Janina Sajka staggered into view and mumbled: > I have not succeeded placing these calls in my /etc/rc.local. Two things to consider about /etc/rc.local and launching speakup that may have caused your problem. 2. As far as I know, when /etc/rc.local is run the $PATH is not yet set to point to /sbin. When entering the modprobe command into /etc/rc.local, you will need to actually enter /sbin/modprobe. 2. /etc/rc.local doesn't take any parameters, so a specific synth hsd to be presen't on the modprobe line for Speakup. Hope this helps. Lorenzo -- "World domination. Fast" (By Linus Torvalds)