title: iPython throwing an error when launched: "ipythonrc not found"
body: <p>I'm getting a strange error when I launch iPython. I'm running Snow Leopard</p>
  
  <pre><code>WARNING: Configuration file ipythonrc not found. Ignoring request.
  ------------------------------------------------------------
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/IPython/ConfigLoader.py", line 66, in load
      fname = filefind(fname,incpath)
    File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/IPython/genutils.py", line 555, in filefind
      ' not found in current or supplied directories:' + `alt_dirs`
  IOError: File'ipythonrc' not found in current or supplied directories:u'/Users/admin_mcadminson/.ipython'
  
  WARNING: Problems loading configuration file 'ipythonrc'
  Starting with default -bare bones- configuration.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This is the error message that follows:</p>
  
  <pre><code>ImportError                               Traceback (most recent call last)
  
  /Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/IPython/ipmaker.pyc in force_import(modname, force_reload)
       61         reload(sys.modules[modname])
       62     else:
  ---&gt; 63         __import__(modname)
       64         
       65 
  
  ImportError: No module named ipy_user_conf
  WARNING: /Users/admin_mcadminson/.ipython/ipy_user_conf.py does not exist, please run %upgrade!
  WARNING: Loading of ipy_user_conf failed.
  </code></pre>