Hi. I tried reinstalling speakup to my current kernel which is 2.6.24-gentoo-r2 and the keyboard.c patch failed some other patches were ignored -- presumably because they were already applied, however I did not think it was wise to continue. Can someone tell me what is happening here? I think Gene bwoke it -- watch out with that hammer! -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici covici at ccs.covici.com