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Thanks for the input...
As this test was done with an original config.inc then the IP authentication was used. That's not the way I would want to go (remote administration is preferable), but I can't even get it to work with an untouched config.inc and using a browser on the local host.
I've now set and studied the XOOPS internal debugging options for PHP and MySQL, but also run the module with MySQL debugging on.
Nothing obvious (to me), but since it works for some sites I suspect that the problem is some assumptions made within the MRBS module about the XOOPS and/or http server configurations... locations of files, file ownerships, or file permissions.
Since I get the admin page I know the permissions are ok and the module's PHP is running, so it must be file locations or mis-read variables from the XOOPS environment.
Not being a PHP/MySQL developer this is slow going for me but I will post any useful results for others who encounter this problem.
BTW... does the XOOPS Team evaluate submitted modules in any way before accepting their submission here? Just curious as to how much Q&A gets done.
-P.