I am new to Linux and I am having trouble getting POV to work.  I have
done the following as per the linux.readme

1) Put INI (including povray.ini), scene, and include files in
/usr/local/lib/povray3
2) Put x-povray and s-povray in /usr/local/bin
3) Put povray.1 in usr/local/man/man1
4) Put everything else (including example directories) in
/usr/local/povray3
5) povray.ini to have:
Library_Path=/usr/local/lib/povray3
Library_Path=/usr/local/lib/povray3/include
Library_Path=/usr/local/povray3
Library_Path=/usr/local/bin

6) Before running typed "set POVINI=/usr/local/lib/povray3/povray.ini"

When I go to "/usr/local/povray3/pov3demo/demo" and type "x-povray
shapes.pov" I get:

[root@noname demo]# x-povray shapes.pov
Persistence of Vision(tm) Ray Tracer Version 3.02.Linux.gcc
  This is an official version prepared by the POV-Ray Team(tm).  See the

    documentation on how to contact the authors or post a message on
    CompuServe's GO POVRAY Forum.  Also visit http://www.povray.org.
Copyright 1997 POV-Ray Team(tm)
Never found section  in file //.

INI file error.
Bad option syntax or error opening .INI/.DEF file 'Persistence'.

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This happens for all files that I try to run.
Thanks for any info,
Lou

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I think you probably have everything set up right.  The problem you are
having is in your command line syntax.  Almost everything in a pov command
line is preceded by a flag (+/-) of some sort.  To specify a pov file to
render, you would use +i<file>.  The only thing which doesn't use a flag is
an ini file since it contains flags.

When you type

$ x-povray shapes.pov

Pov doesn't see any flags, so it assumes shapes.pov is an ini file, but when
it tries to read it, it can't parse it because it isn't an ini file.  To Do
what you are trying to do, you need to use the +i option:

$ x-povray +ishapes.pov

That will do the trick for you.  Another consideration is the size of the
picture.  Using the command above, pov will render your image at the last
used resolution, whatever that may be.  If you want to specify a resolution,
320x240 for example, you could do the following:

$ x-povray +ishapes.pov +w320 +h240

There's actually lot of info about this stuff in the povray documentation.
Many of pov's advanced features are only available through command-line
flags (or ini files).  Good luck.

Ken

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Lou Brown wrote in message <3536A585.767C3577@o2.net>...
>When I go to "/usr/local/povray3/pov3demo/demo" and type "x-povray
>shapes.pov" I get:
>
>[root@noname demo]# x-povray shapes.pov
>Persistence of Vision(tm) Ray Tracer Version 3.02.Linux.gcc
>  This is an official version prepared by the POV-Ray Team(tm).  See the
>
>    documentation on how to contact the authors or post a message on
>    CompuServe's GO POVRAY Forum.  Also visit http://www.povray.org.
>Copyright 1997 POV-Ray Team(tm)
>Never found section  in file //.
>
>INI file error.
>Bad option syntax or error opening .INI/.DEF file 'Persistence'.

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