Hi, OK. Sounds like you have this dialed. What does network install mean? Is that the install that downloads all the packages after the core is installed from CD or USB? That sounds like the install I have done over the last few days. All is well, except speakup does not work when returning to the console after Gnome loads. Oddly, it did work on the first install. I did the install a second time to use a different drive and experiment with RAID. I did only the console for the second try to speed the download up. Speakup worked there, but on a third install to abandon RAID because I really did not understand the choices and when I disconnected the primary drive the machine did not boot, so I concluded I did not know enough to make RAID work. Then a fourth install, again speakup worked until the reboot and until Gnome loaded. It is also impossible to stop speakup with the number pad enter key during any consequent boot, despite speakup responding to this during install. I see more study in my future. Smile. And I planning to try my accent hardware synth, too. Let us know how your proceed, the posts here have helped bme begin to untangle Linux. Scott -- Scott D. Henning Architectural Audio Design PO Box 1372 Durango, Colorado 81302
