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Hey guys, thought I'd try and render an exported mxs model from win32, got some installation woes though it seems the installation (exporting the environmental variables)this way:

export MAXWELL_ROOT=/usr/local/bin/maxwell
export PATH=/usr/local/bin/maxwell:$PATH

not there are no spaces or inverted comma's like in the manual


root@darkstar:/home/bert# export

relevant piece:

declare -x MAXWELL_ROOT="/usr/local/bin/maxwell"

yes we have it, and from there everything works fine, but when i close the console and open another one i get this:

bert@darkstar:~$ mxcl -mxs:/home/bertscene.mxs -d -th:4 -res:2000x2000 -o:scene.jpg
-bash: mxcl: command not found
bert@darkstar:~$

and an export command issues no MAXWELL_ROOT env variable, I was told to make the env variable permanent I would have to edit /etc/profile but I'm not sure how to do that, any tips guys?

Thanks

Brett

OK I had a linux guru friend of mine help me out

The fix is quiite simple, open a new text document and paste your variables in there, for my install it was as follows:

export MAXWELL_ROOT=/usr/local/bin/maxwell
export PATH=/usr/local/bin/maxwell:$PATH

then save to document as:

.profile

in your home directory so /home/username
the "." makes it a hidden file

and that's it, now the command "mxcl" actually works all the time, think that bit should be in the manual guys

Render on

Brett

and for the tip....

cy,
Andronikos

Hey Brett,
Will be interesting to see what size images you can render with 4gigs running linux

yes duncan, will be interesting to find out, rendering something now , not too high res though.While I'm here just wondering if anyone from nextlimit could confirm whether mxcl will eventually display voxilization percentages n while processing at the moment a percentage only shows up at 33%, 67% and 100% , saves staring at an almost blank screen

Cheers

Brett