python not found with 2.42

I am running Mandriva 2006

The two versions of blender launched as follows

Version 2.41

[nykysle@unimatrix ~]$ /opt/blender-2.41-linux-glibc232-py24-i386/blender -w
Using Python version 2.4
‘import site’ failed; use -v for traceback

Blender quit

Version 2.42

[nykysle@unimatrix ~]$ /opt/blender-2.42-linux-glibc232-py24-i386/blender -w
Compiled with Python version 2.4.
‘import site’ failed; use -v for traceback
Checking for installed Python… No installed Python found.
Only built-in modules are available. Some scripts may not run.
Continuing happily.

Blender quit

Does this mean that 2.41 locates python and 2.42 does not.

Python is in my path and is version 2.4

regards
nykysle

Very odd. Try re-installing Python and see if it works.

the information message have changed in 2.42.
in your case, blender (2.41 and 2.42) never find your python installation (‘import site’ failed; use -v for traceback).

in 2.42, blender explicits which version of python was used to compile (Compiled with Python version 2.4.) and more clearly that it didn’t find th pyhon (Checking for installed Python… No installed Python found.)

the last sentence is informationnal (Only built-in modules are available. Some scripts may not run.
Continuing happily)

but you’ve a problem on pc, blender shouldn’t quit.

It’s been broken since 2.42RC3 on linux, 2.42a did not fix it for me. See the thread:

http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?t=73185

The only thing I have found that works is to compile blender from source.