Hi Chuck: That stays the same. The change I made this morning means you have to use sftsyn with the echo command when changing between buildt-in synths. For the 2.6.x kernels the modules can be loaded and unloaded without difficulty as well. The is still a problem unloading modules in the 2.4.x tree. Kirk -- Kirk Reiser The Computer Braille Facility e-mail: kirk at braille.uwo.ca University of Western Ontario phone: (519) 661-3061