Nicolas Calimet <pov### [at] freefr> wrote:
> > i can get it to compile, but whenever i try to render an image, i get a seg
> > fault. anyone have any ideas?
>
>  Do you really think such a minimal information will suffice
> to know what can be the cause of your problem?  You do even fail to
> mention which version of POV-Ray you are using...
>
>  At which moment the segfault occurs?  Do you have any console
> output appearing, or does it crash as you as you start it?  Does it
> crash when you use display?  You can also try recompiling the program
> by configuring it so as to include debugging data useful for the GNU
> debugger GDB.
>  Please  try the following, from the root directory of your
> povray source distro:
>
> % make distclean
> % ./configure --enable-debug [additional options]
> % make
> % gdb ./unix/povray
> (gdb) run ./scenes/advanced/biscuit.pov -f +d
> _some_error_messages_should_appear_here_
> (gdb) backtrace
> (gdb) quit
>
>  and report the full output messages.
>
>  Thanks,
>  - NC

i'm using the latest 3.6 source. it compiles fine. the seg fault occurs
after parsing right when rendering begins. i'm not really sure why that is.
i've tried this on openbsd on an old pentium computer, and povray compiles
and renders just fine. i've never debugged anything before. i'll give that
a try

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