Charles: Agreed that the system must boot in order to read the logs or execute dmesg. But, I return to my primary use scenario for software speech, a portable system for use, on the road, with no added hardware hanging off the serial port--I think you'd agree that I would likely resolve the booting issue before I tried to run with a portable on my lap? -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Will electronic books surpass print books? Read our white paper, Surpassing Gutenberg, at http://www.afb.org/ebook.html Download a free sample Digital Talking Book edition of Martin Luther King Jr's inspiring "I Have A Dream" speech at http://www.afb.org/mlkweb.asp Learn how to make accessible software at http://www.afb.org/technology/accessapp.html