Hi At the moment I have speakup patched into a 2.6.24.4 kernel but having difficulty in getting speakup up and talking before login. It's a matter of passing the start=1 param to modprobe. Is the earliest activation way is to put it in rc.local? What are the options for passing parameters to a module during boot up? Can it be done at boot loader level? Many thanks. Gena Ready 2 Go Linux http://www.ready2golinux.com