hello, With grub, we can give kernel an option about language, like this (from /boot/grub/menu.lst): kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda1 lang=de But I dont see how and what kernel will do with the "lang" option once it got it from grub? And which files in kernel source code deal with this option? Thank you a lot, aq -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/