This is a standalone Kinect v1/libfreenect probe. It does not load the rover server, does not open sockets, and does not keep running after the capture attempt finishes.

Build it:

cd server/tools/kinect-probe
make

Run it:

./kinect_probe

By default it writes into ./kinect-probe-output:

kinect-color.ppm: raw RGB color frame
kinect-depth.pgm: registered 16-bit depth frame
kinect-status.json: startup/capture timings and frame counters

You can choose a different output directory:

./kinect_probe /tmp/kinect-probe

The probe prints every important libfreenect startup step to stderr so failures show the exact point where the native path diverges from freenect-regview.