MySQLdb undefined symbol

[HW]

Hello,

I get the following error when I try to import MySQLdb:

>>> import MySQLdb
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
  File "/home/clairvision/local/lib/python2.1/site-packages/MySQLdb/__init__.py",
line 27, in ?
    import _mysql
ImportError: /home/clairvision/local/lib/python2.1/site-packages/_mysql.so:
undefined symbol: mysql_field_count
>>> 

Red Hat 6.2, python 2.1.1, MySQLdb 0.9.1

Any ideas?

Cheers,
Harlan