Hi. I have 2.2.18-pre21 from the speakup ftp site from the debian potato directory. I can boot my system like this: loadlin linux root=/dev/hda1 speakup_synth=bns I have an ltlk, synthesizer.. The kernel speaks some gibberish, and then boots normally, only some shift characters and character by character reviewing seem not to work.. When I use the ltlk driver, I get no speech at all.. What gives? ------------------------- Patrick Turnage e-mail:pturnage at tampabay.rr.com Telephone: (850) 459-7717 HomePage: http://www.access-connect.com Amateur radio callsign:kg4dqk AOL Instant Messenger:kg4dqk icq:26862191 MSN:turnagep at hotmail.com Yahoo!:kg4dqk America Online:kg4dqk1129 kg4dqk1129 at aol.com