Thomas, Just to cover all bases, it is easy to turn off the braille display by pressing the advance bar and b at the same time. You might also try a different cable. maybe the wire that sends data to your braille lite is bad. John -- Computers to Help People, Inc. http://www.chpi.org 825 East Johnson; Madison, WI 53703 _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list