On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 10:31 AM, Michael Hearne <mhea...@usgs.gov> wrote:
> I am getting a MemoryError from a numpy.fromfile() call in an > application I am trying to deploy. Normally I would assume that this > would mean that I don't have enough memory available on the system. > However, if I run vmstat (Linux) at the same time as my process, I see > that I have 3+ Gigabytes of memory free, and no swap space being > used. I can't think of a way to track down this problem, so I'm > punting to the list. The only thing I can imagine is that someone > Python has been allocated X amount of space (very small relative to > the memory actually available), and is asking for more than X. I > don't know if this is true, or if there is even a way to check it. > Sigh. > > Version info: > Linux RedHat 5 kernel 2.6.18-128.1.10.el5PAE > Python 2.5.4 -- EPD_Py25 4.3.0 > numpy 1.3.0 > > Can anyone suggest more tests that I can do? > How big is the file and what type are you importing to? Chuck
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