Hi their. Since version 2.6.26 is now considered the new kernel within Lenny/Sid, I decided to install the kernel from the package reposorities. All went well, except the dectlk module seems to be broken. i.e. it does not initialize the Dectalk Express. To confirm this as being a specific 2.6.26 issue, I performed some testing here. When I load the module as root, the Dectalk Express doesn't talk. However, when I look at the various module states of /sys/module/speakup, it indeed reports the module status as being alive. Next, in order to test whether the issue could potentially be related to serial port assignmented, I echoed some basic text to /dev/ttyS1, which is where I have the Dectalk Express connected to.Well, it turns out that the Dectalk Express did indeed echo back the text I sent to it. So, is this a Debian-related bug? Or has this been fixed upstream? Note that I con confirm this working as expected under a custom 2.6.20 compiled kernel, so somewheres between 2.6.20 and 2.6.26, the breakage occurred. Thanks for all the support guys. --Erik eheil at sdf.lonestar.org SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org