I get random crashes on a AMD Athlon 1.33 / W2000 SP1.
The scene works fine with my usual PIII 733 / NT4 SP6.
The first renders goes fine, then after several runs Povray crashes.
I haven't tried yet to simplify the scene to create a demo scene for this
(which could take some time) but has anyone got this problem before ?
Povray 3.5 beta 9 intel compile

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Hi, Gilles. Any random crashes with earlier betas using the same scene on
the same machine? What happens if you use the optional VC++ compile?

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On Sat, 29 Dec 2001 15:18:41 +0100 Gilles Tran wrote:

>I get random crashes on a AMD Athlon 1.33 / W2000 SP1.
>The scene works fine with my usual PIII 733 / NT4 SP6.
>The first renders goes fine, then after several runs Povray crashes.
>I haven't tried yet to simplify the scene to create a demo scene for this
>(which could take some time) but has anyone got this problem before ?
>Povray 3.5 beta 9 intel compile

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43vs2u8nq9258nohp93rfo2efa5locp0f6@4ax.com...
>   Hi, Gilles. Any random crashes with earlier betas using the same scene
on
> the same machine? What happens if you use the optional VC++ compile?

I didn't test it with the previous betas (I just got the machine).

The VC++ compile of the beta 9 crashes too. Actually it crashed the first
time I tried to render the scene with it... Note than a perhaps related
problem is that sometimes the editor returns a "failed to write" message on
the current scene. It seems to happen after Povray is reloaded after a
crash, but not always. The file is freed again after a few minutes.
I have a simplified version of the scene that used to crash but right now it
doesn't...

BTW, the spline bug I reported on Dec 22 is also visible on the VC++ version
(I can almost make it repeatable now). I thought first that both problems
(spline and crash) were related but they are not.

G.


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>
> On Sat, 29 Dec 2001 15:18:41 +0100 Gilles Tran wrote:
>
> >I get random crashes on a AMD Athlon 1.33 / W2000 SP1.
> >The scene works fine with my usual PIII 733 / NT4 SP6.
> >The first renders goes fine, then after several runs Povray crashes.
> >I haven't tried yet to simplify the scene to create a demo scene for this
> >(which could take some time) but has anyone got this problem before ?
> >Povray 3.5 beta 9 intel compile
>

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Odd .. I'm using WinXP right now on an Athlon - upgraded this weekend from
Win98.  So far, no crashes.

I'd be willing to try your scene to see if it's machine specific.

                  == John ==

"Gilles Tran" <tra### [at] inapginrafr> wrote in message
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> I get random crashes on a AMD Athlon 1.33 / W2000 SP1.
> The scene works fine with my usual PIII 733 / NT4 SP6.
> The first renders goes fine, then after several runs Povray crashes.
> I haven't tried yet to simplify the scene to create a demo scene for this
> (which could take some time) but has anyone got this problem before ?
> Povray 3.5 beta 9 intel compile
>
> G.
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>
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For Info, we got similar crashes (due to failure to write) when using
DevStudio (so totally non-PovRay related) using w2k on intel boxes.  I
suspected the defrag program which was running in the background initially,
but removing that from the system did not cure the problem.. It occurred on
3 out of ten boxes with alarming regularity.

I suspect something a lot more sinister than PovRay is to blame for this
problem :)

Pat Parslow
(happy to be at home using 9x)

"Gilles Tran" <tra### [at] inapginrafr> wrote in message
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news:
> 43vs2u8nq9258nohp93rfo2efa5locp0f6@4ax.com...
> >   Hi, Gilles. Any random crashes with earlier betas using the same scene
> on
> > the same machine? What happens if you use the optional VC++ compile?
>
> I didn't test it with the previous betas (I just got the machine).
>
> The VC++ compile of the beta 9 crashes too. Actually it crashed the first
> time I tried to render the scene with it... Note than a perhaps related
> problem is that sometimes the editor returns a "failed to write" message
on
> the current scene. It seems to happen after Povray is reloaded after a
> crash, but not always. The file is freed again after a few minutes.
> I have a simplified version of the scene that used to crash but right now
it
> doesn't...
>
> BTW, the spline bug I reported on Dec 22 is also visible on the VC++
version
> (I can almost make it repeatable now). I thought first that both problems
> (spline and crash) were related but they are not.
>
> G.
>
>
> --
>
> **********************
> http://www.oyonale.com
> **********************
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> - POV-Ray and Poser computer images
> - Posters
>
> >
> > On Sat, 29 Dec 2001 15:18:41 +0100 Gilles Tran wrote:
> >
> > >I get random crashes on a AMD Athlon 1.33 / W2000 SP1.
> > >The scene works fine with my usual PIII 733 / NT4 SP6.
> > >The first renders goes fine, then after several runs Povray crashes.
> > >I haven't tried yet to simplify the scene to create a demo scene for
this
> > >(which could take some time) but has anyone got this problem before ?
> > >Povray 3.5 beta 9 intel compile
> >
>
>

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"Pat Parslow" <pat### [at] parslowtele2couk> wrote in message
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<snip>

Possible related W2K problem is that sometimes I am not allowed to delete a pov
file externally even when I have closed the file in pov. Generally, I have to
close pov before I can delete the file.

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