That file is not part of lucid's virtinst package...it should be /usr/share/pyshared/virtinst/__init__.py and then symlinked to /usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/virtinst
Did you manually install virtinst at some point?
Do you have __init__.py in /usr/share/pyshared/virtinst and symlinked to /usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/virtinst ?
How about doing a "sudo mv /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/virtinst /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/virtinst.old" and trying again?
When you did the "import virtinst" in python, it seemed to have found this file:
/usr/lib/ python2. 6/dist- packages/ virtinst/ __init_ _.py
That file is not part of lucid's virtinst package...it should be /usr/share/ pyshared/ virtinst/ __init_ _.py and then symlinked to /usr/lib/ pymodules/ python2. 6/virtinst
Did you manually install virtinst at some point? pyshared/ virtinst and symlinked to /usr/lib/ pymodules/ python2. 6/virtinst ?
Do you have __init__.py in /usr/share/
How about doing a "sudo mv /usr/lib/ python2. 6/dist- packages/ virtinst /usr/lib/ python2. 6/dist- packages/ virtinst. old" and trying again?