Re: Dealing with large memory under linux or How to Build 64bit Python

2009-01-22 Thread Martin v. Löwis
> I've got an Ubuntu (2.6.27-9-server SMP i686 GNU/Linux) setup with > 6GB RAM running python 2.5. I'm running a simulation program that is > breaking as soon as it hits ~3GB RAM even though I have plenty of RAM > free. I'm guessing that it's because my python is only 32-bit? If you do use a 32-b

Dealing with large memory under linux or How to Build 64bit Python

2009-01-22 Thread proteus...@gmail.com
I've got an Ubuntu (2.6.27-9-server SMP i686 GNU/Linux) setup with 6GB RAM running python 2.5. I'm running a simulation program that is breaking as soon as it hits ~3GB RAM even though I have plenty of RAM free. I'm guessing that it's because my python is only 32-bit? Appreciate any pointers on h