Bump. Anyone have any ideas on this? My next step is to either link together a static version of the compiler or create a debug version.
Thanks, Jon On Jul 18, 11:43 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm experiencing some strange behavior when starting up python on a > Debian-based PowerPC platform. Normally, I operate from this platform > with a root file system on an IDE flash drive (/dev/hda1). However, > I'm trying to get my system to run with root on a mechanical SATA > drive (/dev/sda1). Both are installed on a PowerPC board via a PMC > daughter board. > > When running off the flash drive, the Python interpreter loads and > runs just fine. However, when running from SATA, the interpreter > seems to have problems with importing things like site, os, etc. I've > played around with PYTHONHOME to no effect. I even went as far as > setting PYTHONHOME to some off the wall location (so no stdlibs will > load) and invoking Python as: > > host$ PYTHONHOME=/tmp python -d -v -S > # installing zipimport hook > import zipimport # builtin > # installed zipimport hook > Python 2.4.4 (#2, Apr 5 2007, 19:01:44) > [GCC 4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-21)] on linux2>>> i=0 > > File "<stdin>", line 1 > i=0 > ^ > SyntaxError: invalid syntax > > > > You'll note that doing something as simple as setting "i=0" results in > a syntax error. If I run the same thing on the IDE flash drive, it > works: > > host$ PYTHONHOME=/tmp python -d -v -S > # installing zipimport hook > import zipimport # builtin > # installed zipimport hook > Python 2.4.4 (#2, Apr 5 2007, 19:01:44) > [GCC 4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-21)] on linux2 > > >>> i=0 > > Any ideas?! What could possibly cause a difference of operation > between running from a IDE flash drive (/dev/hda1) vs. SATA (/dev/ > sda1)? Other than toggling hda1 vs. sda1 in /etc/fstab, the > filesystems are being built identically. Could it be that shared > libraries aren't being loaded correctly or fast enough off the SATA > drive vs. flash? Shooting in the dark here... > > Thanks, > Jon Wahlmann -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list