Kooka or Xsane won't run

[Harry G]

On Thursday 05 October 2006 1:24 pm, Mike Reinehr wrote:
> 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


How would I determine which node it is using?  

Harry G