[PlayerStage-Gazebo] Gazebo GUI runs too slow

[Rufino B. <rb...@gm...>]

Hi

I have just started to get familiar with the player/gazebo environment with
the idea to implement a 3D virtual simulation for my PhD project. My system
properties are: PC intel core2 duo, video card: ATI Technologies Inc RV516
[Radeon X1300/X1550 Series], OS: Ubuntu 2.6.24-22-generic x86_64 GNU/Linux.
I have installed Player/Stage/Gazebo software following the instructions on:

- http://www.irobotics.org/gazebo08.f8.html

I run one of the given worlds:
$ gazebo /usr/local/share/gazebo/worlds/pioneer2dx.world
Gazebo multi-robot simulator, version 0.8-pre3

Part of the Player/Stage Project [http://playerstage.sourceforge.net].
Copyright (C) 2003 Nate Koenig, Andrew Howard, and contributors.
Released under the GNU General Public License.

[server/GazeboConfig.cc:84]
  Gazebo Path[/usr/local/share/gazebo]
[server/GazeboConfig.cc:92]
  Ogre Path[/usr/lib/OGRE]
creating /tmp/gazebo-rufino-0
creating /tmp/gazebo-rufino-0/simulation.default 112 145592
creating /tmp/gazebo-rufino-0/position.position_iface_0 112 288

It works but the gui runs too slow and when I tried to move the agent around
using the suggested player/gazebo config file
'gazebo_rev6886.cfg<http://www.irobotics.org/files/gazebo_rev6886.cfg>'
(from web page mentioned above). Any help to improve this problem?

Thanks for your time

Rufo