POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.unix : Povray Linux installation in Mandrake 9 : Re: Povray Linux installation in Mandrake 9 Server Time
8 Jul 2024 17:53:08 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Povray Linux installation in Mandrake 9  
From: Christopher James Huff
Date: 23 May 2003 20:58:36
Message: <cjameshuff-E5ED5A.19593923052003@netplex.aussie.org>
In article <web.3ecd8adaf8f27bba1279d2580@news.povray.org>,
 "Loop" <llo### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:

> I'm a complete novice at Linux so im sorry if i sound vague.  I don't seem
> to be able to run Povray when i click on the icon

Click on what icon? Maybe you're expecting a graphical interface like 
the Windows and Mac versions have...the Unix version does not have this, 
it only has an X11 preview.


> When i try to open another file by typing [povray
> whatever.pov] the same problem occurs.  I've gone through the readme files
> and to the best of knowledge have done what they've said.  The problem
> seems to be the .ini file.  Sorry about the vagueness but this is the first
> thing i've tried to install on the machine.
> Hope this makes a it little clearer.

How exactly did you install it?

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