Searching online seems to indicate that I should have set a larger stack size for Python. I didn't install Python from the FreeBSD ports collection (for various reasons), but did it myself.
Yes, it sounds like a stack size issue. Look at the Makefile for python in the FreeBSD ports collection and you will see the flag that it passes to configure for python to increase the stack size. You should be able to apply that when you compile your own version. -Matt -- Matt Hamilton matth@netsight.co.uk Netsight Internet Solutions, Ltd. Business Vision on the Internet http://www.netsight.co.uk +44 (0)117 9090901 Web Design | Zope/Plone Development and Consulting | Co-location | Hosting