Cannot find modules on SuSE Linux 7.3

[Colin Pinkney]

Hi,

Just installed SuSE 7.3 but there is something wrong with the python 
installation. Anything that uses python falls over with errors like this 
(this came from xrpm):

<<
'import site' failed; use -v for traceback
Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "/usr/lib/xrpm/xrpm.py", line 33, in ?
     import os
ImportError: No module named os
 >>

I have $PYTHONHOME set to /usr/lib/python which is a link to 
/usr/lib/python2.1 and I've tried setting it to /usr/lib/python2.1 too.

If I run python outside this directory and type something like 'import 
os' it can't find any module. If I run python in /usr/lib/python2.1 then 
it still starts up with:

<<
'import site' failed; use -v for traceback
Python 2.1.1 (#1, Sep 24 2001, 05:28:47)
[GCC 2.95.3 20010315 (SuSE)] on linux2
 >>

But then typing 'import site' or importing any other basic module seems 
to succeed.

Can anyone see what is wrong?

TIA

-- 
Colin Pinkney