> Steven D'Aprano wrote: > > (2) More memory will help avoid paging. If you can't get more memory, try > > more virtual memory. It will still be slow, but at least the operating > > system doesn't have to try moving blocks around as much. > > Based on his previous post, it would seem he has 7GB of RAM (with about > 5GB free) and 2GB of swap. I don't think RAM is the issue. > > Maybe there's something wrong with his specific Python installation. > What version is it and was it compiled by him?
This version: $ python Python 2.3.4 (#1, May 2 2007, 19:18:17) [GCC 3.4.6 20060404 (Red Hat 3.4.6-8)] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> $ rpm -qi python Name : python Relocations: (not relocatable) Version : 2.3.4 Vendor: CentOS Release : 14.4 Build Date: Wed 02 May 2007 07:20:29 PM EDT Install Date: Mon 04 Jun 2007 05:48:29 PM EDT Build Host: builder6 Group : Development/Languages Source RPM: python-2.3.4-14.4.src.rpm Size : 21137194 License: PSF - see LICENSE Signature : DSA/SHA1, Sat 05 May 2007 09:33:49 AM EDT, Key ID a53d0bab443e1821 URL : http://www.python.org/ $ uname -a Linux xxx 2.6.9-22.ELsmp #1 SMP Sat Oct 8 21:32:36 BST 2005 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux We've also tried it on this version (on a different machine): $ python Python 2.4.3 (#1, Mar 14 2007, 19:01:42) [GCC 4.1.1 20070105 (Red Hat 4.1.1-52)] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. $ rpm -qi python Name : python Relocations: (not relocatable) Version : 2.4.3 Vendor: CentOS Release : 19.el5 Build Date: Wed 14 Mar 2007 11:06:42 PM UTC Install Date: Mon 29 Oct 2007 07:03:16 PM UTC Build Host: builder6 Group : Development/Languages Source RPM: python-2.4.3-19.el5.src.rpm Size : 22087600 License: PSF - see LICENSE Signature : DSA/SHA1, Wed 04 Apr 2007 12:26:58 AM UTC, Key ID a8a447dce8562897 URL : http://www.python.org/ Summary : An interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language. $ uname -a Linux yyy 2.6.18-8.el5 #1 SMP Thu Mar 15 19:46:53 EDT 2007 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
