6
BUMP.
Hopefully over a year later, someone has fixed this problem!!!!
I have the new version of smartsection and XOOPS and it's still the same

P.S. In the meantime I changed system_block_comments.html as follows:
le="color: #000000"><?php <table width="100%" cellspacing="1" class="outer"> <{if !$xoops_isuser}><tr><td><i>(Log in to see list...)</td></tr></i> <{else}> <{foreach item=comment from=$block.comments}> <tr class="<{cycle values="even,odd"}>"> <td align="center"><img src="<{$xoops_url}>/images/subject/<{$comment.icon}>" alt="" /></td> <td><{$comment.title}></td> <!-- <td align="center"><{$comment.module}></td> --> <td align="center"><{$comment.poster}></td> <td align="right"><{$comment.time}></td> </tr> <{/foreach}> <{/if}> </table>