Re: povray

[Florian Kulzer <florian@molphys.leidenuniv.nl>]

On Thu, Sep 07, 2006 at 16:50:07 +0200, Francesco Pietra wrote:
> Hi all:
> Has anyone tried to install povray debian package and run it on either a 32bit 
> machine or a chroot on amd64? I would like to embellish with povray a series 
> of lectures. I tried on a 32bit etch debian machine. Apparently it installs 
> correctly, however I was unable to get command lines accepted.

[...]

> I guess the problem is not a broken package, rather undertsanding correctly 
> the indications on /etc/povray/3.6/povray.conf and adopting in the HOME 
> povray.conf equally restrictive, or less restrictive, positions. 

It seems to be this bug: 

Pending Upload bugs -- Important bugs (1 bug)
  7) #348399: povray-3.6: Povray dies after reading povray.ini

It is still not fixed for me (Sid, povray 1:3.6.1-3). You could try to
install the package "povray-3.5" for the time being.

-- 
Regards,
          Florian