Re: [Maya-Python] multiprocessing opening up output window GUI

2013-02-12 Thread Jan:
Hi Justin, your solution seems to work very well! However the setExecutable fail as it will try to import the maya module which it will not find unless the paths are specifically added. It still puzzles my mind a bit as in the script we are not calling any maya related modules. Anyway for now I w

Re: [Maya-Python] multiprocessing opening up output window GUI

2013-02-09 Thread Jan:
Hi Justin, Thanks a million ! I will try this as soon as I have access to maya again. Its a shame that the .set_executable() function is windows only. As that would have been a great solution. However being able to use the standard interpreter is a great alternative!. I will get back to you asap

Re: [Maya-Python] multiprocessing opening up output window GUI

2013-02-08 Thread Justin Israel
I am not sure what platform you are running, but on OSX this is even more problematic. It creates orphaned processes that don't close and keep spinning the cpus. The problem, as I understand it, is that the multiprocessing module needs to be able to fork, copy the memory, and start up the same