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28 Jul 2024 20:28:07 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Can't run POV on new Debian install.  
From: Marc Schimmler
Date: 1 Jul 1999 02:48:00
Message: <377B0F1F.827F2580@ica.uni-stuttgart.de>
Jerry Anning wrote:
> 
> After several years spent (for work reasons) almost entirely in the
> Winsux world, I finally got a new machine with room for a Linux
> partition.  I installed Debian Linux (slink) and got it working and X
> configured without too much trouble.  The packages Debian installed
> all seem to work correctly.  However, the first external package I
> tried to install was, of course,  POV (3.1g from povray.org).
> Everything seems to be in the correct directories, but both x-povray
> and s-povray immediately return a segmentation fault when I try to run
> a test render (as root).  Running as myself, x-povray still seg
> faults, but s-povray reports "error in loading shared library:
> undefined symbol: __bzero".  I tried using Superpatch povray and the
> seg faults went away, but in both x-povray and povray under root, I
> get "error in loading shared libraries: undefined symbol:
> __register_frame_info".  I get the same as myself with x-povray and
> with povray, I get "error in loading shared libraries: undefined
> symbol: __deregister_frame_info".  Obviously, I did something wrong
> somewhere.  With time and Linux experience, no doubt, I can find the
> trouble but - perhaps it is a character flaw - I wanna POV *now*!  Can
> anyone spare a clue?
> 
> Jerry Anning
> clem "at" dhol "dot" com

Hi Jerry!

I had a similar problem when I tried to install Mark's binaries on my
linux. My version is quite old so I guess this might due to the older
libraries I use. I installed his binaries on a new SuSE distribution at
work with no problems. How old is your Debian? 
I compiled povray with my old libraries and it just works without any
flaw. Maybe that's an option for you?


All the Best,

Marc
-- 
Marc Schimmler


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