I am current running a 233mhz imac with 9.2.2 OS and carbonLib 1.6, with 
preemptive threading turned on and I keep getting this error message:

Cannot open include file colors.inc.
Check that the file is in a directory specified with a +L switch or
'Library_Path=' .INI item. Standard include files are in the include 
directory or folder. Please read your documentation carefully.

The POVMSLib extension is in the POV-Mac 3.5 folder.  I have even tried 
it in the system extension folder but that didn't help. I read through a 
ton of threads but there is no mention of this error.  So what am I missing?

Does a list of the suggested work arounds for rendering errors exist?

Any help is deeply appreciated.

Michael

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In article <3F3### [at] comcastnet> , Michael <m-i### [at] comcastnet>
wrote:

> Cannot open include file colors.inc.
> Check that the file is in a directory specified with a +L switch or
> 'Library_Path=' .INI item. Standard include files are in the include
> directory or folder. Please read your documentation carefully.

The message clearly tells you the file "colors.inc" cannot be found because
you didn't specify the include files folder.  If you check the
documentation, you will find that "colors.inc" is a standard include file.
So you have to add its folder to those folders where POV-Ray looks for
include files.

> The POVMSLib extension is in the POV-Mac 3.5 folder.  I have even tried
> it in the system extension folder but that didn't help. I read through a
> ton of threads but there is no mention of this error.  So what am I missing?

That POVMSLib isn't an extension and you should stay away from it. Leave it
where you found it!  Do not move it into the system folder!  It has
absolutely nothing to do with the problem!  The message does not say to
start moving some private POV-Ray files like POVMSLib around - doing so will
only cause a mess and is likely to damage your install!!!

    Thorsten

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Thorsten Froehlich, Duisburg, Germany
e-mail: tho### [at] trfde

Visit POV-Ray on the web: http://mac.povray.org

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In article <3F3### [at] comcastnet>,
 Michael <m-i### [at] comcastnet> wrote:

> Cannot open include file colors.inc.
> Check that the file is in a directory specified with a +L switch or
> 'Library_Path=' .INI item. Standard include files are in the include 
> directory or folder. Please read your documentation carefully.
> 
> The POVMSLib extension is in the POV-Mac 3.5 folder.  I have even tried 
> it in the system extension folder but that didn't help. I read through a 
> ton of threads but there is no mention of this error.  So what am I missing?

Why do you think it has anything to do with POVMSLib? As the error 
message states, the problem is with finding colors.inc. The Mac version 
doesn't use the mentioned options, but it does allow you to specify 
library paths in the Scene tab of the application preferences (under the 
Edit menu).


> Does a list of the suggested work arounds for rendering errors exist?

No, but reading the error message will usually give you some clues. 
Reading the documentation can also help.

-- 
Christopher James Huff <cja### [at] earthlinknet>
http://home.earthlink.net/~cjameshuff/
POV-Ray TAG: chr### [at] tagpovrayorg
http://tag.povray.org/

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Thanks for the help and the warnings
Lowly Mac Newbe
Mike

"Thorsten Froehlich" <tho### [at] trfde> wrote in message
news:3f368de5@news.povray.org...
> In article <3F3### [at] comcastnet> , Michael
<m-i### [at] comcastnet>
> wrote:
>
> > Cannot open include file colors.inc.
> > Check that the file is in a directory specified with a +L switch or
> > 'Library_Path=' .INI item. Standard include files are in the include
> > directory or folder. Please read your documentation carefully.
>
> The message clearly tells you the file "colors.inc" cannot be found
because
> you didn't specify the include files folder.  If you check the
> documentation, you will find that "colors.inc" is a standard include file.
> So you have to add its folder to those folders where POV-Ray looks for
> include files.
>
> > The POVMSLib extension is in the POV-Mac 3.5 folder.  I have even tried
> > it in the system extension folder but that didn't help. I read through a
> > ton of threads but there is no mention of this error.  So what am I
missing?
>
> That POVMSLib isn't an extension and you should stay away from it. Leave
it
> where you found it!  Do not move it into the system folder!  It has
> absolutely nothing to do with the problem!  The message does not say to
> start moving some private POV-Ray files like POVMSLib around - doing so
will
> only cause a mess and is likely to damage your install!!!
>
>     Thorsten
>
> ____________________________________________________
> Thorsten Froehlich, Duisburg, Germany
> e-mail: tho### [at] trfde
>
> Visit POV-Ray on the web: http://mac.povray.org

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