Rich,
Try this:
Richest-FieldImage { ; time=0:03:40.66-SF5 on P4-2000
I did a "make install" from my source directory (patch 10) to put the executable in /usr/bin. Moved to a different directory, then did "par_name=Richest-FieldImage", followed by: xfractint -disk -geometry 800x600 batch=yes savename=tmp001.gif \ "@example.par/$par_name" This generated the same image as obtained when running xfractint interactively and as shown on the FOTD web site. Patch 9 is clearly broken and doesn't generate any images from par files. You may be using an early version of patch 10 and I have made some additional change that fixes the problem you are seeing in the version you are using. If you *are* using the most current development source, then we'll need to try to figure out what the differences are between your system and mine. Jonathan