Fatal Python error: PyThreadState_Get: no current thread

[Ken Kinder]

I just went through hec to get the MySQL DA installed. When I try to use
it, I get:

    kkinder at tridog1:~/MySQLdb-0.2.2$ python
    Python 1.5.2 (#11, Nov 17 1999, 22:58:09)  [GCC egcs-2.91.66
19990314 (egcs-1.1.2  on bsdos4
    Copyright 1991-1995 Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam
    >>> import MySQLdb
    Fatal Python error: PyThreadState_Get: no current thread
    Abort trap

Any ideas?