Well, unless it is a patch hunk that fails other than your architecture then there is no such thing as it doesn't matter. In this case your misc.h doesn't have the patch to the /dev/synth device applied so that's probably one that failed. On the other hand we may not use that patch anymore in which case you'll have to put the line in yourself. If you can't figure out how to do that then you better upgrade. Kirk -- Kirk Reiser The Computer Braille Facility e-mail: kirk at braille.uwo.ca University of Western Ontario phone: (519) 661-3061