LABORATORY L1.5

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FAQ - L1.5 Known Issues

Common problems and solutions for the L1.5 robotics laboratory.

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1. Disk quota exceeded

Many unexpected application errors and login issues are caused by the user's disk quota being full.

Check your quota:

quota -f ~

Most common fix - delete the cache directory:

rm -rf ~/.cache


2. Cloning display to the projector

To clone the Wacom graphic tablet to the projector, type in the terminal:

xrandr --output DVI-D-0 --mode 1920x1080 --same-as HDMI-1

To clone the main display to the projector:

xrandr --output DVI-D-0 --mode 1920x1080 --same-as HDMI-0


3. White speech bubbles in Choregraphe

Speech bubble backgrounds and text become nearly invisible due to a corrupted theme configuration file.

Fix:

  1. Close Choregraphe.
  2. Delete the file ~/.config/Trolltech.conf from the user's home directory.
  3. Restart Choregraphe — colors should now display correctly.

4. Virtual NAO not visible in Choregraphe

In Choregraphe's Robot View, the virtual NAO robot is not displayed. Selecting a specific virtual NAO version also has no effect.

Probable cause: The machine is missing an NVIDIA GPU. Currently there are no known computers in the lab with this issue, but this may change.

Check if NVIDIA is present:

lspci | grep -i nvidia

Fix: If no output is returned, switch to a different lab computer that has an NVIDIA GPU.