Running gz sim -s or gz sim -g fails

[traversaro]

Solution to issue cannot be found in the documentation.

• I checked the documentation.

Issue

(gz-sim7) traversaro@IITICUBLAP257:~$ gz sim -s
[Err] [ServerConfig.cc:992] Failed to copy installed config [/home/traversaro/mambaforge/envs/gz-sim7/share/gz/gz-sim7] to default config [/home/traversaro/.gz/sim/7/server.config].
^C(gz-sim7) traversaro@IITICUBLAP257:~$ gz sim -g
[Err] [Gui.cc:98] Failed to copy installed config [/home/traversaro/mambaforge/envs/gz-sim7/share/gz/gz-sim7/gui] to default config [/home/traversaro/.gz/sim/7/gui.config].
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::logic_error'
  what():  basic_string::_M_construct null not valid
Stack trace (most recent call last):
#26   Object "/home/traversaro/mambaforge/envs/gz-sim7/bin/ruby", at 0x55fbcafda0e4, in _start
#25   Source "../csu/libc-start.c", line 392, in __libc_start_main_impl [0x7f0997239e3f]
#24   Source "../sysdeps/nptl/libc_start_call_main.h", line 58, in __libc_start_call_main [0x7f0997239d8f]
#23   Object "/home/traversaro/mambaforge/envs/gz-sim7/bin/ruby", at 0x55fbcafda0a0, in main
#22   Object "/home/traversaro/mambaforge/envs/gz-sim7/lib/libruby.so.3.1.2", at 0x7f0997701db7, in ruby_run_node
#21   Object "/home/traversaro/mambaforge/envs/gz-sim7/lib/libruby.so.3.1.2", at 0x7f09976fd770, in rb_ec_exec_node
#20   Object "/home/traversaro/mambaforge/envs/gz-sim7/lib/libruby.so.3.1.2", at 0x7f099789c52e, in rb_vm_exec
#19   Object "/home/traversaro/mambaforge/envs/gz-sim7/lib/libruby.so.3.1.2", at 0x7f0997897478, in vm_exec_core
#18   Object "/home/traversaro/mambaforge/envs/gz-sim7/lib/libruby.so.3.1.2", at 0x7f099789470d, in vm_sendish
#17   Object "/home/traversaro/mambaforge/envs/gz-sim7/lib/libruby.so.3.1.2", at 0x7f099788a196, in vm_call_cfunc_with_frame
#16   Object "/home/traversaro/mambaforge/envs/gz-sim7/lib/ruby/3.1.0/x86_64-linux/fiddle.so", at 0x7f099359b8f4, in function_call
#15   Object "/home/traversaro/mambaforge/envs/gz-sim7/lib/libruby.so.3.1.2", at 0x7f099785d834, in rb_nogvl
#14   Object "/home/traversaro/mambaforge/envs/gz-sim7/lib/ruby/3.1.0/x86_64-linux/fiddle.so", at 0x7f099359b278, in nogvl_ffi_call
#13   Object "/home/traversaro/mambaforge/envs/gz-sim7/lib/libffi.so.8.1.0", at 0x7f099358efe9, in ffi_call_int
#12   Object "/home/traversaro/mambaforge/envs/gz-sim7/lib/libffi.so.8.1.0", at 0x7f099358fa49, in ffi_call_unix64
#11   Object "/home/traversaro/mambaforge/envs/gz-sim7/lib/libgz-sim7-gz.so.7.0.0", at 0x7f099299699c, in runGui
#10   Object "/home/traversaro/mambaforge/envs/gz-sim7/lib/libgz-sim7-gui.so.7.0.0", at 0x7f09927a23ee, in gz::sim::v7::gui::runGui(int&, char**, char const*, char const*, int, char const*)
#9    Object "/home/traversaro/mambaforge/envs/gz-sim7/lib/libgz-sim7-gui.so.7.0.0", at 0x7f099279e4da, in gz::sim::v7::gui::createGui(int&, char**, char const*, char const*, bool, char const*, int, char const*)
#8    Object "/home/traversaro/mambaforge/envs/gz-sim7/lib/libgz-sim7-gui.so.7.0.0", at 0x7f0992799b52, in gz::sim::v7::gui::defaultGuiConfigFile[abi:cxx11](bool, char const*)
#7    Source "../../../../../libstdc++-v3/src/c++11/functexcept.cc", line 70, in __throw_logic_error [0x7f09933c508c]
#6    Source "../../../../libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/eh_throw.cc", line 98, in __cxa_throw [0x7f09933c8757]
#5    Source "../../../../libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/eh_terminate.cc", line 58, in terminate [0x7f09933c8565]
#4    Source "../../../../libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/eh_terminate.cc", line 48, in __terminate [0x7f09933c8513]
#3    Source "../../../../libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/vterminate.cc", line 95, in __verbose_terminate_handler [0x7f09933ca025]
#2    Source "./stdlib/abort.c", line 79, in abort [0x7f09972387f2]
#1    Source "../sysdeps/posix/raise.c", line 26, in raise [0x7f0997252475]
#0  | Source "./nptl/pthread_kill.c", line 89, in __pthread_kill_internal
    | Source "./nptl/pthread_kill.c", line 78, in __pthread_kill_implementation
      Source "./nptl/pthread_kill.c", line 44, in __pthread_kill [0x7f09972a6a7c]
Aborted (Signal sent by tkill() 1260 1000)
Aborted

Installed packages

(gz-sim7) traversaro@IITICUBLAP257:~$ conda list
# packages in environment at /home/traversaro/mambaforge/envs/gz-sim7:
#
# Name                    Version                   Build  Channel
_libgcc_mutex             0.1                 conda_forge    conda-forge
_openmp_mutex             4.5                       2_gnu    conda-forge
alsa-lib                  1.2.8                h166bdaf_0    conda-forge
aom                       3.5.0                h27087fc_0    conda-forge
assimp                    5.2.5                hf40c2ba_0    conda-forge
attr                      2.5.1                h166bdaf_1    conda-forge
blosc                     1.21.1               h83bc5f7_3    conda-forge
boost-cpp                 1.78.0               h75c5d50_1    conda-forge
bullet-cpp                3.21                 h8b32b4d_4    conda-forge
bzip2                     1.0.8                h7f98852_4    conda-forge
c-ares                    1.18.1               h7f98852_0    conda-forge
ca-certificates           2022.9.24            ha878542_0    conda-forge
cairo                     1.16.0            ha61ee94_1014    conda-forge
cfitsio                   4.1.0                hd9d235c_0    conda-forge
cli11                     2.3.1                h27087fc_0    conda-forge
console_bridge            1.0.2                h924138e_1    conda-forge
cppzmq                    4.8.1                hf7cf922_0    conda-forge
curl                      7.86.0               h7bff187_1    conda-forge
dartsim                   6.12.2               h0a4c592_3    conda-forge
dbus                      1.13.6               h5008d03_3    conda-forge
eigen                     3.4.0                h4bd325d_0    conda-forge
elfutils                  0.188                hbb17bd0_0    conda-forge
expat                     2.5.0                h27087fc_0    conda-forge
fcl                       0.7.0                hdebe893_2    conda-forge
ffmpeg                    5.1.2           gpl_hc51e5dc_103    conda-forge
fftw                      3.3.10          nompi_hf0379b8_105    conda-forge
flann                     1.9.1             he05ef13_1011    conda-forge
font-ttf-dejavu-sans-mono 2.37                 hab24e00_0    conda-forge
font-ttf-inconsolata      3.000                h77eed37_0    conda-forge
font-ttf-source-code-pro  2.038                h77eed37_0    conda-forge
font-ttf-ubuntu           0.83                 hab24e00_0    conda-forge
fontconfig                2.14.1               hc2a2eb6_0    conda-forge
fonts-conda-ecosystem     1                             0    conda-forge
fonts-conda-forge         1                             0    conda-forge
freeimage                 3.18.0              h530e30e_10    conda-forge
freetype                  2.12.1               hca18f0e_0    conda-forge
freexl                    1.0.6                h166bdaf_1    conda-forge
gdbm                      1.18                 h0a1914f_2    conda-forge
geos                      3.11.0               h27087fc_0    conda-forge
geotiff                   1.7.1                ha76d385_4    conda-forge
gettext                   0.21.1               h27087fc_0    conda-forge
giflib                    5.2.1                h36c2ea0_2    conda-forge
glib                      2.74.1               h6239696_1    conda-forge
glib-tools                2.74.1               h6239696_1    conda-forge
gmp                       6.2.1                h58526e2_0    conda-forge
gnutls                    3.7.8                hf3e180e_0    conda-forge
gst-plugins-base          1.21.1               h3e40eee_1    conda-forge
gstreamer                 1.21.1               hd4edc92_1    conda-forge
gts                       0.7.6                h64030ff_2    conda-forge
gz-sim7                   7.0.0                ha770c72_4    conda-forge
gz-sim7-python            7.0.0           py311hc6c49d4_4    conda-forge
hdf4                      4.2.15               h9772cbc_5    conda-forge
hdf5                      1.12.2          nompi_h2386368_100    conda-forge
icu                       70.1                 h27087fc_0    conda-forge
imath                     3.1.6                h6239696_0    conda-forge
jack                      1.9.21               he978b8e_1    conda-forge
jpeg                      9e                   h166bdaf_2    conda-forge
json-c                    0.16                 hc379101_0    conda-forge
jsoncpp                   1.9.5                h4bd325d_1    conda-forge
jxrlib                    1.1                  h7f98852_2    conda-forge
kealib                    1.4.15               ha7026e8_1    conda-forge
keyutils                  1.6.1                h166bdaf_0    conda-forge
krb5                      1.19.3               h3790be6_0    conda-forge
lame                      3.100             h166bdaf_1003    conda-forge
lcms2                     2.12                 hddcbb42_0    conda-forge
ld_impl_linux-64          2.39                 hc81fddc_0    conda-forge
lerc                      4.0.0                h27087fc_0    conda-forge
libarchive                3.5.2                hb890918_3    conda-forge
libblas                   3.9.0           16_linux64_openblas    conda-forge
libcap                    2.66                 ha37c62d_0    conda-forge
libcblas                  3.9.0           16_linux64_openblas    conda-forge
libccd-double             2.1                  h27087fc_3    conda-forge
libclang                  15.0.4          default_h2e3cab8_0    conda-forge
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libdrm                    2.4.114              h166bdaf_0    conda-forge
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libev                     4.33                 h516909a_1    conda-forge
libevent                  2.1.10               h9b69904_4    conda-forge
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libgz-utils2              2.0.0                h27087fc_1    conda-forge
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libkml                    1.3.0             h37653c0_1015    conda-forge
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libllvm15                 15.0.4               h63197d8_0    conda-forge
libmicrohttpd             0.9.75               h2603550_1    conda-forge
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libopenblas               0.3.21          pthreads_h78a6416_3    conda-forge
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pulseaudio                14.0                h0d2025b_11    conda-forge
pybind11-abi              4                    hd8ed1ab_3    conda-forge
python                    3.11.0          h582c2e5_0_cpython    conda-forge
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xorg-libice               1.0.10               h7f98852_0    conda-forge
xorg-libsm                1.2.3             hd9c2040_1000    conda-forge
xorg-libx11               1.7.2                h7f98852_0    conda-forge
xorg-libxau               1.0.9                h7f98852_0    conda-forge
xorg-libxaw               1.0.14               h7f98852_1    conda-forge
xorg-libxdmcp             1.1.3                h7f98852_0    conda-forge
xorg-libxext              1.3.4                h7f98852_1    conda-forge
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xorg-libxmu               1.1.3                h7f98852_0    conda-forge
xorg-libxpm               3.5.13               h7f98852_0    conda-forge
xorg-libxrandr            1.5.2                h7f98852_1    conda-forge
xorg-libxrender           0.9.10            h7f98852_1003    conda-forge
xorg-libxt                1.2.1                h7f98852_2    conda-forge
xorg-randrproto           1.5.0             h7f98852_1001    conda-forge
xorg-renderproto          0.11.1            h7f98852_1002    conda-forge
xorg-xextproto            7.3.0             h7f98852_1002    conda-forge
xorg-xproto               7.0.31            h7f98852_1007    conda-forge
xz                        5.2.6                h166bdaf_0    conda-forge
yaml                      0.2.5                h7f98852_2    conda-forge
zeromq                    4.3.4                h9c3ff4c_1    conda-forge
zlib                      1.2.13               h166bdaf_4    conda-forge
zstd                      1.5.2                h6239696_4    conda-forge
zziplib                   0.13.69              h27826a3_1    conda-forge

Environment info

(gz-sim7) traversaro@IITICUBLAP257:~$ conda info

     active environment : gz-sim7
    active env location : /home/traversaro/mambaforge/envs/gz-sim7
            shell level : 1
       user config file : /home/traversaro/.condarc
 populated config files : /home/traversaro/mambaforge/.condarc
                          /home/traversaro/.condarc
          conda version : 4.12.0
    conda-build version : not installed
         python version : 3.10.6.final.0
       virtual packages : __linux=5.15.68.1=0
                          __glibc=2.35=0
                          __unix=0=0
                          __archspec=1=x86_64
       base environment : /home/traversaro/mambaforge  (writable)
      conda av data dir : /home/traversaro/mambaforge/etc/conda
  conda av metadata url : None
           channel URLs : https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/linux-64
                          https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/noarch
          package cache : /home/traversaro/mambaforge/pkgs
                          /home/traversaro/.conda/pkgs
       envs directories : /home/traversaro/mambaforge/envs
                          /home/traversaro/.conda/envs
               platform : linux-64
             user-agent : conda/4.12.0 requests/2.28.1 CPython/3.10.6 Linux/5.15.68.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2 ubuntu/22.04.1 glibc/2.35
                UID:GID : 1000:1000
             netrc file : None
           offline mode : False

[traversaro]

See gazebosim/gz-sim#168 (comment) for a related issue.

[traversaro]

I forgot to update the issue. Basically, the problem is:

[Err] [Gui.cc:98] Failed to copy installed config [/home/traversaro/mambaforge/envs/gz-sim7/share/gz/gz-sim7/gui] to default config [/home/traversaro/.gz/sim/7/gui.config].

The bug is in https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-sim/blob/b7a08cd70147f6713f2a90a57000781864b7414e/src/gui/Gui.cc#L95, basically there is an error in joining the two strings /home/traversaro/mambaforge/envs/gz-sim7/share/gz/gz-sim7/gui (i.e. GZ_SIM_GUI_CONFIG_PATH) and gui.config (i.e. defaultGuiConfigName). The issue is probably something similar to conda-forge/libignition-gazebo-feedstock#4 and fixed in conda-forge/libignition-common-feedstock#36 . Anyhow, I was kind of tired of fragile workarounds (that would not anyhow work on Windows), so I try to fix the underlying issues once and for all, this is ongoing work in gazebosim/gz-cmake#334 .

[traversaro]

I just tested, this was fixed by #19 (i.e. gz-sim7=7.5.0=*_6) .

[Tobias-Fischer]

Nice one