Using Tkinter in windows 98

[Dennis Wilson]

Thanks,  but I have already been through that. I have deinstalled and
reinstalled both python and tcl/tk. I had had a previous install of tcl/tk
and those .dlls (I think) were removed. This is per the FAQ on the web-site.

There isn't a real handy list of TCL/TK .dlls to find to remove. Without
that the advice to remove the requisite .dlls is somewhat abstract. I'll bet
some of the names have even changed with versions.

If I remove python, my tcl still runs fine. My tcl ran fine before I tried
to install python. This means to me that the tcl/tk .dlls are finding their
system stuff just fine.

My question is what does python throw into the mix? This has to be the
breaking point, if my windows works and my tcl/tk works.


Robert Kern wrote in message <37507e90.17955836 at news.erols.com>...
>On Sat, 29 May 1999 15:29:38 -0700, "Dennis Wilson"
><lincwils at teleport.com> wrote:
>
>>My machine is an ibm aptive with windows 98 installed. I have a
beautifully
>>running tcl and perl with tk. I have tried to install and get to work
python
>>with tkinter. What an adventure.
>>
>>This final error message has me stymied.
>>in python
>>>>> import _tkinter;
>>ImportError: DLL Load: a device attached to the system is not functioning.
>>
>>Like which device. The system is working fine. Python is not functioning.
>>
>>Just an aside, these kinds of vacuous error messages are part of what
gives
>>software a bad name.
>
>This error means that _tkinter.pyd can't load one of the TCL/TK DLLs
>correctly.  The problem is that the TCL/TK DLLs cannot find a system
>DLL that it is dependent on.  Search for old TCL/TK DLLs and get rid
>of them.  If that doesn't work, try a clean install of TCL/TK.
>
>BTW, the error message comes from Windows, not Python.  The OS should
>be getting the bad name, not the software.
>
>>Let's go down a quick check list of what I can think of:
>>    the keyboard:  nope, I am typing this email and keys are appearing
>>    the monitor:     nope, I can see what I am doing
>>    the harddrive:  nope, I can save things
>>    the cpu:            I don't think so.
>>    the printer:       nope, I just printed something off the web.
>>    So what is going on?????
>
>_device_ seems to be MSSpeak for _system_DLL_.
>