diff -urN MayaVi-1.5-orig/mayavi MayaVi-1.5/mayavi
--- MayaVi-1.5-orig/mayavi	2009-01-15 15:11:43.000000000 -0800
+++ MayaVi-1.5/mayavi	2009-01-15 15:13:05.000000000 -0800
@@ -283,6 +283,11 @@
 
 
 import Tkinter
+# fix for python>=2.3, see:
+#   http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.graphics.mayavi.user/336
+#   http://www.python.org/doc/2.3/whatsnew/node18.html
+Tkinter.wantobjects = 0
+
 
 # Import this here to avoid hard-to-debug errors when importing VTK
 # fails from within mayavi.Main.