Emacs Python rope

[jakob fischer]

Hello,
I am running Ubuntu 9.4. Since three days I am trying to install The
perfect python environment on emacs according to the howtos 
http://www.enigmacurry.com/2009/01/19/my-emacs-config-on-github/ and 
http://hide1713.wordpress.com/2009/01/30/setup-perfect-python-environment-in-emacs/

I allways get a void on functions in rope, even if I follow the hotow
step by step or just clone the github stuff from enigma curry. I
istalled the suggested versions of the libs and so on. 

Does anybody have some knowledge about this perfect python environment
for emacs? And how can i get emacs to give me some decent debub info. 

Note: I am pretty much an emacs newbie and do not understand lisp code. 

Thank you, jakob