Bobby wrote:
>[...]
> 
> Now to render.as normal user....
> # /usr/local/bin/povray diffract.pov
> 
> Of course I get a nasty error:
> --------------------------------------
> Parsing...Scene File Parser Initialization Error: Reading from
> /usr/local/share/povray-3.5/scenes/advanced/diffract.pov is not permitted.
> Check the configuration in /usr/local/etc/povray.conf or ~/.povray.conf.
> --------------------------------------
> 
> Ok now onto my problem. There is no configuration file located at
> /usr/local/etc/povray.conf or ~/.povray.conf ?????????????????
> 
> I would be more than happy to create it myself but I don't even know what
> goes in there.

There is a sample povray.conf file included in the binary package that 
is copied to /usr/local/share/povray-3.5 by the install script.  Just 
copy it to /usr/local/etc/povray.conf or ~/.povray.conf and things will 
work.  The syntax of this file is described in the docs.  Note the 
install script will be much more comfortable in the next version, in 3.5 
it is fairly sparse.

Note that you will still get an error with your command unless you have 
file output disabled in your povray.ini - povray will try to write the 
image file into the current dir and fail.

Christoph

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