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From: Aaron Oppenheimer
Subject: installation problem
Date: 25 Aug 2002 15:38:52
Message: <3D69324B.3090707@attbi.com>
I've downloaded 3.5, build 173. When I run the application, I get only 
as far as "Initializing POV-Ray library..." on the splash page; I hear 
six error tones and the app freezes. I can kill it with ctrl-cmd-esc. 
This is an original iBook, OS 9.0.4, carbonlib  1.6, and I've downloaded 
and installed a few times, rebooted, etc. etc.

Anyone know what's up?

Thanks,
Aaron Oppenheimer


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From: Thorsten Froehlich
Subject: Re: installation problem
Date: 25 Aug 2002 16:51:08
Message: <3d69433c@news.povray.org>
In article <3D6### [at] attbicom> , Aaron Oppenheimer <ao0### [at] attbicom>
wrote:

> I've downloaded 3.5, build 173. When I run the application, I get only
> as far as "Initializing POV-Ray library..." on the splash page; I hear
> six error tones and the app freezes. I can kill it with ctrl-cmd-esc.
> This is an original iBook, OS 9.0.4, carbonlib  1.6, and I've downloaded
> and installed a few times, rebooted, etc. etc.

Did you try to reboot with extensions disabled?

If disabling extensions did not help:  In your extensions folder, is there a
folder called "Multiprocessing", and if so, what are its contents?

    Thorsten

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From: Aaron Oppenheimer
Subject: Re: installation problem
Date: 25 Aug 2002 18:07:45
Message: <3D69552F.9060308@attbi.com>
Hi Thorsten,

>>I've downloaded 3.5, build 173. When I run the application, I get only
>>as far as "Initializing POV-Ray library..." on the splash page; I hear
>>six error tones and the app freezes. I can kill it with ctrl-cmd-esc.
>>This is an original iBook, OS 9.0.4, carbonlib  1.6, and I've downloaded
>>and installed a few times, rebooted, etc. etc.

> 
> Did you try to reboot with extensions disabled?


When I launch POV-Ray with extensions disabled, I get a message that 
POVMSLib could not be opened.


> If disabling extensions did not help:  In your extensions folder, is there a
> folder called "Multiprocessing", and if so, what are its contents?


One file: Apple CPU Plugins. It's version 2.4 - there is an update to 
version 2.7 on the Apple site, but that seems to be for G4 machines.

Thanks,
Aaron


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From: Thorsten Froehlich
Subject: Re: installation problem
Date: 26 Aug 2002 03:06:41
Message: <3d69d381@news.povray.org>
In article <3D6### [at] attbicom> , Aaron Oppenheimer <ao0### [at] attbicom>
wrote:

> When I launch POV-Ray with extensions disabled, I get a message that
> POVMSLib could not be opened.

Did you move POVMSLib?  It has to remain where it was!  Do *not* move it
into the extensions folder!  Never move anything from the "POV-Ray Mac 3.5
Folder"!

    Thorsten

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From: Aaron Oppenheimer
Subject: Re: installation problem
Date: 26 Aug 2002 19:42:11
Message: <3D6ABCD4.1040904@attbi.com>
>>When I launch POV-Ray with extensions disabled, I get a message that
>>POVMSLib could not be opened.
>>
> 
> Did you move POVMSLib?  It has to remain where it was!  Do *not* move it
> into the extensions folder!  Never move anything from the "POV-Ray Mac 3.5
> Folder"!


No, I didn't move it; it remains in the POV-Ray folder.


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From: Thorsten Froehlich
Subject: Re: installation problem
Date: 27 Aug 2002 11:21:47
Message: <3d6b990b$1@news.povray.org>
In article <3D6### [at] attbicom> , Aaron Oppenheimer <ao0### [at] attbicom>
wrote:

> No, I didn't move it; it remains in the POV-Ray folder.

Hmm, but you say you get

> When I launch POV-Ray with extensions disabled, I get a message that
> POVMSLib could not be opened.

which means POVMSLib is in the extensions folder.  The message would not
make sense otherwise.  maybe it would be best to double-check and remove any
POVMSLib that you might have in accidentially copied into the extensions
folder.

    Thorsten


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From: Thorsten Froehlich
Subject: Re: installation problem
Date: 27 Aug 2002 11:28:13
Message: <3d6b9a8d@news.povray.org>
ANother question:

Which version of CarbonLib do you have installed on your system?

    Thorsten

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From: Thorsten Froehlich
Subject: Re: installation problem
Date: 27 Aug 2002 14:05:20
Message: <3d6bbf60@news.povray.org>
In article <3D6### [at] attbicom> , Aaron Oppenheimer <ao0### [at] attbicom>
wrote:

> original iBook, OS 9.0.4

BTW, if all else fails I would recommend to update to Mac OS 9.2.  Mac OS
9.0.4 is three years old now.  While it is supported, given that I do not
have any system available that still runs it, unless you want to do a full
reinstall in order to add whatever is missing in you install of 9.0.4,
updating to 9.2 is probably the easier task.

    Thorsten

____________________________________________________
Thorsten Froehlich
e-mail: mac### [at] povrayorg

I am a member of the POV-Ray Team.
Visit POV-Ray on the web: http://mac.povray.org


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