pr2_bringup error: [get_hddtemp_data] socket connection refused

[iretiayo]

I get the following error when bringing up the pr2 (i.e. roslaunch /etc/ros/robot.launch
)
ERROR below:
File "/opt/ros/indigo/lib/pr2_computer_monitor/hd_monitor.py", line 77, in get_hddtemp_data
hd_sock.connect((hostname, port))
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/socket.py", line 224, in meth
return getattr(self._sock,name)(*args)
error: [Errno 111] Connection refused

It looks like the problem is with the hostname/port number specified as:
def get_hddtemp_data(hostname = 'localhost', port = 7634):

check the file at: https://github.com/PR2/pr2_robot/blob/indigo-devel/pr2_computer_monitor/scripts/hd_monitor.py

I'm not sure how to fix it though.

[mherrb]

To fix this you need to enable the daemon mode in hddtemp.
Make sure that hddtemp is installed (apt-get install hddtemp) and edit /etc/default/hddtemp to change

RUN_DAEMON="false"

to
RUN_DAEMON="true"