Tkinter problem

[Simon Forman]

Jim Anderson wrote:
> I'm running Kubuntu a derivative of Debian Linux. I'm using
> Python 2.4 and tcl/tk 8.4. I'm running Tkinter programs and
> they were running about a month ago. When I tried them again
> yesterday, I got the following message:
>
>  > python ~/prog/python/iodef/iodef.py
>  > Traceback (most recent call last):
>  >   File "/home/jja/prog/python/iodef/iodef.py", line 10, in ?
>  >     import pkgview
>  >   File "/home/jja/prog/python/iodef/lib/pkgview.py", line 3, in ?
>  >     from Tkinter import *
>  >   File "/usr/lib/python2.4/lib-tk/Tkinter.py", line 38, in ?
>  >     import _tkinter # If this fails your Python may not be configured
>  > for Tk
>  > ImportError: /usr/lib/python2.4/lib-dynload/_tkinter.so: cannot open
>  > > shared object file: No such file or directory
>
> My environment varibles, like PTYHONPATH and TK_LIBRIARY all look
> correct and the tcl/tk and python librarys are all still in place.
> There is a file '/usr/lib/python2.4/lib-dynload/_tkinter.so'. I'm
> not sure if this is the file not being found, but that is what is
> sounds like.
>
> I did a search on this on the web and got some hits, but none of them
> provide a solution to my problem.
>
> Can anyone help with this problem?
>
> Jim Anderson

Just an idea, but if you're sure that
/usr/lib/python2.4/lib-dynload/_tkinter.so exists, check it's
permissions and the permissions of /usr/lib/python2.4/lib-dynload/

HTH,
~Simon