note almut <blockquote> <i>produces out of memory too</i> </blockquote> <p> This doesn't make much sense, as the <c>eval { ... }</c> is essentially also just loading the module (or trying to), only with fatal errors trapped. </p> <blockquote> <i>I have : XP, 2Gb ram, perl 5.10, IM 6.4.4-2, PerlMagick</i> </blockquote> <p> This is your web server machine, is it? </p> 721195 721240