Nicolas Calimet <pov### [at] freefr> wrote:
> > Illegal instruction
> > Illegal instruction
> > Illegal instruction
> > Illegal instruction
>
>  You're kidding me, aren't you?  :-)]

WHY THAT? NOT AT ALL.
>
>  Please download and install the *official* POV-Ray for Linux distribution
> to replace the broken Debian package:
>
> ftp://ftp.povray.org/pub/povray/Official/Linux/povlinux-3.6.1.tar.bz2
>
>  Download the file above, unpack with 'tar xvjf povlinux-3.6.1.tar.bz2',
> cd to the newly created directory, run the 'install' script and follow the
> instructions.  You should then be done with a working povray binary.

YOU ARE RIGHT, DEBIAN POVRAY-3.6 HAS A KNOWN BUG. I INSTALLED POVRAY-3.5
(3.5.0C-10) DEBIAN. IT WORKS PERFECTLY. NOTHING AGAINST YOU SUGGESTION FOR
INSTALLING (I AM NOT A FANATIC OF FREE, FOR MY WORK I ALSO USE STUFF -
THROUGH WINE - THAT IS NOT AVAILABLE ON UNIX), THOUGH FROM DEBIAN IT WAS
QUICKER AND I AM SURE ABOUT ALL DEPENDENCIES. I HOPE NOW TO BE ABLE TO
INSERT THE TGA OUTPUT INTO OPENOFFICE IMPRESS. THANKS A LOT
FRANCESCO
>
> > I wonder whether
> > [...]
> > is correct, or
> > read+write* = %HOME%
> > is the choice.
>
>  That's up to you, but doing so will allow to write in any sub-directory
> of your home dir.  In general, I'd recommend to run povray from the directory
> where is your input .pov file and let it output the .png (or whatever) image
> in the same, current directory (as suggested in my previous message).
>
>      - NC

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