gtk not working

Hi, It is correct that the machine I'm building on does not

    > have X11 running, though it is installed. I can, however,
    > enter python and import gtk without error.

    > [root@...142... examples]# python Python 2.4.1 (#1, May 16
    > 2005, 15:15:14) [GCC 4.0.0 20050512 (Red Hat 4.0.0-5)] on
    > linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for
    > more information.
    >>>> import gtk
    >>>>
    > [root@...142... examples]#

Hmm... something is fish, because the error message you printed in
your first message is triggered only by an attempt to import gtk.
Look in setup.py: here is what is happening

if BUILD_GTK:
    try:
        import gtk
    except ImportError:
        print 'GTK requires pygtk'
        BUILD_GTK = 0
    except RuntimeError:
        print 'pygtk present but import failed'

I submit that something is different in your build environment in
which you triggered the original message and the one you are testing
in now.

JDH