Folks, I have a question regarding a Debian install. First seeing as I have little hope of correcting the problems with my current Sid install as I can't get speech from Speakup, I am considering reinstalling Sarge. What I was wondering is how possible would it be to simply install over the current Sid installation. My thinking is that I can keep a number of apps that were previously working with Sarge before upgrading to Sid and most if not everything would be replaced when I install Sarge. I know this is probably an insane approach, but I of course would rather figure out why Speakup hangs while probing for the DoubleTalk external. I do not have another synth to connect so I have to use this one. It was working fine before I upgraded to the latest version of Sid and even replacing Lilo with Grub did not correct the problem. It also seems to matter little what kernel I'm running as I even grabbed a 2.6.13 and brewed a new kernel. Sure am lost on this one, but before I do get into this install, I thought I'd ask a few questions and maybe avoid loads of setting up again. I know wishfull thinking. Scott