TypeError: `name` must be string, given: 0

[hammadullah125]

Hello, Whenever I'm running "model_main.py", it is throwing this error. I have checked my annotations and other things thoroughly but everything seems to be fine. Any possible solutions ???

hull@ori:~/Desktop/models-master/research/object_detection$ python3 model_main.py --logtostderr --train_dir=/export/users/hull/Desktop/models-master/research/object_detection/training/ --pipeline_config_path=/export/users/hull/Desktop/models-master/research/object_detection/training/ssd_mobilenet_v1_pets.config
/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/object_detection-0.1-py3.5.egg/object_detection/utils/visualization_utils.py:27: UserWarning: matplotlib.pyplot as already been imported, this call will have no effect.
  import matplotlib; matplotlib.use('Agg')  # pylint: disable=multiple-statements
WARNING:tensorflow:Forced number of epochs for all eval validations to be 1.
W1011 21:32:46.516586 140555700737792 tf_logging.py:126] Forced number of epochs for all eval validations to be 1.
WARNING:tensorflow:Expected number of evaluation epochs is 1, but instead encountered `eval_on_train_input_config.num_epochs` = 0. Overwriting `num_epochs` to 1.
W1011 21:32:46.516783 140555700737792 tf_logging.py:126] Expected number of evaluation epochs is 1, but instead encountered `eval_on_train_input_config.num_epochs` = 0. Overwriting `num_epochs` to 1.
WARNING:tensorflow:Using temporary folder as model directory: /tmp/tmpzk8wai22
W1011 21:32:46.517589 140555700737792 tf_logging.py:126] Using temporary folder as model directory: /tmp/tmpzk8wai22
WARNING:tensorflow:Estimator's model_fn (<function create_model_fn.<locals>.model_fn at 0x7fd535d80ae8>) includes params argument, but params are not passed to Estimator.
W1011 21:32:46.518054 140555700737792 tf_logging.py:126] Estimator's model_fn (<function create_model_fn.<locals>.model_fn at 0x7fd535d80ae8>) includes params argument, but params are not passed to Estimator.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "model_main.py", line 109, in <module>
    tf.app.run()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/tensorflow/python/platform/app.py", line 126, in run
    _sys.exit(main(argv))
  File "model_main.py", line 102, in main
    eval_on_train_data=False)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/object_detection-0.1-py3.5.egg/object_detection/model_lib.py", line 656, in create_train_and_eval_specs
    exporters=exporter))
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/tensorflow/python/estimator/training.py", line 220, in __new__
    raise TypeError('`name` must be string, given: {}'.format(name))
TypeError: `name` must be string, given: 0

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[hammadullah125]

• Have I written custom code (as opposed to using a stock example script provided in TensorFlow): used the official train script
• OS Platform and Distribution (e.g., Linux Ubuntu 16.04): Ubuntu 16.04
• TensorFlow installed from (source or binary): binary, using "pip install tensorflow-gpu"
• TensorFlow version (use command below): 1.6
• CUDA/cuDNN version: CUDA 9.1, cuDNN 7
• GPU model and memory: Quadro P2000 (4 Gb)
• Exact command to reproduce: python3 model_main.py --logtostderr --train_dir=/export/users/hull/Desktop/models-master/research/object_detection/training/ --pipeline_config_path=/export/users/hull/Desktop/models-master/research/object_detection/training/ssd_mobilenet_v1_pets.config

[hammadullah125]

@k-w-w any solutions or suggestions?

[k-w-w]

This should be fixed in #5354, please reopen the issue if you are still having the same problem after updating the code.