can't start new thread

[Terry Reedy]

"jdonnell" <jaydonnell at gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:1125506166.505956.144570 at f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> I'm using Python 2.2.3 on a custom vps version of FC1.

I am pretty sure there have been thread-related bug fixes since then. 
Trying the latest release (even if you can't use it for production) might 
give you some idea of the source of the failure (Python versus your OS).

Terry J. Reedy