nodelet/nodelet)
    driver (nodelet/nodelet)
    points_xyzrgb_depth_rgb (nodelet/nodelet)
    register_depth_rgb (nodelet/nodelet)
  /camera/ir/
    rectify_ir (nodelet/nodelet)
  /camera/depth_registered/
    metric (nodelet/nodelet)
    metric_rect (nodelet/nodelet)
    rectify_depth (nodelet/nodelet)

ROS_MASTER_URI=*EDITED* since I don't have previlidges to put URLs TURTLEBOT:11311

core service [/rosout] found
process[camera_nodelet_manager-1]: started with pid [13866]
process[camera/driver-2]: started with pid [13878]
[ INFO] [1381090122.820232930]: Initializing nodelet with 4 worker threads.
process[camera/rgb/debayer-3]: started with pid [13926]
[ INFO] [1381090123.256421081]: No devices connected.... waiting for devices to be connected
process[camera/rgb/rectify_mono-4]: started with pid [13942]
process[camera/rgb/rectify_color-5]: started with pid [13967]
process[camera/ir/rectify_ir-6]: started with pid [13983]
process[camera/depth/rectify_depth-7]: started with pid [13998]
process[camera/depth/metric_rect-8]: started with pid [14016]
process[camera/depth/metric-9]: started with pid [14034]
process[camera/depth/points-10]: started with pid [14055]
process[camera/register_depth_rgb-11]: started with pid [14073]
process[camera/depth_registered/rectify_depth-12]: started with pid [14088]
[ INFO] [1381090126.256891688]: No devices connected.... waiting for devices to be connected
process[camera/depth_registered/metric_rect-13]: started with pid [14104]
process[camera/depth_registered/metric-14]: started with pid [14130]
process[camera/points_xyzrgb_depth_rgb-15]: started with pid [14145]
process[camera/disparity_depth-16]: started with pid [14160]
process[camera/disparity_depth_registered-17]: started with pid [14179]
process[camera_base_link-18]: started with pid [14202]
process[camera_base_link1-19]: started with pid [14215]
process[camera_base_link2-20]: started with pid [14231]
process[camera_base_link3-21]: started with pid [14245]
[ INFO] [1381090129.257261828]: No devices connected.... waiting for devices to be connected
[ INFO] [1381090132.257730486]: No devices connected.... waiting for devices to be connected

If I disconnect the power cable of Kinect going to the Kobuki base, the LED on kinect turns red. While connected, it blinks green. That hopefully is a sign that it is getting power from the base..?

No, turtlebot-bringup does not report any errors. Following is the output

turtlebot@turtlebot-1025C:~$ roslaunch turtlebot_bringup 3dsensor.launch
... logging to /home/turtlebot/.ros/log/d852a574-2ecf-11e3-bc29-94dbc9a2c311/roslaunch-turtlebot-1025C-9251.log
Checking log directory for disk usage. This may take awhile.
Press Ctrl-C to interrupt
Done checking log file disk usage. Usage is <1GB.

started roslaunch server TURTLEBOT:45711/

SUMMARY
========

PARAMETERS
 * /camera/depth_registered/rectify_depth/interpolation
 * /camera/depthimage_to_laserscan_loader/output_frame_id
 * /camera/depthimage_to_laserscan_loader/range_min
 * /camera/depthimage_to_laserscan_loader/scan_height
 * /camera/openni_camera_loader/depth_frame_id
 * /camera/openni_camera_loader/depth_mode
 * /camera/openni_camera_loader/depth_registration
 * /camera/openni_camera_loader/depth_time_offset
 * /camera/openni_camera_loader/image_mode
 * /camera/openni_camera_loader/image_time_offset
 * /camera/openni_camera_loader/rgb_frame_id
 * /rosdistro
 * /rosversion

NODES
  /camera/
    camera_nodelet_manager (nodelet/nodelet)
    depthimage_to_laserscan_loader (nodelet/nodelet)
    openni_camera_loader (nodelet/nodelet)
    points_xyzrgb (nodelet/nodelet)
  /camera/depth_registered/
    rectify_depth (nodelet/nodelet)
  /camera/rgb/
    debayer (nodelet/nodelet)
    rectify_color (nodelet/nodelet)
    rectify_mono (nodelet/nodelet)

ROS_MASTER_URI=TURTLEBOT:11311

core service [/rosout] found
process[camera/camera_nodelet_manager-1]: started with pid [9297]
process[camera/openni_camera_loader-2]: started with pid [9306]
process[camera/rgb/debayer-3]: started with pid [9346]
process[camera/rgb/rectify_mono-4]: started with pid [9398]
process[camera/rgb/rectify_color-5]: started with pid [9421]
process[camera/depth_registered/rectify_depth-6]: started with pid [9444]
process[camera/points_xyzrgb-7]: started with pid [9474]
process[camera/depthimage_to_laserscan_loader-8]: started with pid [9490]

Thank you for the pointers.

turtlebot@turtlebot-1025C:~$     rostopic echo /camera/rgb/image_color
WARNING: topic [/camera/rgb/image_color] does not appear to be published yet

rosnode list

did not had openni_camera node listed in it. Following is the output of rosnode list after I ran roslaunch openni_launch once:

turtlebot@turtlebot-1025C:~$ rosnode list
/app_manager
/bumper2pointcloud
/camera/depth/metric
/camera/depth/metric_rect
/camera/depth/points
/camera/depth/rectify_depth
/camera/depth_registered/metric
/camera/depth_registered/metric_rect
/camera/depth_registered/rectify_depth
/camera/disparity_depth
/camera/disparity_depth_registered
/camera/driver
/camera/ir/rectify_ir
/camera/points_xyzrgb_depth_rgb
/camera/register_depth_rgb
/camera/rgb/debayer
/camera/rgb/rectify_color
/camera/rgb/rectify_mono
/camera_nodelet_manager
/cmd_vel_mux
/diagnostic_aggregator
/master_sync_turtlebot_1025C_2026_1107254408
/mobile_base
/mobile_base_nodelet_manager
/robot_pose_ekf
/robot_state_publisher
/rosout
/rviz_1381089680931013393
/turtlebot_laptop_battery
/zeroconf/zeroconf_avahi

Based on ROS documentation, I launched

roslaunch openni_launch openni.launch

It gives the following output. What seems odd to me is where it printed [ INFO] [1381090123.256421081]: No devices connected.... waiting for devices to be connected

turtlebot@turtlebot-1025C:~$ roslaunch openni_launch openni.launch
... logging to /home/turtlebot/.ros/log/92afcf1a-2ec0-11e3-abb1-94dbc9a2c311/roslaunch-turtlebot-1025C-13826.log
Checking log directory for disk usage. This may take awhile.
Press Ctrl-C to interrupt
Done checking log file disk usage. Usage is <1GB.

started roslaunch server (*EDITED* since I don't have previlidges to post URLs)TURTLEBOT:55616/

SUMMARY
========

PARAMETERS
 * /camera/depth/rectify_depth/interpolation
 * /camera/depth_registered/rectify_depth/interpolation
 * /camera/disparity_depth/max_range
 * /camera/disparity_depth/min_range
 * /camera/disparity_depth_registered/max_range
 * /camera/disparity_depth_registered/min_range
 * /camera/driver/depth_camera_info_url
 * /camera/driver/depth_frame_id
 * /camera/driver/depth_registration
 * /camera/driver/device_id
 * /camera/driver/rgb_camera_info_url
 * /camera/driver/rgb_frame_id
 * /rosdistro
 * /rosversion

NODES
  /camera/depth/
    metric (nodelet/nodelet)
    metric_rect (nodelet/nodelet)
    points (nodelet/nodelet)
    rectify_depth (nodelet/nodelet)
  /camera/rgb/
    debayer (nodelet/nodelet)
    rectify_color (nodelet/nodelet)
    rectify_mono (nodelet/nodelet)
  /
    camera_base_link (tf/static_transform_publisher)
    camera_base_link1 (tf/static_transform_publisher)
    camera_base_link2 (tf/static_transform_publisher)
    camera_base_link3 (tf/static_transform_publisher)
    camera_nodelet_manager (nodelet/nodelet)
  /camera/
    disparity_depth (nodelet/nodelet)
    disparity_depth_registered (nodelet/nodelet)
    driver (nodelet/nodelet)
    points_xyzrgb_depth_rgb (nodelet/nodelet)
    register_depth_rgb (nodelet/nodelet)
  /camera/ir/
    rectify_ir (nodelet/nodelet)
  /camera/depth_registered/
    metric (nodelet/nodelet)
    metric_rect (nodelet/nodelet)
    rectify_depth (nodelet/nodelet)

ROS_MASTER_URI=*EDITED* since I don't have previlidges to put URLs TURTLEBOT:11311

core service [/rosout] found
process[camera_nodelet_manager-1]: started with pid [13866]
process[camera/driver-2]: started with pid [13878]
[ INFO] [1381090122.820232930]: Initializing nodelet with 4 worker threads.
process[camera/rgb/debayer-3]: started with pid [13926]
[ INFO] [1381090123.256421081]: No devices connected.... waiting for devices to be connected
process[camera/rgb/rectify_mono-4]: started with pid [13942]
process[camera/rgb/rectify_color-5]: started with pid [13967]
process[camera/ir/rectify_ir-6]: started with pid [13983]
process[camera/depth/rectify_depth-7]: started with pid [13998]
process[camera/depth/metric_rect-8]: started with pid [14016]
process[camera/depth/metric-9]: started with pid [14034]
process[camera/depth/points-10]: started with pid [14055]
process[camera/register_depth_rgb-11]: started with pid [14073]
process[camera/depth_registered/rectify_depth-12]: started with pid [14088]
[ INFO] [1381090126.256891688]: No devices connected.... waiting for devices to be connected
process[camera/depth_registered/metric_rect-13]: started with pid [14104]
process[camera/depth_registered/metric-14]: started with pid [14130]
process[camera/points_xyzrgb_depth_rgb-15]: started with pid [14145]
process[camera/disparity_depth-16]: started with pid [14160]
process[camera/disparity_depth_registered-17]: started with pid [14179]
process[camera_base_link-18]: started with pid [14202]
process[camera_base_link1-19]: started with pid [14215]
process[camera_base_link2-20]: started with pid [14231]
process[camera_base_link3-21]: started with pid [14245]
[ INFO] [1381090129.257261828]: No devices connected.... waiting for devices to be connected
[ INFO] [1381090132.257730486]: No devices connected.... waiting for devices to be connected

If I disconnect the power cable of Kinect going to the Kobuki base, the LED on kinect turns red. While connected, it blinks green. That hopefully is a sign that it is getting power from the base..?

No, turtlebot-bringup does not report any errors. Following is the output

turtlebot@turtlebot-1025C:~$ roslaunch turtlebot_bringup 3dsensor.launch
... logging to /home/turtlebot/.ros/log/d852a574-2ecf-11e3-bc29-94dbc9a2c311/roslaunch-turtlebot-1025C-9251.log
Checking log directory for disk usage. This may take awhile.
Press Ctrl-C to interrupt
Done checking log file disk usage. Usage is <1GB.

started roslaunch server TURTLEBOT:45711/

SUMMARY
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PARAMETERS
 * /camera/depth_registered/rectify_depth/interpolation
 * /camera/depthimage_to_laserscan_loader/output_frame_id
 * /camera/depthimage_to_laserscan_loader/range_min
 * /camera/depthimage_to_laserscan_loader/scan_height
 * /camera/openni_camera_loader/depth_frame_id
 * /camera/openni_camera_loader/depth_mode
 * /camera/openni_camera_loader/depth_registration
 * /camera/openni_camera_loader/depth_time_offset
 * /camera/openni_camera_loader/image_mode
 * /camera/openni_camera_loader/image_time_offset
 * /camera/openni_camera_loader/rgb_frame_id
 * /rosdistro
 * /rosversion

NODES
  /camera/
    camera_nodelet_manager (nodelet/nodelet)
    depthimage_to_laserscan_loader (nodelet/nodelet)
    openni_camera_loader (nodelet/nodelet)
    points_xyzrgb (nodelet/nodelet)
  /camera/depth_registered/
    rectify_depth (nodelet/nodelet)
  /camera/rgb/
    debayer (nodelet/nodelet)
    rectify_color (nodelet/nodelet)
    rectify_mono (nodelet/nodelet)

ROS_MASTER_URI=TURTLEBOT:11311

core service [/rosout] found
process[camera/camera_nodelet_manager-1]: started with pid [9297]
process[camera/openni_camera_loader-2]: started with pid [9306]
process[camera/rgb/debayer-3]: started with pid [9346]
process[camera/rgb/rectify_mono-4]: started with pid [9398]
process[camera/rgb/rectify_color-5]: started with pid [9421]
process[camera/depth_registered/rectify_depth-6]: started with pid [9444]
process[camera/points_xyzrgb-7]: started with pid [9474]
process[camera/depthimage_to_laserscan_loader-8]: started with pid [9490]

lsusb returns following

 turtlebot@turtlebot-1025C:~$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 13d3:5711 IMC Networks 
Bus 001 Device 019: ID 0409:005a NEC Corp. HighSpeed Hub
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 0403:6001 Future Technology Devices International, Ltd FT232 USB-Serial (UART) IC
Bus 001 Device 023: ID 045e:02ad Microsoft Corp. Xbox NUI Audio
Bus 001 Device 020: ID 045e:02b0 Microsoft Corp. Xbox NUI Motor
Bus 001 Device 024: ID 045e:02ae Microsoft Corp. Xbox NUI Camera