exception in Tkinter on Ubtunu...

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....hey guys, I posted this over on the Ubuntu forums with no luck. I'm
running Ubuntu 9.10 and python 2.5. In Idle when I type in a function
I get this error...
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/lib-tk/Tkinter.py", line 1417, in __call__
return self.func(*args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/idlelib/MultiCall.py", line 151, in handler
r = l(event)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/idlelib/CallTips.py", line 55, in
try_open_calltip_event
self.open_calltip(False)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/idlelib/CallTips.py", line 79, in
open_calltip
self.calltip.showtip(arg_text, sur_paren[0], sur_paren[1])
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/idlelib/CallTipWindow.py", line 66, in
showtip
self.position_window()
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/idlelib/CallTipWindow.py", line 35, in
position_window
self.parencol))
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/lib-tk/Tkinter.py", line 2860, in bbox
self.tk.call((self._w, 'bbox') + args)) or None
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/lib-tk/Tkinter.py", line 1033, in _getints
return tuple(map(getint, self.tk.splitlist(string)))
ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: '(167,'
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....I've tried reinstalling, and am not sure where to go from here. I
also get a 2nd small windows about 2X2" with 'idle' in the title, and
nothing in the box, and I cannot use the mouse if I open a Python
program from Idle. Any ideas?