Edward Coffey wrote:
> 
> OK, so I'm pretty new to all this Linux jazz - but why is my newly-compiled
> X-POV so very much slower than POV-Win?  I compiled it with the
> optimisations appropriate for my machine, what can I do to make it faster?
> (Machine: Pentium-Pro 200MHz, 32Mb ram, RedHat Linux 6.0)

	As you may have read by now, mine is a bit (10% or so) faster than
the Windows MSVC++ compile. There's no telling why, not from me
anyway. The only real difference that I can see in my installation
from yours is that I used the pre-compiled version "povlinux.tgz".
It says in the Readme that it was compiled with some "fastmath"
switch on. Is that the explanation ? Well maybe. 
	
	If you want to try the pre-compiled version just tar -zxvf it in
/usr/local/lib/ and it will install all by itself. Then just move or
copy files like the man page "povray.1" and .povrayrc as said in the
Readme. Also check for the right libraries for X and svga to be
there (I think that 6.0 has them but...)

	Hope this help.

	If I went into too much details forgive me : I personnally hate
when "the obvious is assumed". 

	Have fun.

	Jean

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