Mod_python error: "PythonHandler django.core.handlers.modpython"

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/mod_python/apache.py", line 299, in HandlerDispatch
    result = object(req)

  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/django/core/handlers/modpython.py", line 188, in handler
    return ModPythonHandler()(req)

  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/django/core/handlers/modpython.py", line 165, in __call__
    response = middleware_method(request, response)

  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/django/contrib/sessions/middleware.py", line 37, in process_response
    request.session.save()

  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/django/contrib/sessions/backends/db.py", line 41, in save
    Session.objects.create(

  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/django/contrib/sessions/backends/base.py", line 109, in _get_session_key
    self._session_key = self._get_new_session_key()

  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/django/contrib/sessions/backends/base.py", line 101, in _get_new_session_key
    if not self.exists(session_key):

  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/django/contrib/sessions/backends/db.py", line 35, in exists
    Session.objects.get(session_key=session_key)

  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/django/db/models/manager.py", line 69, in get
    return self.get_query_set().get(*args, **kwargs)

  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/django/db/models/query.py", line 261, in get
    obj_list = list(clone)

  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/django/db/models/query.py", line 114, in __iter__
    return iter(self._get_data())

  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/django/db/models/query.py", line 483, in _get_data
    self._result_cache = list(self.iterator())

  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/django/db/models/query.py", line 188, in iterator
    cursor = connection.cursor()

  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/django/db/backends/__init__.py", line 33, in cursor
    cursor = self._cursor(settings)

  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/django/db/backends/mysql/base.py", line 182, in _cursor
    self.connection = Database.connect(**kwargs)

  File "build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/MySQLdb/__init__.py", line 74, in Connect

  File "build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/MySQLdb/connections.py", line 170, in __init__

OperationalError: (2003, "Can't connect to MySQL server on '10.10.104.164' (111)")