.87.3 intall problems

I have done a bunch of upgrading (python, scipy, numpy, ipython, matlotlib, pyreadline, ctypes) and of course things are broken. Everything seems to be ok except for matplotlib. I think it is a backend problem, but I am nobody's expert on backends. I searched the archives for "gobject" but didn't see anything that I could use.

Here's the versions (Win2k):
python 2.4.3
scipy .4.9
numpy .9.8
ipython .7.2
matplotlib .87.3

Thanks,
Danny

when I try to import pylab here's the error:

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Python 2.4.3 (#69, Mar 29 2006, 17:35:34) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)] on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import pylab
D:\ENTHOU~1\lib\site-packages\matplotlib\__init__.py:947: UserWarning: Bad val "
free" on line #200
         "image.aspect : free # free | preserve"
         in file "e:\home\.matplotlib\matplotlibrc"
         not a valid aspect specification
   warnings.warn('Bad val "%s" on line #%d\n\t"%s"\n\tin file "%s"\n\t%s' % (
Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
   File "D:\Enthought\Lib\site-packages\pylab.py", line 1, in ?
     from matplotlib.pylab import *
   File "D:\Enthought\Lib\site-packages\matplotlib\pylab.py", line 219, in ?
     new_figure_manager, draw_if_interactive, show = pylab_setup()
   File "D:\Enthought\Lib\site-packages\matplotlib\backends\__init__.py", line 23
, in pylab_setup
     globals(),locals(),[backend_name])
   File "D:\Enthought\Lib\site-packages\matplotlib\backends\backend_gtkagg.py", l
ine 10, in ?
     from backend_gtk import gtk, FigureManagerGTK, FigureCanvasGTK,\
   File "D:\Enthought\Lib\site-packages\matplotlib\backends\backend_gtk.py", line
  6, in ?
     import gobject
ImportError: No module named gobject
>>>
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when I try to import matplotlib directly, here's the error:
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Python 2.4.3 (#69, Mar 29 2006, 17:35:34) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)] on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import matplotlib
D:\ENTHOU~1\lib\site-packages\matplotlib\__init__.py:947: UserWarning: Bad val
free" on line #200
         "image.aspect : free # free | preserve"
         in file "e:\home\.matplotlib\matplotlibrc"
         not a valid aspect specification
   warnings.warn('Bad val "%s" on line #%d\n\t"%s"\n\tin file "%s"\n\t%s' % (
>>>
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