It seems that there is a Windows/Linux filesystem misnomer here, as the mod is explicitly trying to set a filepath with a backslash, which is not how Linux or Mac view the world.
2015-07-26 12:08:44: ERROR[main]: ========== ERROR FROM LUA ===========
2015-07-26 12:08:44: ERROR[main]: Failed to load and run script from
2015-07-26 12:08:44: ERROR[main]: /home/minetest/minetest/bin/../games/tekkest/mods/mobs_water/mobs_crocs/init.lua:
2015-07-26 12:08:44: ERROR[main]: cannot open /home/minetest/minetest/bin/../games/tekkest/mods/mobs_water/mobs_crocs\SETTINGS.txt: No such file or directory
2015-07-26 12:08:44: ERROR[main]: stack traceback:
2015-07-26 12:08:44: ERROR[main]: [C]: in function 'dofile'
2015-07-26 12:08:44: ERROR[main]: ...bin/../games/tekkest/mods/mobs_water/mobs_crocs/init.lua:22: in main chunk
2015-07-26 12:08:44: ERROR[main]: ======= END OF ERROR FROM LUA ========
2015-07-26 12:08:44: ERROR[main]: Server: Failed to load and run /home/minetest/minetest/bin/../games/tekkest/mods/mobs_water/mobs_crocs/init.lua
2015-07-26 12:08:44: ERROR[main]: ERROR: An unhandled exception occurred: ModError: Failed to load and run /home/minetest/minetest/bin/../games/tekkest/mods/mobs_water/mobs_crocs/init.lua
2015-07-26 12:08:44: ERROR[main]: Error from Lua:
2015-07-26 12:08:44: ERROR[main]: cannot open /home/minetest/minetest/bin/../games/tekkest/mods/mobs_water/mobs_crocs\SETTINGS.txt: No such file or directory
2015-07-26 12:08:44: ERROR[main]: stack traceback:
2015-07-26 12:08:44: ERROR[main]: [C]: in function 'dofile'
2015-07-26 12:08:44: ERROR[main]: ...bin/../games/tekkest/mods/mobs_water/mobs_crocs/init.lua:22: in main chunk
It seems that there is a Windows/Linux filesystem misnomer here, as the mod is explicitly trying to set a filepath with a backslash, which is not how Linux or Mac view the world.