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  Re: Ubuntu package puts components in non-standard places?  
From: nemesis
Date: 21 Nov 2007 12:10:00
Message: <web.47446581920673bb773c9a3e0@news.povray.org>
jgentry <jge### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> I tried to use the povray version from the repos a few ubuntu versions
> ago.  While it did /work/, it was a bit problematic and the preview
> display while the work was rendering simply filled with '.' if I
> remember correctly.

BTW, I noticed that running under the Compiz composite window manager, the
preview window runs transparent:  you hardly notice the picture.  Could it be
problems with PNG alpha channel?  I turned preview off and am relying on the
graphical file manager to get a thumbnailed preview for long renders.


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