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  Re: problem with +D option at specific output file dimensions  
From: James Holsenback
Date: 12 Dec 2013 13:24:52
Message: <52a9ff74$1@news.povray.org>
On 12/12/2013 12:25 PM, James Dietrich wrote:
> Hello,
>
> http://wiki.povray.org/content/HowTo:Make_A_Bug_Report instructed me to come
> here first before submitting a bug report. Please let me know if I should submit
> this to the bug tracker.
>
> When I perform a render with this command line:
> povray +W2596 +H1003 +Ispiral.pov +Ospiral.png +D
> it fails every time in one of several ways:
>   -> a segmentation fault
>   -> aborted by xcb (example given below)
>   -> aborted by glibc (example given below)
>   -> apparent deadlock (render does not complete and povray process has to be
> killed with kill -9)
>
> If, instead, I change the +D to -D:
> povray +W2596 +H1003 +Ispiral.pov +Ospiral.png -D
> the render always completes successfully.

curious ... does your monitor support that resolution? I've seen 
weirdness when it attempts to scale the preview window to fit your 
monitor, but never an outright abort.


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