jofg spake:

> 
> I just installed Povray 3.6 in Mandriva 2006, and it is also duall boot
> installed in Windows.
> Not that this makes a difference.
> 
> No user account.

Huh? Are sure you installed correctly? IMO, if you install with "no user
account" povray will be installed "as root", i. e. you'll need to be root
to run it...
 
> When install completed, it did run the test render
> 
> At the beginning of test it gave message.....
> 
> povray: cannot open the user configuration file
> /root/povray/3.6/povray.conf: No such file or directory.

Ok, so it is installed as root - not a good idea at all. Create a user
account (it should be easy - just open a terminal in Mandriva and do
useradd user1) then log into that account and install from there. 
 
> Question, how is Povray executed in Linux?

You'll need to install the povray executable somewhere on the path, then
type "povray" at a shell prompt. Pov also expects some parameters (like
which scene it should render), since in Unix/Linux it is a command-line
program, not GUI based as in XP. Where you could just click on the icon in
XP to start Povray up, click on "File" and open a scene you want rendered,
the unix/linux equivalent may be something like

povray -Iscene.pov -Oout.tga

in a terminal.
 
> Is there a command?
> 
> There is no folder in Home, and there is no Povray in the 'Start', of
> Linux Mandriva, which is a STAR.

See above - there'll be no Povray entry, since Povray is commandline driven.
You need to start it from a terminal emulation program like xterm or
Konsole...

Drop me a mail at spamnot@<removethis>polard.com if you want, and I'll talk
you through getting it set up.

-- 
Stefan Viljoen
Software Support Technician / Programmer
Polar Design Solutions

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