python-wxgtk: version WXU_2.8 not defined

Linux Mint 11, 64-bit.
Steps to reproduce the problem:

import wx
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/dist-packages/wx-2.8-gtk2-unicode/wx/__init__.py",
line 45, in <module>
    from wx._core import *
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/dist-packages/wx-2.8-gtk2-unicode/wx/_core.py",
line 14796, in <module>
    from _misc import *
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/dist-packages/wx-2.8-gtk2-unicode/wx/_misc.py",
line 4, in <module>
    import _misc_
ImportError: /usr/lib64/python2.7/dist-packages/wx-2.8-gtk2-unicode/wx/_misc_.so:
symbol wxDefaultVideoMode, version WXU_2.8 not defined in file
libwx_gtk2u_core-2.8.so.0 with link time reference