hi. i'm very new to this (i heard about pov-ray yesterday from a friend and
dl'd it then).

i followed the basic tutorial and tried to render it...

nothing

i'm using OS 9.2.2 with carbonLib 1.6 (no OS X) and my settings are as
follows:

- language version: 3.5
- Show Preview: on
- Mosaic Display: Start 4 End 1
- Include Paths: MyHD:POV-Ray 3.5:include: (i have also tried it without the
  include path)
- Render Quality: [6,7]
- Anti-Aliasing: on
- Auto-Bounding
- Ignore any "bounded by" in scene
- Split Unions
- Use Light Buffer
- Use Vista Buffer
- Image Size: 80 x 80 - Preview
- Save Image As: PICT (Mac OS)
- Bits PEr Color: 8
- Save Histogram as: None
- no Animations
- No Actions

has anyone had the same problems?

am I better off getting an older non-carbonized version?

thanks

d_

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in article B9AF5673.139%d_@mbox.com.au, Daniel MacLeod at d_@mbox.com.au
wrote on 19/9/02 1:54 am:

> hi. i'm very new to this (i heard about pov-ray yesterday from a friend and
> dl'd it then).
> 
> i followed the basic tutorial and tried to render it...
> 
> nothing

Could you be more specific? What exactly happens? Do you get an error
message? A blank image?


All the best

Fidel.

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the render progress screen comes up and the and says "start".

but it never goes further than that. i tried it again today and it was stuck
in the same place for 6 hours.

when i try to stop rendering, or quit the application, it freezes and i have
to force it to quit (cmd + opt + esc).

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i don't know if it will help but i thought i would add...

my computer is a slot loading DVD iMac with 128MB of RAM, 13GB HDD with 1GB
free space and i haven't modified it since i baought in in 2000.

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in article B9B01170.323%d_@mbox.com.au, Daniel MacLeod at d_@mbox.com.au
wrote on 19/9/02 3:12 pm:

> the render progress screen comes up and the and says "start".
> 
> but it never goes further than that. i tried it again today and it was stuck
> in the same place for 6 hours.

That is a very weird problem. I have never had this kind of problem before.
Do you have the correct carbonLib? Try to check that.
Do you get any warnings in the Messages window? Or it just stays there
freezed?

> when i try to stop rendering, or quit the application, it freezes and i have
> to force it to quit (cmd + opt + esc).

That is something wrong with your system. For it to freeze, there must be
something wrong.

All the best

Fidel.

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In article <B9B0B153.4D82%fid### [at] artrecognitioncouk>,
 Fidel viegas <fid### [at] artrecognitioncouk> wrote:

> That is something wrong with your system. For it to freeze, there must be
> something wrong.

If he can force quit the program, the system isn't frozen, just the 
program. A system problem could cause it, but it isn't a sign of a 
system problem.

-- 
Christopher James Huff <cja### [at] earthlinknet>
http://home.earthlink.net/~cjameshuff/
POV-Ray TAG: chr### [at] tagpovrayorg
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in article chr### [at] netplexaussieorg, Christopher
James Huff at chr### [at] maccom wrote on 20/9/02 5:15 pm:

> In article <B9B0B153.4D82%fid### [at] artrecognitioncouk>,
> Fidel viegas <fid### [at] artrecognitioncouk> wrote:
> 
>> That is something wrong with your system. For it to freeze, there must be
>> something wrong.
> 
> If he can force quit the program, the system isn't frozen, just the
> program. A system problem could cause it, but it isn't a sign of a
> system problem.

When I said for it to freeze, I didn't mean the OS but the application. And
something wrong with the system I meant (OS + povray conflict). Sorry for
the incomplete explanation.

Best Regards

Fidel.

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Daniel MacLeod wrote:
> i don't know if it will help but i thought i would add...
> 
> my computer is a slot loading DVD iMac with 128MB of RAM, 13GB HDD with 1GB
> free space and i haven't modified it since i baought in in 2000.
> 
I have a 170 version and it works for 9.2.2 while build 173 chokes and 
dies exactly as has been previously described in this thread. The 9.2.2 
system is a dedicated imac with very limited extensions and none of 
those mentioned here (ram doubler, kalediscope etc.) The 10.1.5 is a Ti 
powerbook G4 with 512 ram. So... I bugged it.

In summary, is this correct?

170 screwed up templates for 10.1.5
173 no joy at all for 9.2.2 carbon lib 1.6 but OK 10.1.5
abyss is a bad file (too bad it wasn't zebra.pov)

Kathy

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Kathy Kitts wrote:
> In summary, is this correct?
> 
> 170 screwed up templates for 10.1.5
> 173 no joy at all for 9.2.2 carbon lib 1.6 but OK 10.1.5
> abyss is a bad file (too bad it wasn't zebra.pov)
> 
> Kathy

It's tacky to quote yourself but...

The pain in the neck memory logs from build 170, left all over the HD 
like cigarette butts in a parking lot, are sometimes useful. They do 
show the memory leak in abyss.pov. Warning, the memory leak is severe 
enough to crash 8.X or 9.X so if you want to take a look... use 10.X (Is 
10.X a pun?)

Kathy

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In article <3db4a949@news.povray.org> , Kathy Kitts 
<dei### [at] earthlinknet>  wrote:

> The pain in the neck memory logs from build 170, left all over the HD
> like cigarette butts in a parking lot, are sometimes useful.

No, they have absolutely no meaning at all and are completely useless.  What
is logged there has nothing to do with any of the problems.  In fact it is
logging things that are not even supposed to be freed by the time the log is
created.

    Thorsten

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