linuxwacom kernel module

[Dave Jones]

On Sun, Jan 22, 2006 at 02:17:32PM -0600, Michael Favia wrote:
 > For some reason the linuxwacom kernel module has failed to load in 
 > recent kernels.
 > 
 > [michaelfavia at lithium ~]$ /sbin/modprobe -v wacom
 > insmod /lib/modules/2.6.15-1.1853_FC5/kernel/drivers/usb/input/wacom.ko
 > FATAL: Error inserting wacom 
 > (/lib/modules/2.6.15-1.1853_FC5/kernel/drivers/usb/input/wacom.ko): 
 > Operation not permitted
 > 
 > /var/log/messages and /var/log/dmesg hold no clues. Any direction or 
 > file a bug? -mf
 > 

You're running it as a user. modprobe can only be run as root.
(Though hotplug should be making this load automatically when you plug it in).

		Dave