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 177, in handler
    return ModPythonHandler()(req)

  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/django/core/handlers/modpython.py", line 150, in __call__
    response = self.get_response(request)

  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/django/core/handlers/base.py", line 59, in get_response
    response = middleware_method(request)

  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/django/middleware/cache.py", line 55, in process_request
    cache_key = get_cache_key(request, self.key_prefix)

  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/django/utils/cache.py", line 134, in get_cache_key
    headerlist = cache.get(cache_key, None)

  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/django/core/cache/backends/db.py", line 29, in get
    cursor.execute("SELECT cache_key, value, expires FROM %s WHERE cache_key = %%s" % self._table, [key])

  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/MySQL_python-1.2.2-py2.4-linux-i686.egg/MySQLdb/cursors.py", line 166, in execute

  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/MySQL_python-1.2.2-py2.4-linux-i686.egg/MySQLdb/connections.py", line 35, in defaulterrorhandler

InternalError: (145, "Table './pasadenaweekly/paw_cache' is marked as crashed and should be repaired")