Followup to yesterday. Seems that it is not just a problem starting speakup. Boot message states that the current root file system is read only. "enter root password or press control"D. Also a suggestion that the partition is dammaged. This is not sounding good. Looks as if something has gone wrong with the install so looks like I will have to go through the process again. Before I spend more time, has anyone tried the latest debian testing net install? Thanks Keith
