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29 Jul 2024 12:23:33 EDT (-0400)
  Re: media with a ratio 2 crashes POV  
From: Steve
Date: 18 May 2002 16:46:11
Message: <slrnaedecn.uc3.steve@zeropps.org.uk>
On 18 May 2002 13:02:17 -0400, Steve wrote:
> On Sat, 18 May 2002 11:05:32 -0500, bob h wrote:
>> While checking on ratio I came across this. I seldom use ratio, and in the
>> past perhaps I've never gone above 2 for it. Only found this out in the
>> course of helping someone else out.
> 
> And not platform specific on Linux RH6.2 320M RAM PII 266 - POV-Ray 3.5 beta RC4 
> I get:
> 
> Parsing...
> 
> Creating bounding slabs.
> Scene contains 0 frame level objects; 0 infinite.
> 
> Displaying...
> Using 24 bit TrueColor visual...
> Segmentation fault (core dumped)
> 

With some further experimentation I find that it renders a complete scene 
and outputs a readable ppm file before I get the segmentation/core dump
message.  The output file is complete and the size it should be and gives
no errors on reading with ImageMagic. 

-- 
sphere{z*5,1pigment{rgb.5}finish{reflection.3specular.5}}box{<-50,-3,-50>
<50,-2,50>pigment{checker/*\__\\__/  * \_\\__*/scale 2}finish{ambient.7}}
light_source/*__\\__\\__\\__\\__\(    ~ )\__\\__\\__\\__\\*/{<2,5,1>*4,1} 
/*\\__\\__\\__\\__\\__\\__\\__\\__\~  -/__\\__\\__\\__\\__\\*//* Steve */


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