Even bigger problems : 

 I also have a 3.1g version that will not display to X-windows.  I will
therefore run a make clean and then compile the x-windows edition.

A much bigger problem that I am having is that POV-Ray 3.1g seems to lock up
while rendering a simple image with a blob in it.  ...


$ ps -ef | grep povray
 dclarke   683   530 99 15:13:37 pts/4   524:18 /usr/local/povray31/povray

$ /usr/local/povray31/povray +I./cmyrgb.pov  +O../../output/cmy_.tga +W320 +H240
+FT -A -J +Q7 +V +GA +L/usr/local/povray31/include +SF24 +EF32 +KC +KFI0 +KFF64
+X
Persistence of Vision(tm) Ray Tracer Version 3.1g.SunOS.gcc
  This is an unofficial version compiled by:
    Dennis M. Clarke  dcl### [at] interlogcom  
  The POV-Ray Team(tm) is not responsible for supporting this version.
Copyright 1999 POV-Ray Team(tm)
Parsing Options
  Input file: ./cmyrgb.pov (compatible to version 3.1)
  Remove bounds........On  Split unions........Off
  Library paths: /usr/local/povray31/include
Output Options
  Image resolution 320 by 240 (rows 1 to 240, columns 1 to 320).
  Output file: ../../output/cmy_.tga, 24 bpp Targa
  Graphic display.....Off
  Mosaic preview......Off
  CPU usage histogram.Off
  Continued trace.....Off  Allow interruption...On  Pause when done.....Off
  Verbose messages.....On
Tracing Options
  Quality:  7
  Bounding boxes.......On  Bounding threshold: 25 
  Light Buffer.........On  Vista Buffer.........On
  Antialiasing........Off
  Radiosity...........Off
Animation Options
  Initial Frame..      24  Final Frame....      32
  Initial Clock..   0.369  Final Clock....   0.508
  Cyclic Animation.....On  Field render........Off  Odd lines/frames....Off
Redirecting Options
  All Streams to console..........On
  Debug Stream to console.........On
  Fatal Stream to console.........On
  Render Stream to console........On
  Statistics Stream to console....On
  Warning Stream to console.......On


Parsing.......No pigment type given.


Creating bounding slabs.
Scene contains 1 frame level objects; 0 infinite.

 00:00:01 so far, Rendering frame 24, going to 32.
  7:40:32 Rendering line   93 of  240. ^C     
Got 1 SIGINT.^C
Got 2 SIGINT.^C
Got 3 SIGINT.

=========== Locked up for almost 7 hours and 40 minutes ===========

I will render the same scene with povray 3.1e and see what I get ...

Dennis Clarke

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