Cannot allocate memory: '/usr/lib64/python2.5' after httpd restart

[ken@…]

OS: Fedora 8 x86_64 SELinux CPU: Core 2 Duo 2.66 MEM: 4GB

Everytime I restart my apache server I am unable to access Trac. If I refresh the page 10 times, then on the 10th refresh it works perfectly. The exact same error message is displayed those 10 times in the log:

[Sat Dec 08 11:50:59 2007] [error] [client 74.64.54.143] mod_python (pid=24035, interpreter='trac.mydomain.com', phase='PythonHandler', handler='trac.web.modpython_frontend'): Application error
[Sat Dec 08 11:50:59 2007] [error] [client 74.64.54.143] ServerName: 'trac.mydomain.com'
[Sat Dec 08 11:50:59 2007] [error] [client 74.64.54.143] DocumentRoot: '/var/www/trac'
[Sat Dec 08 11:50:59 2007] [error] [client 74.64.54.143] URI: '/'
[Sat Dec 08 11:50:59 2007] [error] [client 74.64.54.143] Location: '/'
[Sat Dec 08 11:50:59 2007] [error] [client 74.64.54.143] Directory: None
[Sat Dec 08 11:50:59 2007] [error] [client 74.64.54.143] Filename: '/var/www/trac/'
[Sat Dec 08 11:50:59 2007] [error] [client 74.64.54.143] PathInfo: ''
[Sat Dec 08 11:50:59 2007] [error] [client 74.64.54.143] Traceback (most recent call last):
[Sat Dec 08 11:50:59 2007] [error] [client 74.64.54.143]   File "/usr/lib64/python2.5/site-packages/mod_python/importer.py", line 1537, in HandlerDispatch\n    default=default_handler, arg=req, silent=hlist.silent)
[Sat Dec 08 11:50:59 2007] [error] [client 74.64.54.143]   File "/usr/lib64/python2.5/site-packages/mod_python/importer.py", line 1229, in _process_target\n    result = _execute_target(config, req, object, arg)
[Sat Dec 08 11:50:59 2007] [error] [client 74.64.54.143]   File "/usr/lib64/python2.5/site-packages/mod_python/importer.py", line 1128, in _execute_target\n    result = object(arg)
[Sat Dec 08 11:50:59 2007] [error] [client 74.64.54.143]   File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/trac/web/modpython_frontend.py", line 87, in handler\n    gateway.run(dispatch_request)
[Sat Dec 08 11:50:59 2007] [error] [client 74.64.54.143]   File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/trac/web/wsgi.py", line 87, in run\n    response = application(self.environ, self._start_response)
[Sat Dec 08 11:50:59 2007] [error] [client 74.64.54.143]   File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/trac/web/main.py", line 391, in dispatch_request\n    env = _open_environment(env_path, run_once=run_once)
[Sat Dec 08 11:50:59 2007] [error] [client 74.64.54.143]   File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/trac/web/main.py", line 58, in _open_environment\n    env_cache[env_path] = open_environment(env_path)
[Sat Dec 08 11:50:59 2007] [error] [client 74.64.54.143]   File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/trac/env.py", line 462, in open_environment\n    env = Environment(env_path)
[Sat Dec 08 11:50:59 2007] [error] [client 74.64.54.143]   File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/trac/env.py", line 141, in __init__\n    from trac.loader import load_components
[Sat Dec 08 11:50:59 2007] [error] [client 74.64.54.143]   File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/trac/loader.py", line 28, in <module>\n    import pkg_resources
[Sat Dec 08 11:50:59 2007] [error] [client 74.64.54.143]   File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 2552, in <module>\n    working_set = WorkingSet()
[Sat Dec 08 11:50:59 2007] [error] [client 74.64.54.143]   File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 384, in __init__\n    self.add_entry(entry)
[Sat Dec 08 11:50:59 2007] [error] [client 74.64.54.143]   File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 399, in add_entry\n    for dist in find_distributions(entry, True):
[Sat Dec 08 11:50:59 2007] [error] [client 74.64.54.143]   File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 1659, in find_on_path\n    for entry in os.listdir(path_item):
[Sat Dec 08 11:50:59 2007] [error] [client 74.64.54.143] OSError: [Errno 12] Cannot allocate memory: '/usr/lib64/python2.5'

[Matthew Good]

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