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can you try this diff: ``` index e00f64e..740bfd3 100644 --- a/src/python/director/taskrunner.py +++ b/src/python/director/taskrunner.py @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ class TaskRunner(object): self.pendingTasks = [] self.threads = [] self.timer = TimerCallback(callback=self._onTimer, targetFps=1/self.interval) +...

I haven't had a chance to look at this yet. It could be an issue related to drake's urdf rigid body renaming of links or fixed joints.

Perhaps the VTK git server was temporarily offline? Can you try it again, does it happen everytime? Also note that the VTK git history could be large so the download...

The clone should work if the network permits it. Is it eventually timing out and printing a relevant error message? In the default build configuration on Ubuntu, the director build...

draw live robot state: robot_state_t load robot model: robot_urdf_t manip plans: robot_plan_w_keyframes_t. But director doesn't actually use the keyframes, the keyframes are empty, so the main dependency is a robot_plan_t....

Yes. Director is implemented in c++ and python. Nearly all of the c++ code in Director and its dependencies VTK and Qt are wrapped for Python. When you run the...

Thanks for testing the new binaries! I will try to reproduce on my mac and see if I can figure it out.

Sounds good. Would you be able to update to Python 3 as well? Any reason you need to continue using Python 2? I have a Python 3 branch nearly ready...

I was able to reproduce the crash. I will let you know if I get a fix for it. In the meantime, I think you have a viable workaround so...

It's likely because of these lines: https://github.com/RobotLocomotion/director/blob/master/src/python/director/lcmcollections.py#L207 The way collections was implemented in Director (by following lcmgl.py's implementation) put the lcm subscribers in Python. But as we know, python cannot...