[Jmol-developers] [ jmol-Bugs-1458891 ] povray does not launch

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Bugs item #1458891, was opened at 2006-03-26 22:04
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Category: Application
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>Status: Open
>Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Miguel (migueljmol)
>Assigned to: Nicolas (nicove)
Summary: povray does not launch

Initial Comment:
10.00.49

povray does not launch properly. 

The file gets created ... and the format of the file is
OK ... but povray does not launch. Spent a few minutes
... could not figure out why not. 


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Comment By: Bob Hanson (hansonr)
Date: 2006-08-23 01:18

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will reconsider if resubmitted 

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Comment By: Nicolas (nicove)
Date: 2006-07-30 12:47

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Mike, I have found what the problem is for your blank image.
It's a problem with the model number (jmol) / clock value
(povray):
- model number is 1 (I don't know why, it should probably be 0)
- clock value is 0

So, no atoms are drawn.

To manually fix it:
- find the lines #range (0.9, 1.1)
- replace them by #range (-0.1, 0.1)


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Comment By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Date: 2006-07-26 03:37

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I have the same problem on Mac OS 10.4, G4, Jmol 10.2 - the
.ini and .pov files are created, but povray doesn't start up
and the .tga file doesn't get created.  

However, I also have an additional problem - the protein
doesn't show up!  Just a blank, 1.5 MB image.  Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Mike Sierk

michael.sierk<AT>email<DOT>stvincent<DOT>edu

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Comment By: Nicolas (nicove)
Date: 2006-03-26 23:00

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If the path to pvengine.exe is correctly set in the "POV-Ray
Executable Location" field, then I think it's again a
problem with the simple quotes, double quotes, spaces
characters in the path.

Java tends to screw the command line when there are space
characters in paths, and PovRay itself is using on the
command line arguments (recombining arguments)

I can't test it on an other system than windows :(

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Comment By: Miguel (migueljmol)
Date: 2006-03-26 22:33

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10.00.49

The .ini file and the .pov file are getting created
correctly, but povray itself does not seem to be running, so
the image file does not get created and it does not show on
the screen.


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Comment By: Nicolas (nicove)
Date: 2006-03-26 22:19

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It's working for me on XP.
Is the path to povray correctly set in the dialog box
(executable name with full path) ?

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