Sounds like something called wintypes is missing. See if you can install that. Jason
----- Original message ----- > hi all, > I want to import pyserial package. however, got an import error. I > tried a really simple module and it imports just fine. I am not sure > which problem is it. > > thanks for help! > > > Controller > ======= > > def start(): > import sys > path = "C:\\Documents and Settings\\frank.zhu\\My Documents\ > \Downloads\\web2py\\site-packages\\" > if path not in sys.path: > sys.path.append(path) > # kick off the serial driver > import serial > # update bus state in the database > return dict(session.bus) > > Error > ==== > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "gluon/restricted.py", line 178, in restricted > File "C:/Documents and Settings/frank.zhu/My Documents/Downloads/ > web2py/applications/dms/controllers/default.py", line 82, in <module> > File "gluon/globals.py", line 96, in <lambda> > File "C:/Documents and Settings/frank.zhu/My Documents/Downloads/ > web2py/applications/dms/controllers/default.py", line 30, in start > File "C:\Documents and Settings\frank.zhu\My Documents\Downloads > \web2py\site-packages\pyserial-2.5-rc2\serial\__init__.py", line 19, > in <module> > File "C:\Documents and Settings\frank.zhu\My Documents\Downloads > \web2py\site-packages\pyserial-2.5-rc2\serial\serialwin32.py", line > 12, in <module> > File "C:\Documents and Settings\frank.zhu\My Documents\Downloads > \web2py\site-packages\pyserial-2.5-rc2\serial\win32.py", line 2, in > <module> > ImportError: No module named wintypes
