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GZWeb deploy hangs generating thumbnails

When running deploy -t, the first folder's thumbnails are generated, and it hangs almost immediately on the second folder with the following, and never comes back (I have to CTRL-C):

Warning [parser.cc:340] Converting a deprecated source[/home/sitl/gzweb/tools/../http/client/assets/arm_part/model.sdf].
Warning [Converter.cc:59]   Version[1.6] to Version[1.4]
  Please use the gzsdf tool to update your SDF files.
    $ gzsdf convert [sdf_file]
Error [Converter.cc:127] Unable to convert from SDF version 1.6 to 1.4
Msg Waiting for master
Msg Connected to gazebo master @ http://127.0.0.1:11345
Msg Publicized address: 10.2.222.41
Error [Node.cc:90] No namespace found

I have tried running the gzsdf tool as it suggests and still get:

Error [Converter.cc:127] Unable to convert from SDF version 1.6 to 1.4

This is preventing me from being able to successfully install gzweb (at least usefully).

Asked by srees on 2016-10-28 07:01:13 UTC

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Since there are LOTS of folders in here and the error occurs on a large number of them, I'm looking for a better solution than hand-modifying every single model.sdf and model.config...

Asked by srees on 2016-10-28 07:04:01 UTC

normally the sdf conversion tool will try convert the model to a higher (current) sdf version but it appears you're using sdf 1.4 which is older than the version of the model.sdf file (1.6). Maybe try taking out the arm_part model from the http/client/assets folder first and see if the sdf conversion error is what's causing the process to hang?

Asked by iche033 on 2016-10-28 12:13:49 UTC

I'm also wondering if it's an issue with gazebo being version 2 in this particular case...I don't recall this issue on our other gazebo 6 installations.

Asked by srees on 2016-10-28 12:33:19 UTC

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