[Steve wrote] > I've installed the ActiveState binary distribution for Solaris in my > home directory, but I'm having problems with Tk. > > I think I did everything right -- I used gtar rather than Solaris tar, > and the install process indicated it was successful. I added the > python directory to ~/.bashrc. > > Python works fine from the command line. > > But if I try to execute anything that uses Tkinter (including Idle), > the console window goes blank and then nothing else happens. I have to > use control+z to break out. > > Does anyone have any idea what the problem might be, and how to fix it?
What version did you install? I.e. what was the package name. Or do this: $ python >>> import activestate, pprint >>> pprint.pprint(activestate.version_info) What version of Solaris do you have? Run: uname -a Do you get an error doing the following minimal Tkinter test: >>> import Tkinter >>> Tkinter.Tk() Cheers, Trent -- Trent Mick [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list