Kooka or Xsane won't run

[Mike Reinehr]

On Thursday 05 October 2006 11:57, Harry G wrote:
> On Wednesday 04 October 2006 4:43 pm, Net Llama! wrote:
> > On Wed, 4 Oct 2006, Harry G wrote:
> > > When run from a terminal, I get the error:
> > > insmod: can't
> > > read
> > > '/lib/modules/2.6.15-26-386/kernel/drivers/mfpportctrl/mfpport.ko': No
> > > such file or directory
> > >
> > > Did I muck up the kernel somehow?
> >
> > Looks that way.  Does the mfpport modules exist?
>
> No the file doesn't exit.
>
>   But if I try to run either as root (yes, I know you should not run Xsane
> as root) both work fine.
>
> Weird, huh?
>
> Harry G

Harry,

This sounds like a plain, old permissions problem. I think the mfpport module 
message is a red herring. I use xsane regularly & I don't have any such 
module.

Have you checked the permissions & group ownership of the device node of your 
scanner?

cmr

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