A few things to try:
- It doesn't seem clear whether you've confirmed that the RPI is able to see the Kinect device -- Have you confirmed that the device is visible with
lsusb? - If you can see the device, have you confirmed that another piece of software can connect to the kinect? If it can't then it's likely a hardware problem.
- Have you tried using a different USB plug? Are you plugging in directly to the RPI?
Other ideas ...
- Have you tried to use the latest version of OF?
- Have you tried changing the gpu / cpu memory distribution?
