Hi Al: You haven't told us which versions of the kernel and speakup you are using. You might think we'd know from the boot images but you'd be wrong. I believe the cvs version of speakup does a much better job of detecting the Transport but it's hard to tell because I haven't heard enough feedback on the transport drivers. My Transport seems to be detected almost everytime. However, I don't use the Transport as my main synth so I probably don't reboot as someone like yourself that use it as their primary synth. Kirk -- Kirk Reiser The Computer Braille Facility e-mail: kirk at braille.uwo.ca University of Western Ontario phone: (519) 661-3061