Hi listers, I wrote in last week about not being able to boot after compiliing 2.2.14 kernel with speakup on a slackware distribution. Well, I'm getting the same result: a kernel loading message with a blinking cursor. I started over by removing the patch, applying the patch, fixing a .rej and un-tar the newdrv file. The reject file is in deivers/mips/Config.in. It wants to insert a line above "comment Sound", but can't because the 2.2.14 Config.in file is differs from the one for which the patch was designed. I'll keep working on it but am looking for any suggestions. Thanks. 73, Chris w1gm at sdf.lonestar.org SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org