Kooka or Xsane won't run

[Harry G]

On Thursday 05 October 2006 1:13 pm, Net Llama! wrote:
> On Thu, 5 Oct 2006, 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?
>
> So those apps are trying to load the module (which would fail under any
> circumstances for a non-root user)?  If so, that sounds like an app bug.

I am going to try backing up on the version(s) and see what happens.

Thanks for you input!

Harry G