I'm beginning to feel like my questions are getting more and more off-topic. So everyone's said to get my Dectalk ISA model working, I have to recompile and use the newer Speakup. I decided to just try recompiling my kernel first -- without adding extra complications. It doesn't solve the problem but gets me more familiar with the process. Ok, so I've done this a couple of times now, and I have no clue how to answer half the questions from make config. The more I do this, the more questions I'm having! But surprisingly, I can't find any basic how-to about compiling your kernel on the LDP. Can someone point me at a good document to read that describes this process in English? I don't want to keep posting these really off-topic questions about it here? --Debee