Hi!

I think this is a known bug by now (I think the normal bug should be known
by now).
Actually I was just looking for a version of pov-ray I can run under a linux
shell script or from Java under Linux, but I got this tty problem (even with
the -D option). I CANNOT COMPILE MYSELF so I was looking for a replacement.
3.6 works from a Linux shell script, but the renders look quite different.

It would be the best for me if the POV team would provide a Linux 3.5 binary
that works from a shell script or Java (i.e. a console version without X).
By now I had no luck getting such a version :( And I think I am not the only
one who would need one.

Regards & HTH
Bernhard

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berni wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I think this is a known bug by now (I think the normal bug should be known
> by now).

What bug are you talking about?  There is a confirmed problem with some 
patterns looking different - the difference in your scene might be due 
to this - if you think there is an additional problem you should post a 
minimal scene that does *not* use any critical pattern.

> It would be the best for me if the POV team would provide a Linux 3.5 binary
> that works from a shell script or Java (i.e. a console version without X).
> By now I had no luck getting such a version :( And I think I am not the only
> one who would need one.

Let me see if i understand this right - you ask the POV-Team to compile 
you a 3.5 version because you are not able to compile one yourself?

Christoph

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> > It would be the best for me if the POV team would provide a Linux 3.5
binary
> > that works from a shell script or Java (i.e. a console version without
X).
> > By now I had no luck getting such a version :( And I think I am not the
only
> > one who would need one.
>
> Let me see if i understand this right - you ask the POV-Team to compile
> you a 3.5 version because you are not able to compile one yourself?

Exactly. But this is a bug in 3.5 which is fixed in 3.6 (tty problem), so
everyone downloading the 3.5 binaries from pov-ray who wants to use it in a
script (CGI, webmin, Java, etc.) will experience this problem. So this would
be more efficient - if 3.6 final is not ready anytime soon. Unfortunately
compiling is not trivial for me (of course I can go and install linux
somewhere or spend $$$ for my own server and go through the troubles of
compiling sources - but my time and money resources are rather limited).

Doesn't this make sense to you?

Regards
Bernhard

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berni wrote:
>>Let me see if i understand this right - you ask the POV-Team to compile
>>you a 3.5 version because you are not able to compile one yourself?
> 
> 
> Exactly. But this is a bug in 3.5 which is fixed in 3.6 (tty problem), so
> everyone downloading the 3.5 binaries from pov-ray who wants to use it in a
> script (CGI, webmin, Java, etc.) will experience this problem. So this would
> be more efficient - if 3.6 final is not ready anytime soon. Unfortunately
> compiling is not trivial for me (of course I can go and install linux
> somewhere or spend $$$ for my own server and go through the troubles of
> compiling sources - but my time and money resources are rather limited).
> 
> Doesn't this make sense to you?

No, you say you can install and run the linux version but don't have 
access to a linux machine to compile it...

Apart from that POV-Ray 3.5 has been around for a long time now - do you 
expect that the POV-Team makes a bugfix release now that 3.6 is already 
in beta?  The 3.6 beta is quite stable (the normal problem is just a 
lack of backwards compatibility - not a real bug).  Although i can't 
speak for the Team the official statement most likely would be: use the 
beta or work around the problem by compiling your own version.

Christoph

-- 
POV-Ray tutorials, include files, Sim-POV,
HCR-Edit and more: http://www.tu-bs.de/~y0013390/
Last updated 11 Jan. 2004 _____./\/^>_*_<^\/\.______

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> > Doesn't this make sense to you?
>
> No, you say you can install and run the linux version but don't have
> access to a linux machine to compile it...
>
> Apart from that POV-Ray 3.5 has been around for a long time now - do you
> expect that the POV-Team makes a bugfix release now that 3.6 is already
> in beta?  The 3.6 beta is quite stable (the normal problem is just a
> lack of backwards compatibility - not a real bug).  Although i can't
> speak for the Team the official statement most likely would be: use the
> beta or work around the problem by compiling your own version.

Sorry for answering your rhetorical question. I should have known that you
are not trying to help me.

Peace, Sorry for getting Off-Topic & Kudos to the makers of POV-Ray
Bernhard

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