After a fresh install I started f-spot (as root) and it presented this right after startup:

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An unhandled exception was thrown: libgphoto2.so.2

at (wrapper managed-to-native) LibGPhoto2.Context.gp_context_new () <0x00093>
at LibGPhoto2.Context..ctor () <0x00025>
at GPhotoCamera..ctor () <0x0002c>
at SourceMenu..ctor (ImportCommand) <0x004ec>
at ImportCommand.ImportFromFile (PhotoStore,string) <0x00231>
at MainWindow.ImportFile (string) <0x00064>
at ImportCommand.Execute () <0x00068>
at (wrapper delegate-invoke) System.MulticastDelegate.invoke_bool () <0x0004c>
at IdleProxy.Handler () <0x00045>
at (wrapper native-to-managed) IdleProxy.Handler () <0x0005a>
in (unmanaged) 0x2acebf8b4f93
at (wrapper managed-to-native) Gtk.Application.gtk_main () <0x0000b>
at Gtk.Application.Run () <0x00008>
at Gnome.Program.Run () <0x0000c>
at FSpot.Driver.Main (string[]) <0x0086e>

.NET Version: 1.1.4322.2032

Assembly Version Information:

libgphoto2-sharp (1.0.2452.545)
FlickrNet (1.1.0.0)
google-sharp (0.0.0.0)
gconf-sharp (2.8.0.0)
pango-sharp (2.8.0.0)
SemWeb (0.7.1.0)
glade-sharp (2.8.0.0)
gtkhtml-sharp (2.8.0.0)
System.Data (1.0.5000.0)
Mono.Data.SqliteClient (1.0.5000.0)
gdk-sharp (2.8.0.0)
gnome-vfs-sharp (2.8.0.0)
dbus-sharp (0.60.0.0)
System (1.0.5000.0)
Mono.Posix (1.0.5000.0)
atk-sharp (2.8.0.0)
gtk-sharp (2.8.0.0)
glib-sharp (2.8.0.0)
gnome-sharp (2.8.0.0)
f-spot (0.2.1.0)
mscorlib (1.0.5000.0)

Platform Information: Linux 2.6.18-rc7-git1-2-default x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Disribution Information:

[/etc/lsb-release]
LSB_VERSION="core-2.0-noarch:core-3.0-noarch:core-2.0-x86_64:core-3.0-x86_64"

[/etc/SuSE-release]
openSUSE 10.2 (X86-64) Alpha4plus
VERSION = 10.2