> I created very simple scene (copied from 'Ray Tracing Creations') and
> ran this command line:
> 
>   x-povray +W120 +H90 +Ifirst.pov +Ofirst.tga +V (also from the book)
> 
> Everything appeared to work but the resulting TGA could not be opened
> with any image viewers under Linux or Windows. The same appears to be
> true of PNG and JPG. I didn't try anything else.

The +O option to x-povray tells it to send its standard output to the 
named file.  The standard output is the messages that scroll when 
x-povray runs.  To send the image output to first.tga, use +ofirst.tga.
Read the manual page for more information (man x-povray or man povray).

> Also, is x-povray supposed to give me a nice image to look at while its
> working? Perhaps my test was too small/quick for this.

I don't have x-povray on my system, but if it is supposed to display an 
image window by default, make sure that you are running x-povray from an 
X Window System display (not in a virtual terminal) and that you are 
running the x-povray process as the same user who is logged in to the X 
display.  Again, see the manual page for information on command line 
options that may affect displaying.

Jeff Bonham

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