Well, I am not aware of how the debian kernels compile exactly but what you show looks okay. The problem is there was no output from the checkout script to tell if the scripts in fact patched without any failed parts or hunks. I can only guess but you should have received a bunch of output from the checkout script which the only important bits are the bottom dozen or so lines. Kirk -- Kirk Reiser The Computer Braille Facility e-mail: kirk at braille.uwo.ca University of Western Ontario phone: (519) 661-3061