[vtkusers] newbie problems with vtk4.0/python on irix

[P Sherwood]

Dear Prabhu,

>>     PS> % python Python 2.2 (#2, Jan 5 2002, 16:27:46) [C] on irix6
>>     PS> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more
>>     PS> information.
>>     >>>> from vtkpython import *
>>     PS> Fatal Python error: Interpreter not initialized (version
>>     PS> mismatch?)  Abort (core dumped)
>> 
>> Thats strange.  What options did you set in the CMakeCache.txt.  Here
>> is a part of my setup:
>> 
>> ----------
>> //Where can one of the python, python21_d or python20_d libraries
>> // be found
>> PYTHON_DEBUG_LIBRARY:FILEPATH=
>> 
>> //What is the path where the file Python.h can be found
>> PYTHON_INCLUDE_PATH:PATH=/usr/local/include/python2.1
>> 
>> //Where can one of the python, python21, python2.1, python20 or
>> // python2.0 libraries be found
>> PYTHON_LIBRARY:FILEPATH=
>> ----------
>> 
>> Note that I don't explicitly set a PYTHON_LIBRARY.  I've run into
>> problems earlier when I did link to libpython*.a

Thanks for this tip, it did the trick. I guess it must have been 
trying to (re)load the python .so  in some incorrect manner during
the  vtk import.

thanks again!!

Paul