simple problem with jpype on WindowsXP

[curtin]

Hi,
I've got some kind of install problem with jpype ... It should just
work, but throws a dialog exception, that doesn't give a stack trace
so not very helpful.

This should be a simple install issue, but I've searched and haven't
seen any thing

import jpype
p = jpype.getDefaultJVMPath()
jpype.startJVM(p, "-ea")

# I choke on the startJVM ... JVM path is correct, I have no issue
with Java 1.6 installed

jpype:  JPype-0.5.4.win32-py2.7.exe

windows Python 2.7
ActivePython 2.7.0.2 (ActiveState Software Inc.) based on
Python 2.7 (r27:82500, Aug 23 2010, 17:18:21) [MSC v.1500 32 bit
(Intel)] on win32