sample apps run properly but when I do one it doesn't!

Installation
1

hi all,
I’m running ubuntu 13.04. after resolving the dependencies and going through the installation I managed to successfully run the sample applications in /usr/share/panda3d/samples

however when I make a script as simple as this one:

import direct.directbase.DirectStart
run()

and try to run it with: python panda3d.py

I get:
DirectStart: Starting the game.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “panda3d.py”, line 1, in
import direct.directbase.DirectStart
File “/usr/share/panda3d/direct/directbase/DirectStart.py”, line 3, in
from direct.showbase import ShowBase
File “/usr/share/panda3d/direct/showbase/ShowBase.py”, line 33, in
import Loader
File “/usr/share/panda3d/direct/showbase/Loader.py”, line 5, in
from panda3d.core import *
File “/home/adam/workspace/python/panda3d.py”, line 3, in
run()
NameError: name ‘run’ is not defined

when I run the same exact script in /usr/share/panda3d/samples
it works! so what’s going on?

2

You have a panda3d.py script, the name of which conflicts with a module that Panda defines. You should rename your panda3d.py and it’ll work.

3

that worked like magic! thank you!