Hello Listers, i have created a new kernel 2.4.20 for my system with the speakup 1.5 tar-ball. The kernel starts and speakup works. I use slackware 8.0. In the rc.local i load the kyboarddriver for germany latin1-de-nodeadkeys and after that the generic.map, so i can use the nummeric keys. That works fine with kernels 2.2.20 and 2.2.25, but with the 2.4.20 kernel if have a other keyboard layout. If i press the "5" on the nummeric-keyboard, speakup says one line above (same as before "7" with kernel 2.2.25). "2" goes lft one word, "6" goes down one line and so on. What can i do, so that i become back the original keymap for speakup "7" up one line, "8" actual line, "9" down one line, and so on. Reguards. Dietmar