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how to run rqt with ubuntu and eloquent, service not available

asked 2020-01-04 09:57:42 -0500

billmania gravatar image

updated 2020-01-04 09:59:57 -0500

I have a clean installation of ROS2 Eloquent on an ubuntu 18.04 system. I'm following the Tutorial https://index.ros.org/doc/ros2/Tutori... First, there's a minor typo in that tutorial in Section 4, Install rqt. The command line

sudo apt install ros-{distro}-rqt-*

will install everything EXCEPT the ros-eloquent-rqt package itself. The command should be changed to:

sudo apt install ros-{distro}-rqt*

More importantly, when I attempt to start rqt with the command line rqt, I get the message service not available, waiting again...

What am I missing? Prior to this section of the tutorial, the turtlesim starts and functions correctly. I've tried to start rqt both with and without the turtlesim running, but the results are the same.

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Same for me - "service not available..."

Thomas B. Lyons gravatar image Thomas B. Lyons  ( 2020-01-05 03:25:00 -0500 )edit

Did you get this error right away or only after using a specific plugin? I experienced the same issue after adding rqt_tf_tree and was wondering if this was the case for you too.

Phgo gravatar image Phgo  ( 2020-04-15 10:56:27 -0500 )edit

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answered 2020-01-06 16:58:10 -0500

billmania gravatar image

After reading https://answers.ros.org/question/9123... I solved the problem by removing the directory ~/.config/ros.org.

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answered 2020-04-15 11:27:01 -0500

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I think this is caused if one of enabled plugins in rqt is waiting for a service that does not exist. (possibly because the required features are still a work in progress in ROS2?)

Resetting rqt with rqt --clear-config should disable all plugins and allow to reopen rqt in the usual way. This might be advantageous over deleting the whole configuration.

If the issue reappear after adding specific plugin, you know which plugin is causing this. (in my case rqt_tf_tree)

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