In article <51d1dd3f-322d-47fa-9d44-75b92c6ef...@e20g2000vbc.googlegroups.com>, <henning.vonbar...@arcor.de> wrote: > >New info: The problem is not related to the specific program - it is >definitely a build problem, as the following test shows: >Python 2.6.2 (r262:71600, Apr 28 2009, 17:38:15) >[GCC 4.2.3] on hp-ux11 >Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>>> import threading >>>> threading._test() >Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> > File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/threading.py", line 952, in _test > t.start() > File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/threading.py", line 471, in start > _start_new_thread(self.__bootstrap, ()) >thread.error: can't start new thread >>>> > >The compiler I used was GCC 4.2.3
You probably want to start by figuring out which threading library is being used -- Python normally wants Posix threads, but IIRC, that's not the default on HP-UX, and you may need to fix the build process to use Posix. -- Aahz (a...@pythoncraft.com) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "It is easier to optimize correct code than to correct optimized code." --Bill Harlan -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
