On 5/15/21 6:10 PM, Bald Eagle wrote:
> Sorry for the delay.
> 
> Seems that somehow the povr script got deleted but the file was still there.
> 
> 
> I redownloaded the file and edited it to read:
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> INSTALLDIR=/home/povray/povray-3.8.0-x.povr_b0bcf6c0
> export POVINC=${INSTALLDIR}/share/povray-3.8/include
> #export POVINI=${INSTALLDIR}/etc/povray/3.8/povray.ini
> unset POVINI
> ${INSTALLDIR}/bin/povray $@
> exit $?
> 
> Seems to render the blob scene fine now.
> 
> Not sure how THAT happened.
> 
> Thanks for all the suggestions - that helped track down the issue.
> 
> Maybe I will do some more fine tuning on this tomorrow.
> 
> It's always something ridiculous.
> 
Good to hear you've made progress.

I just popped back on because I just had the thought on the "failed to 
fork" message first reported. One thing which could cause the OS to run 
out of resources would be a script calling itself recursively - in an 
infinite way. Maybe?

Bill P.

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