Rviz: fixed frame [world] does not exist

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I would like to extend jaco answer as this is an easy solution to a struggle lot of people, including myself run into when starting rosrun --debug rviz rviz (debug for verbose)

The solution is having a publisher for the fixed frame attached to the grid that describes your frame relative to it. This means using the quaternion/euler-angles rviz can transform the coordinate system from the fixed one into your frame. This is sets up a publisher that tells rviz where to put the fixed world frame.

rosrun tf static_transform_publisher 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 map my_frame 10

The one is necessary as its the quaternion identity 0 0 0 1.

The doc says this:
static_transform_publisher x y z qx qy qz qw frame_id child_frame_id period_in_ms

or in eulers as jaco did
static_transform_publisher x y z yaw pitch roll frame_id child_frame_id period_in_ms

having this publisher running the global status of the fixed frame is known and the Fixed Frame No tf data. Actual error: Fixed Frame [map] does not exist disappears.

For visualization, by default, RViz doesn't create a world frame and you will see no tf data. actual error fixed frame map does not exist in RViz GUI. See the following picture

To set up the scene, you need to use static_transform_publisher. Now you open a new terminal and type the following

rosrun tf static_transform_publisher 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 map world 5

You can see how static_transform_publisher is defined as follows: see the documentation

static_transform_publisher x y z yaw pitch roll frame_id child_frame_id period_in_ms

Publish a static coordinate transform to tf using an x/y/z offset in meters and yaw/pitch/roll in radians. (yaw is rotation about Z, pitch is rotation about Y, and roll is rotation about X). The period, in milliseconds, specifies how often to send a transform. 100ms (10hz) is a good value.

Once you prepare the scene, you see the following picture

Finally to reflect the change, go to Fixed Frame, you choose world (i.e. the one you've typed before) and hit enter as follows

try rosrun gmapping slam_gmapping ;and make sure you already have a gmapping package .or some other slam package.

Sorry, I am bit late to answer but I hope it helps ppl in future In order to solve the above error check your gazebo.launch ( your launch file name could be different ) and check the line <arg name="paused" value="false"/>

In case the value of this argument is "true", pls make it "false".

I hope it helps Thank you