I have previously used POV unders Windows and got on quite well with it.
I am new to Linux and thought having POV on it would encourage me
to use it. I installed the system following the instructions provided.

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.

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.

Thanks for any help.


Arnold the Aardvark

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