Since I did not capture my screen output when running the checkout script on kernel 2.2.18, I moved to the directory /usr/src/linux/drivers/char/speakup and ran it again with output redirected to a file. Here is what I got, still looks like errors to me... ------- head: /usr/src/linux/Makefile: No such file or directory Patching version v ? cvs.errors cvs server: Updating . cvs server: Updating diff-v22 cvs server: Updating diff-v22/save cvs server: Updating diff-v23 cvs server: Updating diff-v24 Creating .orig files [cat: /usr/src/linux/drivers/char/speakup/patchlist-v: No such file or directory ] done. Patching files [ppatch: Changes: extra operand patch: Try `patch --help' for more information. ] done. Copying files [ccp: copying multiple files, but last argument (symbols_txprt.h) is not a directory Try `cp --help' for more information. ] done. ---------- If I cannot figure something out I guess I may go ahead and try configuring and compiling the kernel... Chuck My web site is http://www.mhonline.net/~chuckh The reverse side also has a reverse side. -- Japanese proverb