Once the disk stops spinning for the first time, I use: speakup.s speakup.synth=ltlk acpi=force even with slackware current with the litetalk hanging on ttyS0 com1 I got slackware talking and was able to install after that. When lilo comes up or grub and asks for boot line parameters remember to key in speakup.synth=ltlk since slackware won't do that for you automatically. Hope that helps. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- jude <jdashiel at shellworld.net>