[Zope] Zope won't start: "module ZODB.cPersistence not loaded"

[ken]

See <http://www.zope.org/Members/dingo/Zope_RPMS>, especially if you're 
running redhat.

ken

Mike Payson at 00:52 (UTC-0800) on Mon, 16 Dec 2002 said:

= I've just installed Zope, but I can't get it to start. I get the following 
= error:
= 
= bash-2.05$ ./start
= /usr/home/mpayson/Zope-2.6.0-src/z2.py:378: UserWarning: You are running 
= Python version 2.1.1.  This Python version has known bugs that may cause Zope 
= to run improperly. Consider upgrading to a Python in the 2.1 series with at 
= least version number 2.1.3.  (Note that Zope does not yet run under any 
= Python 2.2 version).
=   warnings.warn(err)
= ------
= 2002-12-16T07:48:47 INFO(0) zdaemon Started subprocess: pid 27298
= /usr/home/mpayson/Zope-2.6.0-src/z2.py:378: UserWarning: You are running 
= Python version 2.1.1.  This Python version has known bugs that may cause Zope 
= to run improperly. Consider upgrading to a Python in the 2.1 series with at 
= least version number 2.1.3.  (Note that Zope does not yet run under any 
= Python 2.2 version).
=   warnings.warn(err)
= ------
= 2002-12-16T07:48:47 PANIC(300) z2 Startup exception
= Traceback (innermost last):
=   Module __main__, line 580, in ?
=   Module <string>, line 1, in ?
=   Module Zope, line 21, in ?
=   Module ZODB, line 15, in ?
= SystemError: _PyImport_FixupExtension: module ZODB.cPersistence not loaded
= 
= 
= Clearly, I need to upgrade Python, but I'm assuming that's not the origin of 
= the error. Any suggestions?
= 
= Thanks in advance!
= 
=