Troubleshooting question - [gazebo-2] process has died


Hello,
I am following the get started guide in order to set up my environment correctly.
I have installed Ubunto 14.04.5 (Trusty Tahr) on VMWare and have installed ROS according to the instructions provided in the getstarted > installation section... I have also compiled the release.
Now that I am going through the tutorials, I am running into some issues.
When I type the following commands:
cd catvehicle_ws
source devel/setup.bash
roslaunch catvehicle catvehicle_skidpan.launch
I get the following two error/warning messages:
"[gazebo-2] process has died [pid 5081, exit code 134, cmd /opt/ros/indigo/lib/gazebo_ros/gzserver -e ode /home/rubis-cat/catvehicle_ws/src/catvehicle/worlds/skidpan.world __name:=gazebo __log:=/home/rubis-cat/.ros/log/a6523838-047c-11e7-b905-000c29f0beae/gazebo-2.log].
log file: /home/rubis-cat/.ros/log/a6523838-047c-11e7-b905-000c29f0beae/gazebo-2*.log"
"[WARN] [WallTime: 1489031942.211422] [1089.396000] Controller Spawner couldn't find the expected controller_manager ROS interface"
I have looked up both of them online, but am having trouble figuring out what the issues is... please advise.