I have 4Gb Ram and I'm dual-booting WinXP 32bit and Linux Ubuntu Ultimate  
Edition 64Bit.

Will Pov-Ray 3.7 Beta 36 on Wine be able to use the full 4Gb RAM?
I'm a total n00b at Unix. I've installed Pov-Ray 3.6 on Linux via the  
software manager, but I obviously can't get the beta there. I also have  
yet to figure out how to use Pov-Ray on Linux :)

-Nekar Xenos-

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> I have 4Gb Ram and I'm dual-booting WinXP 32bit and Linux Ubuntu Ultimate
> Edition 64Bit.
>
> Will Pov-Ray 3.7 Beta 36 on Wine be able to use the full 4Gb RAM?

   I'm not sure as I didn't find a clear answer to this, but it seems so.

> I'm a total n00b at Unix. I've installed Pov-Ray 3.6 on Linux via the
> software manager, but I obviously can't get the beta there. I also have
> yet to figure out how to use Pov-Ray on Linux :)

   My preferred method is to have a file manager window showing the scene
folder, then I open the scene/include files with my favorite editor, and
also a terminal to type the command line:

   http://www.ignorancia.org/uploads/images/Screenshot.jpg

   If you are using nautilus as file manager, there is an additional package
which adds the ability to open a terminal on the current folder: it's very
useful. As for the editor, I use SciTE: it has a POV language definition for
syntax coloring, and manages *big* files pretty well.

   The typical command line would be something like:

   povray +Itest.pov +w800 +h600

   Usually you type this one time, as later you can go back on the command
line history by using the keyboard arrows, change the resolution or add more
options, and render again.

   Hope this short intro helps...

-- 
Jaime Vives Piqueres

http://www.ignorancia.org

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On Tue, 04 May 2010 12:16:05 +0200, Jaime Vives Piqueres  

<jai### [at] ignoranciaorg> wrote:


>> I have 4Gb Ram and I'm dual-booting WinXP 32bit and Linux Ubuntu  

>> Ultimate
>> Edition 64Bit.
>>
>> Will Pov-Ray 3.7 Beta 36 on Wine be able to use the full 4Gb RAM?
>
>    I'm not sure as I didn't find a clear answer to this, but it seems 
so.
>
>> I'm a total n00b at Unix. I've installed Pov-Ray 3.6 on Linux via the

>> software manager, but I obviously can't get the beta there. I also ha
ve
>> yet to figure out how to use Pov-Ray on Linux :)
>
>    My preferred method is to have a file manager window showing the sc
ene
> folder, then I open the scene/include files with my favorite editor, a
nd
> also a terminal to type the command line:
>
>    http://www.ignorancia.org/uploads/images/Screenshot.jpg
>
>    If you are using nautilus as file manager, there is an additional  

> package
> which adds the ability to open a terminal on the current folder: it's 
 

> very
> useful. As for the editor, I use SciTE: it has a POV language definiti
on  

> for
> syntax coloring, and manages *big* files pretty well.
>
>    The typical command line would be something like:
>
>    povray +Itest.pov +w800 +h600
>
>    Usually you type this one time, as later you can go back on the  

> command
> line history by using the keyboard arrows, change the resolution or ad
d  

> more
> options, and render again.
>
>    Hope this short intro helps...
>


Thanks for the help, Jaime.

-Nekar Xenos-

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>>> I'm a total n00b at Unix. I've installed Pov-Ray 3.6 on Linux via
>>> the software manager, but I obviously can't get the beta there.

   I forgot to say that you probably will prefer to go by the Wine route for
the beta. Just install wine, the double click on the msi you downloaded from
the POV-Ray site. Nicely, all your POV files will get associated on nautilus.

   It's slow to start, but then it works pretty well if you don't have the
desktop effects enabled. There is a little problem with the tool buttons not
showing at times, but if you re-size the window they will appear.

   For me it works like a charm under Fedora 11. In fact, the scene I'm
rendering in this very moment is almost 6 times faster than 3.6 or MegaPOV,
when it should be only 2 times faster at most... this might be a very rare case.

-- 
Jaime Vives Piqueres

http://www.ignorancia.org

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>>>> I'm a total n00b at Unix. I've installed Pov-Ray 3.6 on Linux via
>>>> the software manager, but I obviously can't get the beta there.
>
> I forgot to say that you probably will prefer to go by the Wine route
> for the beta. Just install wine, the double click on the msi you
> downloaded from the POV-Ray site. Nicely, all your POV files will get
> associated on nautilus.
>
> It's slow to start, but then it works pretty well if you don't have the
> desktop effects enabled. There is a little problem with the tool buttons
>  not showing at times, but if you re-size the window they will appear.
>
> For me it works like a charm under Fedora 11. In fact, the scene I'm
> rendering in this very moment is almost 6 times faster than 3.6 or
> MegaPOV, when it should be only 2 times faster at most... this might be a
> very rare case.
>

  Oh... and don't forget to turn off auto-reload, or it will hang when you
switch to other app.


-- 
Jaime Vives Piqueres

http://www.ignorancia.org

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On Tue, 04 May 2010 10:37:52 +0200, Nekar Xenos wrote:

> I have 4Gb Ram and I'm dual-booting WinXP 32bit and Linux Ubuntu
> Ultimate Edition 64Bit.
> 
> Will Pov-Ray 3.7 Beta 36 on Wine be able to use the full 4Gb RAM? I'm a
> total n00b at Unix. I've installed Pov-Ray 3.6 on Linux via the software
> manager, but I obviously can't get the beta there. I also have yet to
> figure out how to use Pov-Ray on Linux :)

Depends on whether you use the 64-bit version of WINE or not - but it 
seems it would be better to use the Linux build, no?

Jim

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