Help! Tkinter

[Fredrik Lundh]

Nick Trout <nick at spam_me_notvideosystem.co.uk> wrote:
> I'm having trouble getting Tkinter to work. I've uninstalled and reinstalled
> Python/Tcl and looked at the FAQ but I cant find a relevant posting.
> 
> I get:
> 
> Python 1.5.2 (#0, Apr 13 1999, 10:51:12) [MSC 32 bit (Intel)] on win32
> Copyright 1991-1995 Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam
> >>> import Tkinter
> WHOOPS!  Even though I think I have found a Tcl/Tk 8.0 installation,
> I can't seem to import the _tkinter extension module.
> I get the following exception:
>     ImportError: DLL load failed: A device attached to the system is not functio
> ning.
> If you don't know how to fix this, consider searching the Python FAQ
> for the error you get; post to the comp.lang.python if all else fails.

this might help:
http://www.pythonware.com/people/fredrik/fyi/fyi02.htm

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