--- ray/src/rt/glass.c	1992/10/02 16:17:31	2.3
+++ ray/src/rt/glass.c	1993/08/24 12:59:24	2.6
@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@ static char SCCSid[] = "$SunId$ LBL";
  *	3 red grn blu
  *
  *  The color is used for the transmission at normal incidence.
- *  To compute transmission (tn) from transmissivity (Tn) use:
+ *  To compute transmissivity (tn) from transmittance (Tn) use:
  *
  *	tn = (sqrt(.8402528435+.0072522239*Tn*Tn)-.9166530661)/.0036261119/Tn
  *
- *  The transmission of standard 88% transmissivity glass is 0.96.
+ *  The transmissivity of standard 88% transmittance glass is 0.96.
  *  A refractive index other than the default can be used by giving
  *  it as the fourth real argument.  The above formula no longer applies.
  *
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ register RAY  *r;
 	if (r->rod < 0.0)			/* reorient if necessary */
 		flipsurface(r);
 	transtest = 0;
+	transdist = r->rot;
 						/* get modifiers */
 	raytexture(r, m->omod);
 	pdot = raynormal(pnorm, r);
@@ -96,7 +97,10 @@ register RAY  *r;
 			for (i = 0; i < 3; i++)		/* perturb direction */
 				p.rdir[i] = r->rdir[i] +
 						2.*(1.-rindex)*r->pert[i];
-			normalize(p.rdir);
+			if (normalize(p.rdir) == 0.0) {
+				objerror(m, WARNING, "bad perturbation");
+				VCOPY(p.rdir, r->rdir);
+			}
 		} else {
 			VCOPY(p.rdir, r->rdir);
 			transtest = 2;