in /etc/sysconfig/init there's a statement by default that reads graphical-boot-up=yes. In what reading I've been doing, it was stated to permanently disable graphical boot up to set that line to no. Does that really have any impact on speakup? If someone used that command line as a shortcut to disable graphical boot up and say didn't turn off firstboot would firstboot come up anyway? If nobody has yet checked this out, I can do some experimentation and will put another message up with the information on what happened.