csrss.exe & Numeric

[jelle]

I have a function that uses the Numeric module. When I launch the
function csrss.exe consumes 60 / 70 % cpu power rather than having
python / Numeric run at full speed. Has anyone encountered this problem
before? It seriously messes up my Numeric performance.

I'm running 2.4.2 on xp.

Cheers, Jelle

 

[Travis E. Oliphant]

I have a function that uses the Numeric module. When I launch the
function csrss.exe consumes 60 / 70 % cpu power rather than having
python / Numeric run at full speed. Has anyone encountered this problem
before? It seriously messes up my Numeric performance.

Are you memory-limited so that the process is swapping memory to disk?

We'll need more details to offer a better suggestion.

Best,

-Travis

 

[Tim Peters]

[jelle]

I have a function that uses the Numeric module. When I launch the
function csrss.exe consumes 60 / 70 % cpu power rather than having
python / Numeric run at full speed. Has anyone encountered this problem
before? It seriously messes up my Numeric performance.

I'm running 2.4.2 on xp.

Need more clues than that. What does your function do? What
facilities does your function make use of?

csrss.exe is the "user-mode side" of Windows, and consumes a lot of
CPU if, for example, you're starting/stopping many threads, or display
a lot of output to "a DOS box". You should also be aware that several
kinds of malware install a program named "csrss.exe" or "CSRSS.EXE"
(search the web for more on that, and run a virus scan).