# Unable to run voxl-mavlink-server

Source: https://forum.modalai.com/topic/2948/unable-to-run-voxl-mavlink-server
Category: Development Drones (https://forum.modalai.com/category/44/development-drones)
Tags: starling
Posted: 2023-12-14 13:55:00 UTC by juancangaritan
Replies: 7 · Views: 1682

## juancangaritan · 2023-12-14 13:55:00 UTC

Hi,
We are trying to set up a starling drone following the developer Boot-camp, but we haven't been able to get that the voxl-mavlink-server service runs. Even it fails at executing a 'service factory_enable'. Can you help us with this issue?
**voxl-inspect-service --version output**
![Screenshot from 2023-12-14 13-38-19.png](https://forum.modalai.com/assets/uploads/files/1702561844287-screenshot-from-2023-12-14-13-38-19.png)
**Trying to restore to default file**
 ![Screenshot from 2023-12-14 13-36-38.png](https://forum.modalai.com/assets/uploads/files/1702561844310-screenshot-from-2023-12-14-13-36-38.png) 
**Trying to get the service configuration**
![Screenshot from 2023-12-14 13-36-17.png](https://forum.modalai.com/assets/uploads/files/1702561844326-screenshot-from-2023-12-14-13-36-17.png)

## Reply by tom (ModalAI staff) · 2023-12-14 18:04:49 UTC

@juancangaritan It seems as though you have a package mismatch somewehere. Can you run `voxl-version` and post the output here?

## Reply by juancangaritan · 2023-12-14 18:17:19 UTC (in reply to tom)

@tom Hi Tom, thanks for your response. I decide to flash a new image to solve the package mismatch, but now I'm unable to install Ros melodic. 

![Screenshot from 2023-12-14 19-10-38.png](https://forum.modalai.com/assets/uploads/files/1702577481029-screenshot-from-2023-12-14-19-10-38.png) 

**Trying to install ROS output**
![Screenshot from 2023-12-14 19-12-18.png](https://forum.modalai.com/assets/uploads/files/1702577566946-screenshot-from-2023-12-14-19-12-18.png) 

I'm not sure if this issue is due to the package manager version or is there something here I'm missing?

## Reply by tom (ModalAI staff) · 2023-12-14 18:27:20 UTC (in reply to juancangaritan)

@juancangaritan Okay it looks like you're running a pre-release version of the SDK now, which is still under test but is looking good at this point.

If you run `apt-get update` are you able to install?
Are you following a specific ros guide from us?

## Reply by juancangaritan · 2023-12-14 18:46:39 UTC (in reply to tom)

@tom Yes, i'm following the ROS Installation on VOXL 2 guide.
Following your instructions, i'm getting this output:

![Screenshot from 2023-12-14 19-42-19.png](https://forum.modalai.com/assets/uploads/files/1702579401268-screenshot-from-2023-12-14-19-42-19.png) 

![Screenshot from 2023-12-14 19-42-41.png](https://forum.modalai.com/assets/uploads/files/1702579401244-screenshot-from-2023-12-14-19-42-41.png) 

**We still unable to install Ros**
![Screenshot from 2023-12-14 19-42-55.png](https://forum.modalai.com/assets/uploads/files/1702579590571-screenshot-from-2023-12-14-19-42-55.png)

## Reply by tom (ModalAI staff) · 2023-12-14 18:55:05 UTC (in reply to juancangaritan)

@juancangaritan Weird, I don't know why the source isn't there by default, try this:

```
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://packages.ros.org/ros/ubuntu $(lsb_release -sc) main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ros-latest.list'

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver 'hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80' --recv-key C1CF6E31E6BADE8868B172B4F42ED6FBAB17C654

sudo apt update

apt install -y ros-melodic-ros-base ros-melodic-image-transport
```

## Reply by juancangaritan · 2023-12-14 19:09:06 UTC (in reply to tom)

@tom Thank you, it works! 
![Screenshot from 2023-12-14 20-06-30.png](https://forum.modalai.com/assets/uploads/files/1702580815690-screenshot-from-2023-12-14-20-06-30.png) 

**Ros is running**
![Screenshot from 2023-12-14 20-08-13.png](https://forum.modalai.com/assets/uploads/files/1702580922272-screenshot-from-2023-12-14-20-08-13.png)

## Reply by tom (ModalAI staff) · 2023-12-14 19:10:00 UTC (in reply to juancangaritan)

@juancangaritan Thanks for trying that out! I'll update that docs page