Hi Jacob: If you are using the old rap script then you will need to change the device it wathces for from 7 to 9. If that isn't the problem then you'll need to take out the >/dev/null 2>&1 to see what messages are being produced. Kirk -- Kirk Reiser The Computer Braille Facility e-mail: kirk at braille.uwo.ca University of Western Ontario phone: (519) 661-3061