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Bill DeWitt wrote:
> New, formatted Hard Drive.
Damn.
> Poltergeists?
Crabs. Big hairy ones !
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Ken Tyler - 1200+ Povray, Graphics, 3D Rendering, and Raytracing Links:
http://home.pacbell.net/tylereng/index.html http://www.povray.org/links/
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Bill DeWitt wrote:
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> I suddenly have a problem with Povray. Everytime I turn off my computer, I
> have to reinstall povray to get it to run. Has anyone had this problem? Is
> this where I should discuss this (I don't think it's a bug) ?
Quit turning off your computer !
You are using the recommended shut down proceedures as opposed to simply
switching the machine off aren't you ?
--
Ken Tyler - 1200+ Povray, Graphics, 3D Rendering, and Raytracing Links:
http://home.pacbell.net/tylereng/index.html http://www.povray.org/links/
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Ken <tyl### [at] pacbell net> wrote
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> Quit turning off your computer !
>
> You are using the recommended shut down proceedures as opposed to simply
> switching the machine off aren't you ?
>
Well I discovered the problem due to recurrent power outages (get it?
re-current?) but I have the problem no matter how I shut down.
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Try running POV as the shell, and see if pov will run like
that, and if it does, then you know it's not POV but windows
(well you already know that, because we're all running POV).
in the system.ini file change the following line
shell=Explorer.exe
to
REM shell=Explorer.exe
and add the line
shell=C:\PROGRA~1\pov-ra~1.1\bin\pvengine.exe
If Pov runs OK then it's something screwie with windoze.
Bill DeWitt wrote:
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> Ken <tyl### [at] pacbellnet> wrote :
> >
> > When you did your last Windows install was it a clean install with a
> > new registry or was it based on your older registry file ?
> >
>
> New, formatted Hard Drive.
>
> Poltergeists?
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Cheers
Steve email mailto:sjl### [at] ndirectcouk
%HAV-A-NICEDAY Error not enough coffee 0 pps.
web http://www.ndirect.co.uk/~sjlen/
or http://start.at/zero-pps
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On Mon, 15 Nov 1999 13:52:57 -0500, "Bill DeWitt"
<the### [at] earthlinknet> wrote:
>I suddenly have a problem with Povray. Everytime I turn off my computer, I
>have to reinstall povray to get it to run. Has anyone had this problem? Is
>this where I should discuss this (I don't think it's a bug) ?
Looks like a hardware-driver-software incopatibility problem. These
are the hardest to fix, and include things like rebuilding the whole
driver database (by deleting all devices in the hardware profile),
switching cards (modem, LAN, video, 3DFx, SCSI etc.) and ports,
banning ports, and ripping out all extra hardware and putting it in
one by one until windoze starts to die.
Did you try running it under Linux/Wine? If it still hangs, then you
might have a MB/RAM/CPU problem, maybe something as simple as CPU
cooling.
For now, try to run it in the windows safe mode.
Peter Popov
ICQ: 15002700
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On Tue, 16 Nov 1999 00:26:57 -0500, "Bill DeWitt" <the### [at] earthlinknet>
wrote:
> Unfortunately both the Agent, the NetScape and the reinstall of MSOE
>were two or more days before this. I am almost completely sure that I
>rebooted since then and I use Povray every day. But just to make sure I
>uninstalled everything and then reinstalled Povray and I still have the
>problem.
Bill, does POV-Ray render scenes without apparent problems, such as
unexplained crashes? I ask because I had an elusive problem with
intermittent crashing of various programs but POV-Ray was almost certain to
crash (GPF) during longer renders. Took me months to figure out that one of
my RAM chips had gone south (tried re-seating them first, to no avail).
--
Alan - ako### [at] povrayorg - a k o n g <at> p o v r a y <dot> o r g
http://www.povray.org - Home of the Persistence of Vision Ray Tracer
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Alan Kong <ako### [at] povrayNO-SPAMorg> wrote :
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> Bill, does POV-Ray render scenes without apparent problems, such as
> unexplained crashes?
>
When I reinstall it, it runs fine, with absolutely no problems.
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Peter Popov <pet### [at] usanet> wrote :
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> Looks like a hardware-driver-software incopatibility problem.
>
That was what I first thought and was hoping I could prove wrong. It
does run in safe mode so I figure it is a Windows re-install at the least. I
am going to try uninstalling the new CD and CDRW and reinstalling them even
though I had them for a couple of weeks before I had this problem. If that
doesn't work I will just format and reinstall everything.
I really hate to do that....
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Steve <sjl### [at] ndirectcouk> wrote :
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> Try running POV as the shell, and see if pov will run like
> that, and if it does, then you know it's not POV but windows
>
That found it! I tried to run POV as shell and it locked up. But the
only thing that ran before POV was Norton Anti-virus. Now I had Norton well
before this happened, but I did an update of the .dat file because of the
news about that virus. So I uninstalled Norton and now it runs!
Now I need a virus scanner..... maybe I should complain to Symantec...
they just sent me some propaganda in the mail yesterday.
A few tests to see if I really got it fixed are in order, but I am so
pleased that I may not have to reformat.
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See: I told you so - Norton AV!!
See, Tony?
It needs some rethinking at Symantec..
Sander
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Bill DeWitt <the### [at] earthlinknet> schreef in berichtnieuws
383402d4@news.povray.org...
> That found it! I tried to run POV as shell and it locked up. But the
> only thing that ran before POV was Norton Anti-virus. Now I had Norton
well
> before this happened, but I did an update of the .dat file because of the
> news about that virus. So I uninstalled Norton and now it runs!
>
> Now I need a virus scanner..... maybe I should complain to Symantec...
> they just sent me some propaganda in the mail yesterday.
>
> A few tests to see if I really got it fixed are in order, but I am so
> pleased that I may not have to reformat.
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