In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Tim Redfern wrote: > My python code runs nicely when launched manually from a login shell, ps > shows its using 11MB or so of memory. > > However, when I try to launch the same code from a startup script, it > uses over 22MB and the system grinds to a halt. Specifically its calling > a speech synthesis program (flite) from the os.system() function, which > requires 4-5MB, and this doesnt work from the startup script.
One useful thing to look at might be the /proc/<pid>/maps file (where <pid> is the process ID). This shows you the memory regions, shared libraries etc for the specified process. Might give you a clue as to what's different in the two situations. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
